Family policy Childcare allowance for daycare children continues to be a talking point
In future, a childcare allowance should relieve parents of the costs of daycare places. After the Council of States, the responsible National Council committee is also open to a new financing model. However, it wants to make the federal government more responsible.
28.03.2025, 17:34
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The National Council's Committee for Science, Education and Culture (WBK-N) wants to extend the counter-proposal to the daycare initiative adopted by the Council of States. In particular, it decided by 16 votes to 9 to reintroduce the federal government's program agreements, which had been removed by the lower chamber, into the draft bill, as reported by the parliamentary services on Friday.
The National Council committee also requested additional areas of funding. For example, measures to improve the pedagogical and operational quality of services and to improve the compatibility of family and career should also be promoted. The federal government is to provide a maximum of CHF 200 million over four years for this purpose.
The bill will be discussed in the special session of the National Council at the beginning of May.
