Decree of the Ministry of Education of the Czech Socialist Republic No. 87 / 1980 Coll.
Decree of the Ministry of Education of the Czech Socialist Republic on nursery schools, common facilities, nursery schools and children's shelters
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Effective from 01.09.1980
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DECLARATION
Ministry of Education of the Czech Socialist Republic
of 23 June 1980
on nursery schools, common facilities, nursery schools and children's shelters
The Ministry of Education of the Czech Socialist Republic, in agreement with the Ministry of Health of the Czech Socialist Republic, provides pursuant to § 6 paragraph 2 and § 45 paragraph 2 of the Act of the Czech National Council No. 76 / 1978 Coll., on educational establishments, and pursuant to § 14 paragraph 2 (a) of the Act of the Czech National Council No. 77 / 1978 Coll., on State Administration in Education:
Basic provisions
This decree applies to nursery schools, including nursery schools for children requiring special care and maternity schools at health institutions, to common nursery and nursery facilities and to children's shelters1) (hereinafter referred to as "preschool institutions") under the responsibility of the Ministry of Education of the Czech Socialist Republic.
Organisation of pre-school facilities
(1) All types of nursery schools, with the exception of nursery schools for health and maternity institutions for the disabled (Section 3), are set up as full-time care or boarding facilities. 2)
(2) A boarding school is intended for children whose parents, foster parents or other legal representatives (hereinafter referred to as "legal representatives") cannot provide for children during the week. For children arriving daily, a boarding school may perform the tasks of a full day care nursery.
(3) The nursery school has a maximum of 4 classes. Exceptionally, a parent school with a maximum of 8 classes, comprising two organically separated units of 4 classes with a common economic building, may be set up at high population concentration or health care facilities.
(4) Only children are admitted to preschool facilities in a sensory, physical and mental state. In nursery schools with full-time care and boarding schools, classes without full-time care and classes for children may be set up mentally, sensually or physically disabled or for children with slight speech defects, unless a nursery school for children requiring special care is established for these children. 3)
(5 The joint establishment is a school management facility .4)
(6) Pre-school education in a joint establishment shall be carried out by the Regional National Committee. Medical preventive care of children in a joint establishment is provided and controlled by the County Institute of National Health.
(7) Unless otherwise provided for in this Decree, the common establishment shall also be governed by the rules applicable to manger.
(8) In the second half of the school year, a preparatory department shall be set up for the second half of the school year, 5) in which children prepare for compulsory schooling. If there are not enough rooms in the school or common facilities on the premises, the preparatory department may be located in the primary school building, the basic nine-year school or other premises.
(9) Children's shelters may be established according to local conditions and needs as permanent or seasonal facilities.
Types and types of nursery schools for children requiring special care
(1) A special maternity school is set up for children who are mentally ill.
(2) For hearing-impaired children, a parent school is established for hearing-less, a parent school for children with hearing remnants and a parent school for the deaf.
(3) For visually impaired children, a mother school is established for the weak-sighted, a mother school for children with residual vision and a mother school for the blind.
(4) For children with speech defects, a parent school is set up for faulty speaking and a parent school for non-speaking.
(5) For disabled children, a kindergarten is established for disabled children.
(6) For children sick and disabled, located in health care institutions, a maternity school is set up at a hospital, a maternity school at a children's hospital, a maternity school at a children's spa hospital and a maternity school at a children's health care facility (hereinafter referred to as the "nursery school at health care institutions').
(7) For children with sensory or physical disabilities, for children with speech defects or for children located in healthcare institutions which are also mentally disabled, nursery schools are set up for children with multiple defects, such as a special maternity school for the disabled.
Conditions for the establishment and cancellation of pre-school facilities
(1) A parent school may be set up if legal representatives apply for regular attendance of at least 20 children. The National Committee may exceptionally set up a nursery school, even at least 15 children, if the social needs in place so require. A nursery school for children requiring special care may be set up if at least 10 children are required to receive preschool education.
(2) A parent school may also be set up for children from 2 years of age, provided that for a small number of children it is not possible to set up a nursery and that legal representatives have registered at least 20 children from 2 to 6 years of age regularly; of which there must be at least 6 children aged 2 to 3 years. If these children increase to 16, a nursery separation shall be established; in which case, the parent school shall be transformed into a joint establishment.
