§ 12 Principles of student admission in the 2025 service network change
The Hollola Municipal Board decided on January 13.1.2025, 0, that the students in groups 4-1.8.2025 of Tiilikangas School will transfer to Salpakankas School in connection with the closure of Tiilikangas School on August XNUMX, XNUMX. In accordance with the decision, the necessary number of students living closest to Heinsuo School will be transferred from Salpakankas School to Heinsuo School by decision of the official, aiming to maintain the teaching groups so that appropriate and safe facilities can be guaranteed for all students and staff.
The Education and Welfare Committee decided that the student transfers between Salpakanka and Heinsuo schools will apply to grades 5-7 in the coming school year. Music-focused instruction will be organized at Salpakanka school, and the transfers will not apply to students selected for music-focused instruction based on an entrance exam, as music-focused instruction is not organized at Heinsuo school.
More detailed information will be provided to current 4th-6th grade students in Salpakanka before admission decisions are made. Transferring students will receive admission decisions by the end of March and their friend requests will be asked after this. Introductions will be organized during the school day in April-May.
§ 13 Determination of group size in general education in basic education
The Education and Welfare Committee decided that general education groups will be formed in such a way that the average size of a teaching group in grades 1-4 schools and Hämeenkoski School may be smaller than 20 students, if pedagogical criteria and the allocated teaching hours allow it. The calculated group size for general education in Kalliola, Heinsuo and Salpakankaa schools is 20–24 students. If necessary, the group size may be exceeded for pedagogical reasons, if it is appropriate for the organization of teaching.
The group size for focused teaching is 20–24 students in music-focused teaching and 24 students in physical education-focused teaching.
§ 14 Admission to secondary school
The Education and Welfare Committee decides to approve the criteria for secondary school admissions Annex 1 in accordance with from 1.4.2025 April XNUMX.
Applications for secondary student places for the following academic year must be submitted by April 30.4th to the principal of the school to which the student is applying as a secondary applicant.
§ 15 Updating the division of hours in the basic education curriculum
With the amendment to the Lesson Distribution Decree (286/2024), the teaching of the subject of mother tongue and literature and mathematics in grades 1-2 will be increased by one lesson per week. The subject of mother tongue and literature will be taught in grades 1-2 for a total of 15 lessons per week and mathematics for a total of seven lessons per week. For grades 3-6, one lesson per week of the subject of mother tongue and literature was added, bringing the total number of lessons in grades 3-6 to 19. The Education and Well-being Committee approved the changes to the lesson distribution, which will enter into force on 1.8.2025 August XNUMX in connection with the update of the curriculum.
§ 16 Fees for morning and afternoon activities for students entitled to the service based on the Disability Services Act
According to the Basic Education Act, pupils who have been granted a decision regarding special support are entitled to apply for morning and afternoon activities throughout their basic education. When the child's need for individual care and attention has required it, the activities have previously been supplemented with individual support measures in accordance with the Disability Services Act, such as morning and afternoon activities, for which families have received a payment commitment from the Joint Municipal Welfare Authority to participate in the activities.
The responsibility for organizing social and health care tasks, including the tasks included in the Disability Services Act and the Act on Special Care for the Intellectually Disabled, was transferred from municipalities to the responsibility for organizing welfare areas as of 1.1.2023 January 2023. For students who have been entitled to support measures under the Disability Services Act and the Social Welfare Act, the situation regarding the responsibility for organizing morning and afternoon activities has been unclear nationwide since the beginning of XNUMX, when the current welfare areas were formed.
Since the beginning of 2023, the welfare area has not paid the municipality for individual support measures for students entitled to morning and afternoon activities under the Disability Services Act, but the service has been provided at the municipality's expense. Based on equality, the Education and Welfare Committee decided that a fee will be charged from 1.8.2025 August XNUMX from all families using morning and afternoon activity services, unless they have received a payment commitment from the welfare area under the Disability Services Act.
You can find more information about the fee exemption principles and how to apply for a fee exemption on the municipality's website at: https://hollola.fi/kasvatus-ja-opetus/perusopetus/aamu-ja-iltapaivatoiminta/maksun-maaraytyminen/
For more information about morning and afternoon activities:
Minna Tsutsunen, Principal of Special Education, Kangas School
