School transport given a boost in Torrevieja

The entire region of Valencia has been targeted around the province due to the non-payment of funds to the education establishment.

Torrevieja Town Council has been working closely with the Parent Teachers Associations, AMPA, to try and ensure that classes can continue without disruption as much as possible. Last week Torrevieja’s Mayor Eduardo Dolon, accompanied by the Councillor for Education, Daniel Plaza, announced that the Local Government Board has approved the grant of almost one million euros (€944,392) towards school buses.  

Eduardo Dolon said that this amount was brought forward as part of the compromise agreement with AMPA and will benefit, single parents, large families, for a child with disability of 33% or more, for an unemployed parent or guardian and for a family whose per capita income is equal to or less to the minimum wage that’s set for the year 2011.

Eduardo Dolon, remarked that in a great majority of cases the City will pay 100% of the cost of school transport without the students required to contribute in the event that a family unit has been unemployed for two years, those who have been unable to attend a closer school through lack of space, students of C.P. Acequión who are in temporary accommodation and families in other difficult situations. In addition, families with more than one child using the transport system will receive a 10% discount for the second child.

Eva Benito