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NEWS
Education Ministry Transfers the 15 percent Missing from
Chareidi Kindergarten Funding
By Eliezer Rauchberger
The Education Ministry transferred funding to cover the 15
percent cut in the budget for chareidi kindergartens
following protests by MK Rabbi Avrohom Ravitz over the
government's failure to carry out its pledge to rectify this
funding cut, which applied to chareidi kindergartens
alone.
Degel HaTorah abstained from voting on a no-confidence motion
two weeks ago as a show of protest over violations of the
coalition agreement regarding religious services and the
unequal funding for kindergartens. MK Rabbi Ravitz followed
up the move with a letter to the Prime Minister complaining
about unmet promises.
Although the abstention and letter did induce the Education
Ministry to transfer the 15 percent cut from the chareidi
kindergarten budget, Rabbi Ravitz says he still stands behind
his demand to provide back payments for the 15 percent cut
from the 2004 budget and that Government Secretary Yisrael
Maimon would personally see to fulfilling his commitment
regarding this matter.
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