The Education Ministry has informed local authorities throughout Yesha that it will institute a \"long school day\" schedule this coming year. Although further details will be provided only in the coming days, the immediate ramifications are that school children from age 4 and up will remain in school until 3:30 PM four days a week (Sun, Mon, Wed, Th).
More from the same Ministry: Minister Limor Livnat is looking into the legality of conditioning extra funding for Arab schools on their level of loyalty to the State. According to the Education Minister, such loyalty should be one of the criteria for preferential budgetary treatment for the schools. Emphasizing that all schools will continue to receive the basic funding provided for by law, Livnat said that schools that \"commemorate Israel\'s Independence Day as a national tragedy [Nakba Day] or that fly the Palestinian Authority\'s flag and celebrate when terrorism strikes Israel do not deserve preferential treatment.\" She noted that there are Islamic fundamentalist attempts to take over the Israeli-Arab school system.
More from the same Ministry: Minister Limor Livnat is looking into the legality of conditioning extra funding for Arab schools on their level of loyalty to the State. According to the Education Minister, such loyalty should be one of the criteria for preferential budgetary treatment for the schools. Emphasizing that all schools will continue to receive the basic funding provided for by law, Livnat said that schools that \"commemorate Israel\'s Independence Day as a national tragedy [Nakba Day] or that fly the Palestinian Authority\'s flag and celebrate when terrorism strikes Israel do not deserve preferential treatment.\" She noted that there are Islamic fundamentalist attempts to take over the Israeli-Arab school system.