Potsdam extends price lid for school lunch and student ticket!

Potsdam extends price lid for school lunch and student ticket!

Potsdam, Deutschland - The city of Potsdam remains with the price lid for school lunch and student tickets. The decision of the city council ensures that parents do not have to pay more than 3.90 euros for lunch at urban schools even after the holidays. This is informed of the city councils as part of their session, such as Maz-online.de reported.

At the request of the left faction, this price lid was extended indefinitely, although the corresponding funds are currently only planned in the urban budget until 2028. City prescribed Tina Lange from the left vividly advocates to secure these upper limits permanently. However, treasurer Burkhard Exner expresses concerns about the long -term durability of the lid, especially with regard to inflation.

background and support

Why is this price cover so important? Many Potsdam families are faced with the challenge of letting the costs for school catering. This can be a great financial burden in particular for parents who receive unemployment benefit, asylum seekers or housing benefit. These families have the opportunity to apply for support for the "Education and Participation" package, but they often wait longer to process their applications, which leads to delays in financial relief.

For free food in schools, however, there are also efforts to further promote this idea. In Berlin, for example, elementary school students already receive free lunch. A popular initiative for the introduction of a free school lunch recently failed, despite the collection of 20,000 signatures, since the project was declared inadmissible.

future prospects

Nevertheless, there are considerations to improve the situation. The city council has already announced that it would evaluate an evaluation of the price limit of the school lunch in November 2024 in November 2024. Mayor Mike Schubert emphasizes the need to save elsewhere in order to provide the financial means for this important measure.

Another project that is interesting in this context is this in the form project of the Niedersachsen Networking Center, which creates analyzes to organize free lunch in Lower Saxony. The aim is to improve the use and provision of such offers for affected children. The recommendations for optimizing the application process are available in a free brochure that offers both schools and parents support in order to be able to better use the offer, such as the Umschau reported.

The ongoing discussion about the possibilities of school catering shows that, as in many other cities, Potsdam is very popular with a committed, social approach in the field of education. The next steps will be crucial to improve the situation of the families concerned in the long term.