(3) A joint establishment may be set up if legal representatives apply for regular attendance at a minimum of 20 children at nursery school, at a minimum of 16 children.
(4) A children's shelter may be set up if legal representatives apply for regular attendance of at least 10 children aged between 3 and 6. A children's shelter may also receive children aged 2 years or older if legal representatives submit a certificate from the district pediatrician that the child is sufficiently mature and fit to attend a children's shelter.
(5) A preparatory department may be set up if legal representatives apply for regular attendance of at least 15 children; in an exceptional case, a lower number of children may be set up, with the agreement of the national committee which has the expertise of the pre-school establishment. If children are also enrolled in the preparatory department, the preparatory department may be set up with 10 children.
(6) Pre-school establishments or pre-school units may be cancelled if the number of children arriving regularly falls below the minimum number indicated for the corresponding pre-school establishments in the preceding paragraphs. A parent school for children requiring special care may be kept in operation even if there are fewer children, with the agreement of the National Committee which has the expertise.
Registration and acceptance of children
(1) The entry of children into pre-school institutions for the following school year takes place every month in May, and the entry into the preparatory departments takes place in January. The place and time of entry into pre-school institutions shall be determined by the head of the pre-school establishment in agreement with the local national committee by 15 April, by 1 January; notice of the place and time of registration shall be published on the pre-school facility building. Where there are more than one pre-school establishment, the time of entry shall be fixed in a uniform manner. In the case of children who have been suspended from compulsory education for one year, legal representatives shall also submit a decision by the District National Committee to postpone the start of compulsory schooling. 6) When enrolled in a nursery school for children requiring special care and in classes established in accordance with § 2 (4), legal representatives shall also submit a report from the district pedagogical-psychological counselling on the pedagogical-psychological examination of the child and a medical report on the type and degree of disability of the child.
(2) Children are admitted to pre-school institutions at the beginning of the school year. If there is a vacancy in the pre-school establishment, children may also be admitted during the school year.
(3) Pupils who are required to start compulsory education in the following school year and children older than 3 years of age who have been under the care of nurseries shall be preferred. The children of the nursery unit shall be assigned to the classes of the same establishment.
(4) Children may also be admitted to preschool institutions who have been delayed by one year after the sixth year of age. 6)
(5) The headmistress of the pre-school establishment, with the exception of a children's shelter, and the preparatory department, shall be admitted to the pre-school establishment. A foster child is admitted to a children's shelter. If it is not possible to accept all children enrolled for lack of a place, the local national committee shall decide on their adoption; (7) as regards nursery schools for children requiring special care, the national committee responsible for the school head office shall decide on the admission of children. When deciding on the adoption, the National Committee shall take into account the social needs and social and educational considerations.
(6) In places where no nursery is set up, a nursery school may also receive children aged 2 years or older, provided that legal representatives show by medical report that the child is sufficiently mature and eligible to attend a nursery school. There may be a maximum of 5 children between 2 and 3 years of age in this nursery.
(7) When entering a pre-school facility, its legal representatives shall submit a medical report by the district pediatrician that the child may arrive at the pre-school facility and a written statement by the legal representatives that the district hygienist or attending physician has not ordered the child to take quarantine measures and that the child has not been in contact with persons who have had communicable diseases in the last week.
(8) Children usually go to the pre-school facility in which they live; (8) In justified cases, they may attend pre-school facilities outside the prescribed area, for example near the legal representatives' workplace, for health reasons, etc.
Attendance of children and termination of attendance
(1) If the child cannot reach the pre-school institution, legal representatives shall be obliged to notify the pre-school establishment of the cause of his absence without delay and within 2 days at the latest. Legal representatives are also obliged to announce that the child will be reintroduced to the pre-school establishment.
(2) After being absent from the child's illness, in other cases more than 14 days of absence, legal representatives shall be required to submit a medical report to the district pediatrician on the possibility that the child may revisit the pre-school facility.
