Government is cutting back on lump sum schools
The Ministry of Education is cutting a sloppy 230 million euros on the lump sum and subsidies of schools. In return, schools will receive another 133 million euros in return to ease this pain. In the meantime, money is also being released from old agreements in the education agreement of 185 million euros. But, as the government suggests, there is no question of a significant investment.
The cabinet has released 200 million euros for extra investments, says the Education Budget† The largest part of this is spent on softening a cut in the lump sum, namely 133 million euros. For the rest, the extra money will be distributed among schools that take in asylum seekers' children (15 million), reducing personal contributions for expensive courses in MBO (10 million) and combating disadvantage and promoting equal opportunities (25 million).
At the same time, significant cuts are being made on the basis of previous agreements within the cabinet to cut back on the lump sum and subsidies.
Education's contribution to the cutbacks is rising sharply and is increasing significantly this year. This concerns 230 million euros in 2017 and subsequent years.
By way of comparison: in 2016 the cutbacks amounted to only just under 50 million euros.
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The largest primary and secondary education sectors will be hit the hardest by this, together they will lose 135 million euros.
They will receive 78 million euros back through the mitigation measure. In addition, pluses from the past also have an effect. In 2017, for example, money will be released from the education agreement, which has been considerably increased by the opposition parties in the autumn agreement. It concerns 185 million euros.
Changes in the estimated number of pupils and students will lead to an estimate adjustment of minus 150 million euros for the time being. It seems that this is mainly due to a decrease in the number of HBO students and a further decrease in the number of weight students.
Savings lump sum
PO - 70 million
VO - 65 million
MBO - 35 million
HBO - 24 million
WO - 36 million
Media, culture, other -25 million
Total - 255 million euros
Mitigating lump sum savings
PO + 30 million
VO + 48 million
MBO + 20 million
HBO + 14 million
WW + 21 million
Estimate adjustment
Adjustment to the 2017 spring memorandum -150 million
Other pluses
Influx of asylum seekers ll + 15 million
Municipalities arrears + 5 million
Equal Opportunities + 25 Million
School costs MBO + 10 million
Culture + 10 million
Inspection supervision + 2 million
Effect of education agreements
PO + 59 million
VO + 41 million
MBO + 75 million
HBO + 3 million
WW + 4 million
The Ministry of Education further reports in a press release that the government's contribution to the education of pupils and students from various sectors has grown since 2012. That's true, but the education budget also shows that the expenditure of the Ministry of Education in secondary education per student will decrease in 2017. In the other sectors (MBO, HBO, WO and primary education), the average contribution per pupil or student remains the same.
