Question 11712 — private education

Summary

Mr. Maxime Michelet draws the attention of the Minister of National Education to the significant territorial disparities observed in the calculation and payment of day school packages to private establishments under association contract with the State. In application of the Debré law of December 31, 1959, supplemented by the Chevènement law of 1985 and the Carle law of 2009, local authorities are required to finance the expenditure of operation of private establishments under contract according to the principle of parity with public education. However, the 2025 annual study by the National Federation of Catholic Education Management Bodies (Fnogec) reveals considerable gaps which call into question compliance with this fundamental principle. For the year 2024, the data consolidated by this federation shows an average package per high school student of 828 euros at regional level, with variations ranging from 459 euros to 1,123 euros depending on the region, a difference of 2.5. At the departmental level, the average package per middle school student is 647 euros, varying from 378 euros to 1,047 euros, a difference of 2.8. For primary education, the average municipal package reaches 1,205 euros in nursery school and 645 euros in elementary school, with differences of up to 30.1 between municipalities. These disparities could be justified by differences in salary costs, considering that 76% of public education spending is based on a salary bill determined nationally by the civil service index point. This situation creates a breakdown in equality between families depending on their place of residence and forces private establishments to compensate for these inadequacies with increased family contributions, thus contravening the constitutional principle of freedom of education, as well as the objective of free education. Consequently, he asks it if it plans to establish a uniform and enforceable national methodology for calculating the cost of a public student, applicable by all local authorities or, failing that, if it intends to guarantee transparency through the systematic publication, by each community, of detailed calculations justifying the amount of packages paid.

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