(3) The pre-known absence of the child shall be notified in writing by the legal representatives; a statement of the absence of the child shall be transmitted to the teacher, in the absence of more than 1 week, to the principal of the pre-school establishment.
(4) Legal representatives shall ensure that the child reaches the pre-school establishment regularly and on time. An hour of pre-school leave will be arranged by legal representatives at the nursery school with a teacher, in the nursery with a nurse, in the foster home with a foster mother.
(5) The local national committee may terminate the child's pre-school visit after prior written notice of legal representatives if, without a written apology from legal representatives, the child does not arrive at the pre-school establishment for at least 14 days, or if there is a lack of place and mother of the child, a foster parent or any other person who has custody of the child (hereinafter referred to as "the mother '), has terminated the employment relationship or similar to the employment relationship, or is on maternity leave or other maternity leave, or has been provided by the organisation for more than 3 months. If the mother is on maternity leave, the child's attendance at the pre-school facility may be terminated only six weeks after the birth of the younger child.
Operation of pre-school facilities
(1) The period of operation shall be determined by the head of the pre-school establishment with the agreement of the national committee set up by the pre-school establishment. Preschool facilities with full day care are operated on working days 8 to 12 hours; the duration of the child's stay in the pre-school establishment must meet the requirements of the correct child's life and working hours of legal representatives.
(2) On Saturdays, preschool facilities are in operation, provided that legal representatives who have working hours for Saturdays are registered for regular attendance of at least 10 children. In places where there are multiple pre-school facilities of the same kind, the national committee shall determine which pre-school facilities shall be operated on Saturdays.
(3) Pre-school boarding facilities are operated from Monday to Friday or continuously.
(4) The operation of pre-school facilities shall be adequately restricted or interrupted as necessary in July or August, or both, for at least 2 weeks. In places where there are multiple preschool facilities of the same kind, children shall be concentrated in one of them; the operation of this facility is interrupted if less than 15 children attend daily for 1 week. Exemptions shall be authorised in justified cases by the national committee which shall conduct the pre-school establishment in a professional capacity.
(5) The preparatory departments shall operate from 1 February to 30 June. Children reach the preparatory department at least once a week for 2 to 3 hours.
(6) A children's shelter is in operation all year round or as a seasonal facility during peak agricultural work.
(7) The scope of the restrictions on the operation and interruption of pre-school facilities shall be determined by a national committee, on a proposal from the Director, which shall conduct the pre-school facilities professionally.
Pre-school education
(1) Pre-school education in pre-school institutions is governed by a programme of educational work for nursery and nursery schools issued by the Ministry of Education of the Czech Socialist Republic in agreement with the Ministry of Health of the Czech Socialist Republic.
(2) The programme of educational work of the special school includes individual loopedic care in the range of 3 hours per day in each class. Individual logopedic care is provided by workers with a logopedic qualification.
(3) Pre-school institutions may provide legal representatives of children who are unable to attend such institutions with advisory services when raising children.
Child Health and Safety Care
(1) In the care of the health and safety of children, preschool workers are governed by generally binding legislation, 9) unless otherwise specified.
(2) In the care of children's health, the healthy educational environment and the creation of favourable conditions for the healthy development of children, preschool facilities cooperate with the school physician.
(3) In pre-school institutions, children are fed; to that end, the local national committee shall establish a school cafeteria. The local national committee will decide on children's meals at the children's shelter. If children are fed in a children's shelter, meals are governed by school meals regulations. 10)
(4) In preschool education, the safety of children enrolled in the nursery class is provided by the teacher, the nursery nurse and the foster mother in the nursery ward. 20 children under the age of 5 or 25 older, one parent, joint venture or foster home, ensure the safety of walking; for a higher number of children, the class or department shall be accompanied by another preschool worker. A single worker shall ensure the safety of all children enrolled in the class when leaving the nursery schools for children requiring special care.
(5) Teachers, nurses or foster parents of pre-school institutions are responsible for the safety of children in pre-school education until they are handed over to another preschool worker, legal representatives or persons authorised by them. A teacher, a child nurse or a foster parent shall transmit the child to the authorised persons only on the basis of written authorisation.
