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After Agglo city of Nimes, who had requested this winter paying a solidarity fee instead of free for the poor, the departmental network of Edgard creates a new outcry, with increasing participation fee for transporting school. A decision and assumed for months by the Presidency of the Gard county council but resurfaced in June, at the start of registration.
Specifically, the Department asks for more participation on the part of users of Edgard with fresh who spend 30 € to 70 € per student per year, an increase of over 100%! A situation that has provoked strong reactions among parents with the launch of several petitions, including parts of Bellegarde and Saint Théodorit where a mother, Sandrine has already registered more than 3,500 signatures.
Reactions
Parents outraged
on the site mesopinions.com Sandrine, mother of St. Théodorit launched a petition with parents who say they are “shocked by the increase of € 40 participation fee, more than double!” These parents explain that “given the configuration of villages and distribution of our children in different schools of the department, and school restaurants, we have no choice but to take our children to school transport .
Today, faced with such an increase, we feel trapped with the obligation to pay, so that our children can continue to benefit from this service. We are therefore presented with a fait accomplished with the impression that our children are being held hostage to enrich the state. ” On social networks, some want to start boycotting the registration or payment …
The elected positioned themselves
Earlier this year, elected groups Department were positioned about the increased participation fee. Thus, Laurent Burgoa, leader of the Good Republican direction, proposed last February a map € 10 per month for school, so that they benefit the transport Edgard during school and bus chartered by intermunicipal out of that time. Of the Communist side, there was more favorable to free this card. But the departmental majority has decided otherwise with, so this increase participation fee of € 40 per month.
“We ask parents a second financial effort “
on the side of the FCPE (Federation of councils of parents) of Gard, it also denounces this new speaking of decision that will lead to further social exclusion . President, Florence Testud, explains the position of the federation on this delicate matter. “At our last meeting, we provided our members a form letter to send to the Chairman of the Department, Denis Bouad, which according to its services, is preparing a response that we will receive shortly. We know that the county council has budget problems, but parents also have difficulties. we are asked to pay our taxes and participate again in the financial effort for the transport component. I think it’s getting a lot. ”
to defuse criticism from many of the families of the 23 000 schools involved in Edgard, the county council says “Gard was one of the last departments to practice free school transport , the last on the Mediterranean coast. Today, in a more constrained budget that context, it is obliged to apply for citizenship to the families concerned.
Gard hit by declining state aid
the Department is part of a national trend that encourages greater user involvement in transportation costs. “Yet in France, nineteen departments still apply the free transport, even if they may not show a financial situation as complicated as the Gard, but are also affected by the decline in state aid.
Furthermore, the Department states that it remains in the south, the community offers one of the cheapest transport, with 70 € per year in single price € 210 per year in premium rate (in addition to the existing 150 € for children transported out assignment establishment, implementation of € 70 participation fee for transportation). “L’Hérault offers 25 € to 105 € per month depending on family resources,” joked the county council, which probably relies on what is indicated on the price list website of Hérault transport.
a cost of € 907 per year per student according to the Department
Also in order to reassure parents, the community is considering a modulation rate that reflects income families from early 2017. A payment schedule is mentioned also for the next school year. “One can question the commitment of the Department, as the region will recover the competence of all transport at 1 January 2017,” Johann rating, a father annoyed, reminiscent as provided under the OuR law (New territorial organization of the Republic). For its part, the mutual fund states that it will prove very vigilant about these ads …
The Department indicates that it mainly intends to propose for the next school year, a new offering of subscriptions “allowing free movement throughout the network Edgard throughout the year including outside school hours.” Which for now does not calm the anger of families.
An average of 7 € per month
The community also justifies the increase by recalling the cost of transportation amounts to € 907 per year per student, “which was supported hitherto entirely by the Department, an envelope of almost € 22 million spent on school transport. the price of € 70 per year representing approximately 7.7% of the cost of school transport, or an average of € 7 per month. ” The County Council also indicates that it continues to carry the youngest in nursery school, although it is not within its jurisdiction. Not enough, for now, calm criticism raining down on social networks.
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