State parents' advisory board for day-care centers in North Rhine-Westphalia
The Parents 'Council of day care centers in NRW ( LEB ) is a body which representatives of the Youth Welfare Office parents' associations ( JAEBs of) at the country level in accordance with § 9 Children Education Act of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia can be selected in force since 1 August 2011, amended. Since the 2011/2012 daycare year, there have been elections at the state level in North Rhine-Westphalia.
Legal framework
The child education law of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia provides for the first time an elected parent representation at city and state level. Up until now, the election of parent representatives was only provided for at kindergarten level.
Section 9 of the Act regulates the framework conditions. The law provides that the parents' councils in the day-care centers are to be elected by October 10 of each year. In a period from October 11th to November 10th of each year, the assembly of parents 'councils can elect the youth welfare office parents' council at city level. The Parents 'Advisory Council for Youth Welfare Parents can then be formed at the state level by November 30th of each year in order to elect the state parents' council from among their ranks.
The law prescribes a quorum of 15% of the parents' councils in the respective youth welfare office district, a multi-stage election process and a very tight time frame for the validity of the election .
Interpretation of law
The gaps in the law and the urgent need for action by the youth welfare offices have led to a short-term interpretation of the law by representatives of the North Rhine-Westphalia City Council . It is u. a. clarified that parents ' participation does not mean parents' participation . However, the interpretations of the law in the so-called work aid are controversial.
Criticism of the law
The Child Education Act introduces a right to vote in Section 9, which is regulated by a 15% quorum , a tight schedule and a multi-stage election process. This is unique in the area of volunteering and has already been sharply criticized by parents' representatives.
State parents' advisory board for day-care centers in North Rhine-Westphalia
The State Parents' Council represents the interests of around 500,000 children and their parents in North Rhine-Westphalia. The LEB NRW was selected in 2011 for the first time in 40 years of daycare history on the basis of the Children's Education Act (KiBiz) § 9. Since then, there has been elected parenting in NRW from daycare through the municipal level (youth welfare parental councils) to the state level. In 2012, youth welfare councils were elected in 167 youth welfare districts out of 185 throughout North Rhine-Westphalia, 111 of which elected the state parents advisory council.
Youth Welfare Parents 'Council and City Parents' Council
Before the legal regulation of parents 'representation at city and state level, voluntary city parents' councils had already been formed in the years before . a. the municipal parents' councils in Dortmund, Düsseldorf, Essen, Cologne and Münster. In contrast to the Youth Welfare Parents ' Advisory Council, the existing city parents' councils are usually organized as an association and are based on the initiative of committed parents. How the relationship between the two interest groups will develop in the future is currently open. Parents doubt that the highly regulated structure of the Youth Welfare Parents' Advisory Board can be permanently filled with life. On the other hand, the elections for the Youth Welfare Parents 'Advisory Board were partly carried out by the City Parents' Council themselves B. in Cologne .
Wording of voting rules
The law provides for the following provision for the state parents' council:
“The youth welfare parental councils can join together at the state level in the assembly of the youth welfare parental councils. The Youth Welfare Parents 'Council elects the State Parents' Council from among its members by November 30th of each year. The validity of the election of the state parents' council requires that youth welfare parental councils consist of 15 percent. H. of all youth welfare office districts have participated in the election. The State Parents' Advisory Board is to be given the opportunity to participate by the State Youth Authority in the case of essential questions relating to day-care centers. "
Individual evidence
- ↑ LEB-NRW ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Child Education Act ( Memento of the original dated February 14, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF, 212 kB).
- ↑ Working aid for the Youth Welfare Parents Advisory Board according to § 9 KiBiz
- ↑ Press release of the City Parents' Council in Cologne daycare centers ( memento of the original from October 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , July 15, 2011.
- ↑ Stadtelternrat Dortmund ( Memento of the original from October 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Stadtelternrat Düsseldorf ( Memento of the original from March 17, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ City Parents' Council Essen
- ↑ City Parents' Council Cologne
- ↑ Stadtelternrat Münster ( Memento of the original from October 11, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Press release of the City Parents' Council in Cologne daycare centers ( memento of the original from October 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , July 15, 2011.
