Brandenburg Supports Federal Council Initiative for All-Day Care During School Holidays

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Brandenburg's Minister of Education, Steffen Freiberg, welcomed the Federal Council's initiative to expand all-day care for elementary school children during the school holidays. On Friday, the Federal Council introduced a corresponding bill intended to give municipalities more leeway in implementing the childcare entitlement. Brandenburg supported the initiative, which originated in Lower Saxony, as a co-applicant. Freiberg emphasized that open…

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BERLIN. The municipalities are under pressure because of the future legal claim to full-day care. With a separate bill the Federal Council wants to create better starting conditions. Mogelpackung? Photo: shutterstock According to the will of the federal states, the municipalities should in future have more possibilities to fulfill the legal claim to full-day care valid from the coming year. To this end the Federal Council decided majority to bri…