The government approved a precedent-setting decision Wednesday evening to officially recognize the need to budget Haredi kindergarten networks according to teachers' actual seniority, the Agudath Yisrael daycare network announced. The decision follows a campaign led by network director Rabbi Yisrael Golomb and MK Moshe Gafni.
The government's decision marks a significant shift in funding policy for Haredi preschool education. The Agudath Yisrael daycare network, which operates dozens of kindergartens, said the decision recognizes the financial reality that teachers' seniority had become a burden under the previous funding model. The campaign for the change was led by network director Rabbi Yisrael Golomb and MK Moshe Gafni (United Torah Judaism). The decision comes amid ongoing tensions between Haredi networks and the Education Ministry over funding equity, as The Zioneer reported last month. The Education Ministry has not yet publicly commented on the decision.
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