An increase in funds for providing students with hot meals is also under discussion. The new measures were developed by United Russia together with the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation.
The programs will certainly be implemented, despite the sanctions and difficulties. For United Russia, this is the main direction of work and a key section of the people’s program, for which the necessary funds have already been allocated from the budget, stressed Andrei Turchak, Secretary of the General Council of United Russia at the extended session of United Russia. Russia and the Ministry of Education. He noted that in most regions, a school renovation program has started, there are delays in around 20 facilities out of more than 1,600.
“Every disruption carries with it responsibility, right down to personnel decisions. There are no objective reasons and delays with the announcement of tenders and there cannot be — said Andriy Turchak.
He proposed the redistribution of funds for school renovation between regions in the event of exceeding the deadlines for the program implementation — with this initiative the secretary of the General Council of United Russia will address the government. By April 15, regions that are disrupting timetables must address existing shortcomings.
“In regions that systematically disrupt all schedules, our program, with which we went to the elections and won, we have to make a managerial decision. Withdraw the money and give it to those regions that are coping and ready to make all the necessary measures on time. And then let the governors look for funds in the regional budget — emphasized Andrei Turczak.
He reminded that over 66 billion rubles were allocated from the federal budget for 2022, and that for 2023 just over 25 billion rubles. These funds are to be allocated to the renovation of 2,065 school buildings over 2 years, including 1,653 schools this year.
In order to increase the efficiency of expenditure on school renovation and to compensate for the increase in the cost of materials, the Secretary of the General Council proposed to optimize costs and simplify a number of procedures. If possible, decline bids to identify contractors.
“The budget and project cost estimates were prepared based on the current price level. This means that one way or another cost optimization is necessary. The resource for such optimization is, above all, the minimization of bureaucratic procedures, ”he said, recalling that the anti-sanction package had already decided that it would be possible to correct the structure. and estimate documentation in connection with the replacement of building materials from hostile countries.
He also called from the very beginning to involve in the renovation process all responsible services and authorities, which then accept the facilities — the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the Ministry of Health, food establishments, Rostekhnadzor, Rospotrebnadzor, so that after opening the facilities, there would be no questions about meeting the requirements of these departments.
Andriy Turchak also suggested that the government find additional funding to organize school meals as the prices of individual groceries rose by 30%.
“Suppliers had a stock of products purchased before the price increase for one to two weeks. And now they are turning to municipalities with proposals to break contracts. This most important presidential program must not be disrupted. And basically a situation in which the authorities will face a dilemma — reduce portions or save on quality — he reminded.
The proposals of the Secretary of the General Council of United Russia were supported by the Minister of Education, Sergei Kravtsov. Separately, he noted that the party controls each facility of the school’s renovation program, which helps to identify gaps in the field in a timely manner, delay deadlines and submit additional requests for participation.
“We must do everything we can to create a comfortable and safe modern educational environment that will inspire and motivate children to learn and develop their talents. The Ministry has fully completed the first call for applications for participation in the program in 2022-2023. As a result, more than 2,065 facilities in 80 regions will be repaired. Not only repairs will be carried out. 14 billion rubles will be allocated to equipment for two years, he said.
In the Chechen Republic, 80 schools with 33,139 children participate in the renovation program. As the Deputy Minister of Education and Science of the Chechen Republic, Ilyas Taaev, the regional coordinator of the project of the New School party informed, the competition procedures aimed at selecting general contractors for work in 42 schools in 2022 have now been completed, and 42 contracts have been concluded, respectively. The renovation is scheduled for May 15 this year.
«Currently, in the Chechen Republic and in the entire Russian Federation, the costs of basic construction resources have increased by an average of 30%, which has led to an increase in the construction costs of facilities sold in the region. Carrying out works on facilities in accordance with the approved cost estimate documentation involves large financial losses for the contractors involved. The current situation may lead not only to the suspension of the activities of the contractors involved, but also to the termination of state contracts. In order to eliminate the risk of disrupting the implementation of activities, it is necessary to consider the possibility of calculating construction costs taking into account the increase in prices and the increase in the limits of financing activities from the federal budget, provided for in the contracts concluded for the years 2022-2023, ”explained Ilyas Taaev.
Let us recall that President Vladimir Putin ordered at the Congress of United Russia to create a school renovation program for the next five years. Its implementation was included in the party’s popular program.
The party provided the management of the Ministry of Education with a register of over 7,000. schools in need of a general renovation. All stages of the work — from design to approval — will be controlled by the headquarters that United Russia and the Ministry of Education have set up with parent committees in the regions. Each facility is assigned to representatives of various levels from United Russia.
