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NEWS
Rabbi Ravitz: Local Authorities Should Provide Chareidi
Education Equal Funding
By Eliezer Rauchberger
MK Rabbi Avrohom Ravitz tabled a bill to amend the Budget
Foundations Law that would rectify the distortion in the
current law. According to the proposed law the local
authorities would have to provide totally equal treatment for
all yaldei Yisrael.
The current Budget Foundation Law states the Education
Ministry must provide education corporations Chinuch Atzmai
and Maayan HaChinuch HaTorani the same funding made available
for all other yaldei Yisroel, but the local
authorities apply their own interpretation, saying that since
the law does not explicitly mention the local authorities
they are not required to transfer education funding. The lack
of clear directives in the law allows the local authorities
to justify discriminating against chareidi children.
During the coalition negotiations between Kadima and UTJ the
need to legislate a chareidi education law was raised for
discussion. Such a law would solve the problem, but since the
negotiations are still not complete and their future remains
uncertain Rabbi Ravitz decided to table a private proposal
designed to put an end to discrimination among children by
creating equal funding for the education system through the
local authorities.
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