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35 Amendments of Lucas HARTONG related to 2011/2036(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A

A. whereas the European Schools ~~are~~have hitherto been financed principally by contributions from the Member States, amounting to 21% of the schools’ total budget, and a balancing contribution from the European Union, which in 2010 comprised around 58% of the total,

2011/05/26
Committee: BUDG

Draft opinion
Recital C

C. whereas ~~the main~~one aim of the 2009 reform of the European Schools was to open them up to a wider and more diverse intake, while at the same time ensuring the system’s long-term viability,

2011/05/26
Committee: BUDG

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

~~B. whereas the European Schools enable pupils to affirm their cultural identity and to attain a high level of knowledge of foreign languages,~~deleted

2011/06/16
Committee: CULT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Reaffirms that the European Schools must no longer be financed on a sound and adequate basis so that the commitments made in the Convention and in the Staff Regulations of Officials and Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Union can be fulfilled and the quality of the education provided can be guaranteed, and noteby the EU, because there are perfectly good state and international schools in Belgium which the children of officials can attend, and expressly rejects, in this regard, the recent petition by the parents’ and teachers’ associations of the Brussels European Schools opposing any budget cuts;

2011/05/26
Committee: BUDG

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Considers that, in the short term, the European Union’s commitments should be ~~honoured, while, at the same time, account should be taken~~reduced, thus taking account of the prevailing climate of budgetary restrictions at both Union and Member State level; notes that the 2012 draft budget provides for a 1.7% increase in funding for the European Schools, at a time when budgetary difficulties have led the Commission to propose a freeze on its own administrative expenditure andtherefore rejects the provision in the 2012 draft budget for a 1.37% increase in ~~administrative expenditure for the European institutions generally; undertakes to scrutinise the appropriations on the budget lines in question~~funding for the European Schools;

2011/05/26
Committee: BUDG

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas the European Schools can~~not~~ be put in the same category as international schools because they meet athe same need to educate children in their mother tongue,

2011/06/16
Committee: CULT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Emphasises the long-term importance of making the European Union’s financial contribution more transparent and doing more to guarantee openness and diversity in the schools; calls on the Commission, in this context, to specify how much of the special levy applied since 2004 has been used for the European Schools, and for what purposes; asks the Commission to submit to it an update on implementation of the 2009 reform and on the financing requirements for the coming years, especially in respect of the buildings policy;deleted

2011/05/26
Committee: BUDG

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

~~D. whereas the European Schools operate in a way that is no longer suited to the present circumstances,~~deleted

2011/06/16
Committee: CULT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Takes the view ~~that~~, with that in mind, that there can be no question of giving each of the European Schools a greater degree of budgetary autonomy ~~may be an effective way of improving the management of the resources allocated to them.~~;

2011/05/26
Committee: BUDG

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas in the Schools in Brussels and Luxembourg the problem of excessive numbers of students is detrimental to the quality of education and prevents the enrolment of children other than the children of EU institutions staff,deleted

2011/06/16
Committee: CULT

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas the educational model on which the European Schools are based ~~should be promoted in the Member States~~is already being put into practice in the Member States in the form of international schools and/or bilingual education,

2011/06/16
Committee: CULT

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

~~G. whereas it is difficult to bring together within the same educational system students from different cultural and linguistic backgrounds, who may have very different talents and capacities,~~deleted

2011/06/16
Committee: CULT

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas the European Schools arshould no longer be funded by contributions from the Member States and a balancing contribution from the EU,

2011/06/16
Committee: CULT

Motion for a resolution
Recital K

~~K. whereas the number of students without a language section (SWALS) is continuing to grow,~~deleted

2011/06/16
Committee: CULT

Motion for a resolution
Recital L

L. whereas the SWALS are given learning support in the language of the language section in which they enrol and classes in their mother tongue, which leads to significant and increasing structural costs,deleted