Final and transitional provisions
(1) Paragraph 2 (1), (2) with the exception of the last sentence, § 2 (3), § 2 (5), § 2 (7), § 4 (4), § 5 (1), (2), (3), (4), (6), (7), (8), § 6 (1), (3), (5), § 7 (1), (4), (7), § 9 (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), and § 10 (2) apply also to pre-school establishments established and economically secured by socialist organisations. 11)
(2) To date, parent schools with classes for children over 1 year shall be converted into joint establishments as referred to in Article 4 (3) from 1 September 1980, provided that at least 16 children under 3 years of age are enrolled in them, or to nursery schools for children over 2 years of age as referred to in Article 4 (2).
Repeal
(1) As from the effectiveness of this decree, the Government Decree of 28 June 1961 No 72 / 1961 Coll., on the establishment of nursery and nursery schools in common buildings will cease to apply.
(2) They are repealed.
1. organizational guidelines for nursery schools and children's shelters of 27 February 1968, No 8670 / 68, published in the Bulletin of the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Culture and Information 1968, p. 137, notified at the amount of 12 / 1968 Coll., as amended by the Directive of 8 July 1969 No 22 021 / 69- I / 2, published at the Bulletin of the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Culture No 1969, p. 85, notified at the amount of 30 / 1969 Coll., Directive of 28 December 1971 No 29 893 / 71-201, published at the Bulletin of the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Culture No 1972, p. 14, notified at the amount of 6 / 1972 Coll., and the Directive of 3 August 1976 No. 22 258 / 76-201, published at the Bulletin of the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Culture No 1976, p. 154, notified at the amount 20 / 1976 Coll.
2. Directive of the Ministry of Education and Culture and of the Ministry of Health of 28 May 1962 No 25 431 / 62- I / 3 "Maternity school, regulation of certain working and other conditions," published in the Bulletin of the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Culture of 1962, p. 241,
3. § 2 (a) (1), (b) (1) to (3), (c) (1), (d) (1) and (2), (e) (1) and (f) (1) (3) and (6) of the Ministry of Education of the Czech Socialist Republic on the organisation of schools and educational establishments for young people requiring special care and on the inclusion of children and youth in those establishments of 29 December 1974, no. 34 070 / 74- 201, published in the Journal of the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Culture of the Year 1975, p. 1, notified in the amount 3 / 1975 of the Reports of Law.
This Decree shall take effect on 1 September 1980.
Minister:
Vondruška v. r.
1) § 5 to 7 of the Act of the Czech National Council No. 76 / 1978 Coll., on school establishments.
2) Article 5 (2) of Act No. 76 / 1978 Coll.
3) Article 5 (3) of Act No. 76 / 1978 Coll.
4) Article 6 (2) of Act No. 76 / 1978 Coll.
5) Article 5 (4) of Act No. 76 / 1978 Coll.
6) Paragraph 34 (1) of Act No. 63 / 1978 Coll., on measures in the system of primary and secondary schools. § 10 paragraph 1 of the Czech National Council Act No. 77 / 1978 Coll., on State Administration in Education.
7) Sections 5 (3) and 6 of Act No. 77 / 1978 Coll.
8) § 8 of Act No. 77 / 1978 Coll.
9) Act No. 20 / 1966 Coll., on the care of the health of the people. § 422 of Act No. 40 / 1964 Coll., Civil Code. Section 170 to 175 of Act No. 65 / 1965 Coll., Labour Code, as amended.
10) Directive of the Ministry of Education of the Czech Socialist Republic on school meals of 1 September 1975 No 23 687 / 75- 403, published in the Bulletin of the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Culture, year 1975, p. 145, notified in the amount of 26 / 1975 Coll.
11) Decree of the Government of the Czech Socialist Republic No. 92 / 1978 Coll., on the establishment and operation of pre-school facilities by socialist organisations.
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Regulation Information
| Citation | Decree of the Ministry of Education of the Czech Socialist Republic No. 87 / 1980 Coll., on nursery schools, common facilities, nursery schools and children's shelters |
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| Regulation Type | - |
| Author | - |
| Collection | Code of Laws |
| Date of Promulgation | 22.07.1980 |
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| Effective from | 01.09.1980 |
| Effective until | - |
| Status | Valid |
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