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The federal government wants to make 750 million euros available to the federal states so that they can create offers of care throughout the day for primary school children. Fifteen federal states want to sign the agreement, but not Baden-Württemberg.
By Kilian Pfeffer, ARD capital studio
Margit Stumpp, environmental education policy from Baden-Württemberg, absolutely wants care of primary school students around the clock, of course of high quality. As of 2025 there is a legal right. When he appeared in the Bundestag two weeks ago, Stumpp urged the political competition to “unite in the framework of modern educational federalism at all federal levels for a good education and equal opportunities.”
Together, that sounds good. But the current problem is that a federal financial aid of 750 million euros should arrive so that the care throughout the day can be extended throughout Germany. And Baden-Württemberg, which is co-ruled by the Greens, is not joining. The other 15 federal states want to sign the corresponding administrative agreement, but Baden-Württemberg is blocking.
Who blocks? Greens or CDU?
Why? Consultation of the state ministry of Baden-Württemberg, governed by the green. From there it is said that everything possible is done so that the money can flow. However, the Ministry of Culture led by the CDU is technically responsible. And block that. The Ministry of Education says:
“Negotiations between the federal government and the federal states have so far been carried out at the level of the state chancelleries and the Senate, so that we, as the Ministry of Culture, are actually the wrong contact for the procedure.”
But the Ministry of Culture also says: It cannot be agreed because the state’s municipal care offers are not taken into account in the federal administrative agreement.
Flexible afternoon care is not enough
The background: In Baden-Württemberg there is a so-called flexible evening care in many places, that is, without a fixed all-day structure. The Ministry of Culture reports that parents are also asked very well about this. But the federal government does not see the qualitative standards of flexible evening care guaranteed, and therefore wants the offerings to be placed under the supervision of the school. Problems in the Ministry of Culture:
“It is completely incomprehensible why such offers should be excluded from funding; we expressly do not close to a discussion about their qualitative value. From a quality point of view, it does not matter if such offers are under the supervision of the school or municipal “. . ”
But the Federal Government sees it differently and is not alone in this. The education union GEW considers all-day offers to be much more useful than so-called flexible systems. These are educational models that are being phased out, writes the president of the GEW of Baden-Württemberg, Doro Moritz, in a statement:
“Only real full-time schools allow for an increase in quality. Extracurricular learning and educational offerings should not be in opposition, they should complement each other. If the state government now rejects the extra money for the full day, it will hurt the 1.5 million school-age children and their parents in Baden-Württemberg. “
Prime Minister Kretschmann has to utter a word of power, Moritz demands. Because the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Education does not want to agree. But negotiate. That, in turn, should upset the other federal states. Because no one receives money if not everyone agrees.
