{"id":22988,"date":"2024-09-18T15:56:27","date_gmt":"2024-09-18T13:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oudersenonderwijs.nl\/niet-gecategoriseerd\/budget-day-2024-the-plans-for-education\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T04:33:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T02:33:39","slug":"budget-day-2024-the-plans-for-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oudersenonderwijs.nl\/en\/niet-gecategoriseerd\/budget-day-2024-the-plans-for-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Budget day 2024: The plans for education"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tuesday 17 September was budget day. 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We explain the measures further.","inhoud":"<h3>Cutbacks broad first-year classes and rich school day<\/h3>\n<p>The cabinet will cut \u20ac430 million from the Ministry of Education budget in 2025. This will rise to nearly \u20ac2 billion in 2028. Most cuts are in higher education, but primary and secondary education will also be affected.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gelijke-kansen.nl\/schoolenomgeving\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">School &#038; Environment Program<\/a>, set up to give children a \u2018rich school day\u2019 with sports and culture, will be cut by \u20ac155 million.<\/li>\n<li>The subsidy for broad first-year classes, where students of different levels are in one class, will be fully removed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>School meals remain<\/h3>\n<p>It was already revealed that the government will continue the School Meals program in 2025. This is now confirmed in the Ministry&#8217;s budget. The scheme gives schools a subsidy to arrange meals for students because many students came to school hungry. This negatively affected their learning performance.<\/p>\n<h3>Compensation for VAT on school books<\/h3>\n<p>The new cabinet raises the VAT on books from 9% to 21%. This also applies to school books. Together with other organizations, Ouders &#038; Onderwijs urged the House of Representatives to make an exception for learning materials.<\/p>\n<p>Because primary and secondary schools have to pay for school books and costs rise, the cabinet decided to compensate these schools for the VAT increase.<\/p>\n<p>Mbo schools also receive compensation for the VAT increase. This only applies to students under 18 and learning materials for basic skills. These mbo institutions have to provide the materials for those students and subjects. Other mbo students and their parents are not compensated for the VAT increase on school books.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"knop","knop":{"title":"Read the letter we sent about this to the House of Representatives","url":"https:\/\/oudersenonderwijs.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Brief-PO-Raad-VO-raad-AVS-AOb-CNV-Ouders-Onderwijs-en-LAKS-over-btw-verhoging-op-leermiddelen.pdf","target":"_blank"},"kleur":"primary"},{"acf_fc_layout":"extra_inhoud_blok","inhoud":"<h3>Fewer subsidies<\/h3>\n<p>Furthermore, the Ministry of Education will cut \u20ac360 million in subsidies to 2029. This concerns many different subsidies and it is still unclear which will be cut or removed. In 2025, the cut will be \u20ac75 million.<\/p>\n<h3>Budget speech: \u2018The foundation in order\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>Also in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rijksoverheid.nl\/documenten\/toespraken\/2024\/09\/17\/troonrede-2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the budget speech<\/a> there was focus on education. The King said the foundation must be in order. That means \u2018there must be a lot of attention to basic skills reading, writing, and arithmetic.\u2019 The cabinet will soon present the Education Quality Recovery Plan. This will connect with already started initiatives in this area, such as the Basic Skills Master Plan. The State Secretary for Primary Education, Mari\u00eblle Paul, confirms: \u2018That students learn to read, write, and calculate better is at the top of my priorities.\u2019<\/p>\n<h3>About budget day<\/h3>\n<p>Traditionally, on the third Tuesday of September the budget speech is read by the King and the budget memorandum is presented to the House of Representatives. The Ministry of Education, Culture and Science budget shows the concrete education policy for 2025.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"knop","knop":{"title":"Read the full budget for the Ministry of Education","url":"https:\/\/www.rijksfinancien.nl\/memorie-van-toelichting\/2025\/OWB\/VIII","target":"_blank"},"kleur":"primary"},{"acf_fc_layout":"call_to_action","selecteer_call_to_action":"gerelateerde_onderwerpen_lijst","berichten_met_prioriteit":false,"download_pdf":false,"veelgestelde_vragen_verwijzing":{"titel":"","knop_tekst":"","url":""}}],"call_to_action":"nieuwsbrief","call_to_action_2":"geen","zoekwoorden":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Budget day 2024: The plans for education<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Tuesday 17 September was budget day. 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