Without even having completed 48 hours since the autonomous elections of 28-M were held, the Community of Madrid has announced a sharp increase in the price of school menus in the region that will go from costing 4.88 to more expensive up to 5.50 euros .

It is a 12.7% increase that the government chaired by Isabel Díaz Ayuso has justified by the increase in costs and the CPI and since the price had not increased for 10 years.

The rise has been harshly criticized by the Comisiones Obreras union, which accuses Ayuso of obscurantism since, as denounced by the secretary of the CCOO Education Federation, Isabel Galvín, the regional government asked the companies “not to report of the rise until after the elections “This is very bad news for the economy of Madrid families,” the union declared in a statement.

“This increase translates into a strong extra monthly expense by families of about 12.40 per child, which means 110 euros of dining room expenses per month and, therefore, a total of 1,000 euros per year, a price unaffordable for thousands of families, especially if they have more than one child”, Galvín pointed out.

Thus, he has detailed that this increase has been reflected in the new framework agreement that the Government of Isabel Díaz Ayuso has been negotiating with the supplier companies since last November “without communicating anything to the directors of the centers or to the mothers and fathers “.

“The regional government asked companies not to report the increase until after the elections,” said the general secretary, who warned that the increase in the school canteen “condemns the exclusion of tens of thousands of this fundamental service of boys and girls, adding to the hundreds of thousands who are already excluded.

According to a study carried out by CC.OO. With data obtained from official sources, families that receive aid for the dining room have fallen by 10.1% since before the pandemic, and the amount spent by the Ministry of Education is 21.3% less.

As sources from the Ministry of Education have indicated to Europa Press, the price of the menu will be 5.50 euros for the upcoming course, except for those families that have a reduced price (around 40%), in which case they will continue to pay 1 or 3 euros depending on the type of reduction you have.

They have explained that the new price is due to the processing of the new Framework agreement that expired this course. The companies that supply the canteen service requested this increase due to the increase in costs and the CPI and since the price had not increased for 10 years. In addition, they have reported that the Framework agreement in which the price is established has been public since last April, when it was published on the Transparency Portal.