Question 12583 — private education

Summary

Mr. Vincent Trébuchet alerts the Minister of National Education to the repeated failings of several local authorities regarding their obligation to finance private establishments under contract. The latter resort to several circumvention strategies: new methods of calculating externship packages, or even outright refusal to pay the funding due. Overall, nearly 900 million euros are missing each year in financing Catholic education under contract. These decisions, clearly contrary to the requirements established by law, are part of a phenomenon of overall underfinancing of private establishments under contract by local authorities highlighted by the National Federation of Catholic Education Management Organizations (Fnogec). However, the “Debré” law of 1959 obliges local authorities to participate in financing the operating expenses of private establishments under contract under the principle of parity with public education. This is not an optional subsidy, but a legal system intended to guarantee equality between students whatever their parents' choice. These circumvention strategies weaken the dialogue between families and the public education service, leading to unacceptable gaps between territories, while reinforcing the precarious situation of several private establishments. In this context, he asks him if he intends to intervene with the communities at fault to remind them of their duties and to study avenues for the establishment of a national floor package guaranteeing minimum financing throughout the territory as well as the establishment of an obligation for each community to publish annually its calculation methods, certified by the public accountant.

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