Notice on Supporting the Steady and Healthy Development of Private Kindergartens during the Epidemic Prevention and Control in COVID-19
People's governments of counties, cities and districts, relevant departments and directly affiliated units of the municipal government, and relevant units in Thailand at or above the provincial level:
In order to fully implement the decision-making arrangements of the Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government on epidemic prevention and control, and support the steady and healthy development of private kindergartens during the epidemic prevention and control period, with the consent of the leaders of the Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government, the relevant matters are hereby notified as follows:
First, allocate public funds for preschool education in the first half of the year in advance.
Counties and functional areas should, according to the principle of territorial management, allocate public funds for preschool education of inclusive private kindergartens and public kindergartens in the first half of 2020 before May 3 1 to pay for the salary turnover of kindergarten staff during the epidemic. Counties and functional areas can make overall arrangements for public funds per student from the funds supported by the central government for the development of preschool education to ensure the smooth operation of kindergartens.
Second, encourage and support the reduction of housing rent.
◆ Private kindergartens that lease the operating properties of state-owned enterprises, 1-3 months rent reduction or halving; If it is difficult to pay the funds, the payment may be postponed, and the specific payment period shall be decided by both parties through consultation.
◆ Private kindergartens that rent public property from government agencies and institutions are free of rent in February and March. If there are difficulties in operation, the rent can be halved from April to June.
◆ For renting other business premises, the owner is encouraged to reduce the rent, and the specific situation shall be settled by both parties through consultation. Counties and functional areas can give subsidies according to local conditions, and within the budget quota of the central government to support the development of preschool education, they will be used to implement rent subsidies according to a certain proportion. The specific measures for the implementation of rent subsidies shall be determined by the counties and functional areas in light of their actual conditions, and the implementation shall be reported to the Municipal Education Bureau and the Municipal Finance Bureau for the record.
Third, social insurance relief support.
According to the relevant policies and regulations of the state and the province, social insurance premiums will be reduced by stages:
◆ Private kindergartens affiliated to private non-enterprise units can enjoy the policy of halving the contributions of basic old-age insurance, unemployment insurance and industrial injury insurance units from February to April;
◆ Those belonging to small, medium and micro enterprises can enjoy the exemption policy of basic old-age insurance, unemployment insurance and industrial injury insurance from February to June. For insured enterprises that do not lay off employees or lay off employees less, 50% of the unemployment insurance premium actually paid in the previous year will be returned. In line with the policy of holdover of social insurance premiums, holdover procedures can be handled according to regulations.
4. Provide loan discount and financing guarantee support.
For private kindergartens to carry out bank loan business during the period from 65438+1 October1to 65438+February 3 1 2020, the financial department will give loan discount support, and the financial departments of counties, districts and functional areas will give discount at 50% of the one-year bank loan market quotation rate. The certification materials submitted by kindergartens applying for loan discount shall be audited by the education department to ensure that they are used for the above-mentioned related expenditure items.
For the above-mentioned private kindergarten loan guarantee, the municipal state-owned financing guarantee company will provide the preferential policy of halving the guarantee fee. Encourage Thai banks to reduce the cost rate and overdue interest, and the loan interest rate is at least 10% lower than the original loan interest rate.
Verb (abbreviation of verb) provides transitional repayment and financial support.
Relying on the municipal finance, an emergency working capital pool with a total scale of 1 100 million yuan will be set up. Since 20 19, emergency working capital support will be given to private kindergartens for loans arising from teaching business, and private kindergartens with difficulties in capital turnover will be repaid or renewed during the repayment period in 2020, enjoying preferential rates during the epidemic policy period. Set up a rescue and development fund for private kindergartens with a total scale of 200 million yuan, adopt a market-oriented operation mode, help private kindergartens with short-term liquidity difficulties to tide over the stage difficulties, and provide financing support for online education, teacher training, and updating facilities and equipment during the epidemic.
VI. Arrangements for deferring loan interest.
For the loan principal and interest due or about to expire from June 25, 2020, the Bank of Thailand should temporarily extend the repayment date for a certain period of time until June 30, 2020; The two sides can also negotiate to determine the extension arrangement according to the actual situation.
Seven, co-ordinate the supply of epidemic prevention materials.
Incorporate private kindergartens into the epidemic prevention and control system of primary and secondary schools, and make overall consideration and overall planning for the deployment and supply of epidemic prevention materials, especially to unblock the procurement channels of cheap epidemic prevention materials. When the finance and education departments of counties and functional areas use the central finance to support the development of preschool education to purchase epidemic prevention and control materials, facilities and equipment, they should give due consideration to inclusive private kindergartens.
All counties, districts and functional areas should co-ordinate the special funds for supporting the development of preschool education at higher levels and support the steady development of inclusive private kindergartens in the city during the epidemic prevention and control period. The local financial supervision department is responsible for coordinating Thai banks to implement financial support measures for private kindergartens. Private kindergartens and their organizers should effectively protect the legitimate rights and interests of employees, stabilize the teaching staff, and obtain all kinds of special funds for other purposes, and consciously accept the supervision and audit of relevant departments.
This "Notice" shall come into force as of the date of issuance, and shall be abolished as of the date of lifting the new crown pneumonia epidemic. All counties and functional areas should give full consideration to private kindergartens when introducing relevant relief policies. After the national and provincial policies were introduced, our city followed suit.
Taian Municipal People's Government Office
April 27(th), 2020
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