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Friday, 27 September 2019
40th Sitting of the Committee on Education, Science, Technological Development and the Information Society
At the sitting held on 27 September, the members of the Committee on Education, Science, Technological Development and the Information Society considered the Bill amending and modifying the Republic of Serbia 2019 Budget Law, Section 26 – Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development and Section 31 – Ministry of Youth and Sport.
The representatives of the Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Youth and Sport presented the Bill amending and modifying the Republic of Serbia 2019 Budget Law, explaining that the overall income went up by 3.7% i.e. 46.4 billion RSD, while the expenditure created the fiscal conditions to raise salaries, finance infrastructure and capital projects.
Speaking of Section 26 – Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, teachers’ salaries were raised by 9% in line with the amendments and modifications to the Budget System Law.
The Committee proposed, by majority vote, that the Committee on Finance, State Budget and Control of Public Spending accept the Bill amending and modifying the Republic of Serbia 2019 Budget Law, Section 26 – Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development and Section 31 – Ministry of Youth and Sport.
The sitting was chaired by Committee Deputy Chairman Prof. Dr Ljubisa Stojmirovic and attended by the following Committee members and deputy members: Miletic Mihajlovic, Prof. Dr Marko Atlagic, Nikola Savic, Nada Lazic, Milena Bicanin, Bogdan Obradovic, Arpad Fremond, Andrijana Avramov, Jovica Jevtic, Prof. Dr Milan Knezevic and Prof. Dr Zarko Obradovic.