Kanton Glarus (KIBG)

Purpose

1 This Act aims to promote the care of children of preschool and school age in order to support their development and to increase the compatibility of family life and professional activity.

1. Das Gesetz regelt

| | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | a. | die Bewilligungspflicht und die Aufsicht über die familien- und schulergänzende Kinderbetreuung; | | |

| | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | b. | die Leistungen der öffentlichen Hand an die familien- und schulergänzende Kinderbetreuung; | | |

| | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | c. | die frühkindliche Sprachentwicklung. | | |

1. Dieses Gesetz ist anwendbar auf

| | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | a. | Kinderkrippen zur Betreuung der Kinder im Vorschulalter; | | |

| | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | b. | Tagesstrukturen zur Betreuung der Kinder ab Eintritt in die Schulpflicht; | | |

| | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | c. | Tagesfamilien zur Mitbetreuung fremder Kinder; | | |

| | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | d. | Spielgruppen zur Aufnahme von Kindern im Vorschulalter während bestimmter Wochentage für wenige Stunden. | | |

1. Die zuständige Fachstelle beaufsichtigt die familien- und schulergänzenden Betreuungsangebote, soweit diese

| | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | a. | gemäss Bundesrecht einer Aufsichtspflicht unterstehen; oder | | |

| | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | b. | gemäss diesem Gesetz finanzielle Leistungen der öffentlichen Hand beziehen. | | |

2. Sie kann bestimmte Aufgaben an Dritte übertragen.

Operating License

1. The competent department grants the operating license if the providers offer a guarantee, in terms of structural, professional, local, and financial aspects, for services of sufficient quality.

2. Services provided by public authorities

Principle

¹ The Canton and the municipalities jointly support family- and school-

complementary childcare within an institutional framework.

Contributions

1 The Canton and the municipalities shall pay to providers of crèches, day-care facilities, and day families an annual income-dependent flat-rate contribution towards the care costs for each child cared for, provided that they

a. possess an operating license; and

b. ensure the coverage of the basic offering according to the standard cost model.

2 They may make further contributions.

Support for Playgroups

¹ The municipalities shall support playgroups within the framework of performance agreements, namely

a. with financial contributions;

b. by providing premises.

Standard Cost Models and Basic Service Offering

1 Standard cost models describe a basic service offering in family day care, crèches, and day structures, and demonstrate standardized operating costs and their financing by parents and public authorities.

2 The Government Council defines the basic service offering and thereby determines the type of care and the duration of the offering.

2 Assessment of Flat-Rate Contributions

¹ The Chief Executive Officer sets the maximum value for the flat-rate contributions. This is based on the costs for a basic offering according to the standard cost model and the target size for the amount of parental contributions.

² The amount of the flat-rate contributions depends on the extent of daily care utilized and on the economic capacity of the parents according to the social tariff.

The Government Council may provide for the determination of flat-rate contributions in a simplified form if this avoids disproportionate administrative effort.

Social Tariff

1. The Government Council sets, through the social tariff, the amount of flat-rate contributions based on the economic capacity of the parents.

2. It determines up to which income threshold an entitlement to a maximum flat-rate contribution exists, and from which income threshold the entitlement to a flat-rate contribution ceases. Between these income thresholds, the flat-rate contribution decreases proportionally with the rising income of the parents.

3. The assessable income of the parents is decisive for calculating the entitlement. This is based on the taxable income.

4. Deductions permissible under tax law must be compensated if they distort the actual economic capacity.

5. The social tariff will be additionally increased when several children from the same family are cared for.

6. When invoicing parental contributions, providers must itemize the portion of the reduction according to the social tariff.

Enhanced Services

¹ Municipalities may enter into agreements with providers, particularly concerning expanded or locally and contextually specified childcare services.

Cost Sharing Between Canton and Municipalities

1. The Canton and the municipalities each finance half of the lump-sum contributions for childcare in the pre-school sector.

2. The municipality of residence bears the municipal share.

3. The Canton covers the costs for the lump-sum contributions in the area of school-age childcare.

**3. Support for Early Childhood Language Development**

Collection of Development Status; Support Services

1 The Canton and the municipalities, within the framework of regular, system-

atic surveys, assess the linguistic development of pre-school children.

2 They inform parents or guardians whose children show significant backlogs, particularly in their German language skills, about relevant support services.

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Obligation to Attend Support Programs

1 The municipalities can oblige children with insufficient German language skills to attend suitable support programs one year before kindergarten entry.

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