2011/06/16
Committee: CULT

Motion for a resolution
Recital M

M. whereas a special levy on the salaries of officials, intended to be used inter alia for the European Schools, ~~was introduced in 2004~~should be abolished as soon as possible,

2011/06/16
Committee: CULT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Regrets that the European Schools are often wrongly considered to be elitist schools, when their mission is to provide mother-tongue education for students whose parents may be required to change their place of work or return to their country of origin;deleted

2011/06/16
Committee: CULT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Considers that the European Schools should ~~serve as an example and that exporting this model to the national education systems would assist professional mobility~~be closed in a reasonable timeframe;

2011/06/16
Committee: CULT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

~~3. Considers that the budget restrictions that the Schools will have to accept must be accompanied by a real increase in their management autonomy;~~deleted

2011/06/16
Committee: CULT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

~~4. Stresses the need to give the European Schools the foundation of an adequate legal base, within the EU’s area of competence, and wishes to be involved in any discussions on the subject;~~deleted

2011/06/16
Committee: CULT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. ~~Urges the Board of Governors to think further ahead about infrastructure requirements and to take measures that will help avoid the problems of excessive numbers; c~~Calls on the Member States and the Commission to ~~encourage~~immediately stop the development of Type II and Type III Schools;

2011/06/16
Committee: CULT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Encourages the Member States to ~~promote~~stop the concept of European Schools on their territory ~~by creating pilot establishments~~;

2011/06/16
Committee: CULT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Recommends that the Member States should continue to promote within their own educational systems ~~certain concepts borrowed from the European School system,~~international concepts of education as proven fruitful and to encourage the emergence of ~~European~~national citizenship within Europe from a very young age;

2011/06/16
Committee: CULT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Encourages twinning between ~~the~~ European ~~Schoo~~national and international schools;

2011/06/16
Committee: CULT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Notes the need to rationalise the Schools’ management costs, but points out that attempts to curb expenditure must not bring into question fundamental principles that form the basis of the European Schools concept, such as mother-tongue teaching by native speakers;deleted

2011/06/16
Committee: CULT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Calls on the Commission to ~~define~~stop its budget contribution ~~so that these principles are respected and there is adequate provision for students with special educational needs (SEN)~~;

2011/06/16
Committee: CULT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Encourages the creation, once the quota of students is reached, of new language sections so the SWALS can be educated in their mother tongue and there is no discrimination with regard to students from other language sections, with a consequent reduction of the costs associated with the SWALS’ particular status;deleted

2011/06/16
Committee: CULT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Points out that the lack of seconded staff must be compensated by local recruitment of staff whose salaries are paid by the Schools; calls on the Board of Governors to ensure that the Member States who do not contribute financially by seconding teachers pay an equivalent financial contribution to the Schools’ budget;deleted

2011/06/16
Committee: CULT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Considers that the current funding system places a disproportionate burden as regards secondment and supply of infrastructure on certain Member States, and calls on the Board of Governors to review the way in which the Schools are funded and the recruitment of teachers;deleted

2011/06/16
Committee: CULT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

~~18. Calls on the Commission to take steps to define the percentage of the special levy assigned to the European Schools;~~deleted

2011/06/16
Committee: CULT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

~~19. Calls for general use of the working languages for teaching all non- fundamental subjects;~~deleted

2011/06/16
Committee: CULT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Stresses the need for an external evaluation of the present European Schools’ syllabuses and financial accounts;

2011/06/16
Committee: CULT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. ~~Hopes that the recruitment of local staff meets the excellence criteria and that they are checked~~Stresses the need of inspection of present local and international staff by inspectors;

2011/06/16
Committee: CULT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Reaffirms that provision for students with special educational needs remains a priority and asks the Board of Governors to ensure that coefficients are applied to this category of students when calculating class sizes;deleted

2011/06/16
Committee: CULT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

~~23. Calls on the Board of Governors to consider the creation of a school-leaving certificate other than the baccalaureate for students who wish to specialise in vocational courses;~~deleted

2011/06/16
Committee: CULT