Sick school buildings will have to wait longer for a renovation. Minister of Education Christoph Return (NEOS) will offer most of the required savings on infrastructure and administration (51 million). The second teachers are also stored as part of the SO -Following Team Education for lessons among 15 students.
The savings in infrastructure and administration mean that the postponement of construction projects, only every third departure in the administration is filled, overtime, studies and printed works are reduced. The expansion of nursing schools is delayed. The introduction of the so-called pedagogical-administrative specialists is also rescue and is initially mainly in large schools. These measures bring 15.3 million euros.
No more second teachers in small classes
The attitude of team education in classes of 14 or fewer students brings 6.7 million. Including lessons are excluded. There are 850 classes in Austria with fewer than 15 students, in Vienna there are 117.
Return offers seven percent of the Ministries of the Savings Volume
In general, return saves 76 million euros with a budget of almost twelve billion – with 86 percent of the expenditure in the department. At the start of the budget discussions there was a savings amount of 130 million in the Chamber, the minister explains. In this respect he was satisfied with the result, Return said. His savings contribution ensures seven percent of the total of 1.1 billion euros, which all ministries have to offer.
It is not stored in the classes and the students, promises that return and emphasizes that there will also be investments in important areas. However, the amounts called the minister are manageable. In 2025/2026, ten million flows to elementary education for personnel and training offensives. That is good for only five million a year.
Extra money for German financing and problem schools
After all, there is considerably more for German financing. From 2025/26, 1300 positions and 61 million have to be made available annually. The introduction of a mandatory summer school for extraordinary students is also planned. There will be 20 million for the purchase of digital educational aids in 2025/26. From 2026/27, schools have 65 million annually in a difficult situation, which they can give autonomously to extra resources.
Source: Krone
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