Date of the judgment: 15.11.2018.
Official publication: 16.11.2018.
On Compliance of the Order by the Minister for Environmental Protection and Regional Development of 26 September 2017 No. 1-2/7346 “On Suspending Para 1.3, in the part determining catering costs (parents’ payment) in the special pre-school institutions of education, and suspending Para 7 of the Decision by the Rēzekne City Council of 22 December 2016 No. 1872 “On Determining the Catering Costs in the Municipal Institutions of Education of Rēzekne and Approving the Mark-up” with Section 49 of the Law “On Local Governments
Case short name: Parents' obligation to make a partial payment for the catering costs for childrenThe Constitutional Court held:
to recognise the Order by the Minister for Environmental Protection and Regional Development of 26 September 2017 No. 1-2/7346 “On Suspending Sub-para 1.3., in the part determining catering costs (parents’ payment) in the special pre-school institutions of education, and suspending Para 7 of the Decision by the Rēzekne City Council of 22 December 2016 No. 1872 “On Determining the Catering Costs in the Municipal Institutions of Education of Rēzekne and Approving the Mark-up” (minutes No. 103, Para 13) as being compatible with Section 49 of the law “On Local Governments”.
Press-releases
- The Minister’s Order on suspending paragraphs in the decision by the Rēzekne City Council, which determine the parents’ obligation to pay for the catering costs for children in the special pre-school institutions of education, complies with Section 49 of the law “On Local Governments”
- A case initiated with respect to the Minister’s order, which partially suspends the decision by the Rezēkne City Council on catering costs in the municipal institutions of education of Rēzekne