Tatarstan State Council explained situation around kindergarten care fees

A recently imposed increase in payment for kindergarten care has caused a public outcry in Tatarstan. Tatarstan legislature, State Council, on Thursday debated the issue as well.
Tatarstan first deputy minister of education and science, Danil Mustafin, told the MPs about the situation.
The changes in payment for kindergarten care will take effect on 1 January, 2014, pursuant to the federal law On Education in the Russian Federation. The child maintenance expenses included education, paid for from republican subsidies, utilities, paid for by municipality, and care, paid for by the parents, said D. Mustafin.
“One more alteration is that from 1 September, 2013, the size of compensation to parents is calculated based on parents’ average payment. Previously, calculation was based on the sum, actually paid by the parents,” said the reporter.
Changes to the parents’ payment take effect on 1 January, 2014. “Along with this, substantial measures are planned, to support families,” the official enhanced. The new law stipulated a 20-percent compensation of the first child average parents’ payment, 50 percent of the second child payment and 70 percent of the third child payment, said D. Mustafin.
Tatarstan offers its own measures in the form of additional compensation of part of the parents’ payment, based on per family member income: up to 10 thousand roubles a month, 10-15 thousand, and 15-20 thousand. No local compensation is given to a family if their per-member income is higher than 20 thousand roubles a month, with the federal compensation kept intact.
Danil Mustafin noted that documents required for granting additional compensation would be, according to the schedule, admitted by specialists at the financial aid centre at the kindergarten where the child goes.
Cabinet of Ministers chief of staff, Shamil Gafarov, said the work to explain the situation would be continued.
State Council chairman said in an interview: “We cannot repeat the mistake made early in the 90es. There were many kindergartens then but people were paid such small salaries that they could not allow send children to pre-school institutions that later closed down. We invest billions now, to build new ones. We need to track things down.