Gigantkrav against private barnehagekjede to have saved 60 man-years with low staffing

– Adequate staffing is one of the most important criteria to ensure good quality in the nursery. Akasia Nursery school AS has been added to the funds, which had made it possible with a staffing at the level of the corresponding municipal kindergartens, kriver kommunaldirektør Trine Samuelsberg and finance manager Christian Hjemmen in the municipality’s decision, which was released Tuesday.

Therefore, it is very objectionable that it is uncovered so many nurseries where there is significantly less staffing.

In its decision, asking the municipality the question of whether the offences, which make a significant contribution, may have come to other parts of the Akasia-group. Barnehageselskapet may appeal the decision to the County within 25. may.

Akasia: – Draws a misleading picture

It was 25. June of last year that the Akasia got handed down the devastating report, where the Bergen municipality stated that the company had violated ” on several points.

Tilsynsrapporten concluded that barnehagekjeden had been paid more than 28 million too much in subsidies, an amount the municipality would be entitled to be reimbursed in its entirety.

That child care centers have been understaffed is “clearly the most serious,” writes the municipality, which has not changed position after having received feedback and explanation from Akasia.

” We are disappointed by the decision and believes that the municipality at critical points has not taken sufficient height for the documentation and the suggestions that we put forward in our response from October 2019. Thus, draw the decision from the municipality a misleading picture of our operations and the use of public funds in our organisation, ” says managing director in Akasia AS, Jan Arthur Hammer.

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Here are some of the findings in the audit which now leads to gigantkravet against Akasia :

< p> the Municipality believes that child care centers have had low staffing compared with what they have got money for. Overall, they believe that the eight kindergartens have saved at least 60 man-years of eight years. Akasia has taken the “significantly higher” rent from several of its own kindergartens to a private real estate company. Child care centers also pay more for the purchase of services, which sink, from their own company.

the Audit applies to the years 2014-2017. In total, Akasia received 919 million in government grants and household these four years. There are 28 million of this grant, the municipality is now claiming back.

– the Money did not come children to the great

The 20-Akasia-pre-schools owned by Akasia AS, which in turn is owned as to 25 soknene in Bergen ecclesiastical councils, with four percent share each. 18 of these kindergartens located in the municipality of Bergen.

These have collectively received 919 million in public funding and parents ‘ payments in the tilsynsperioden 2014-2017.

the Authority believes Akasia has broken barnehagelovens section on requirements for the use of public subsidies, where it is stated that such contributions and kindergarten fees to come barnehagebarna to the good.

the Report after the audit pointed out, among other things, that in several Akasia-care centers, the proportion of grants and household who have gone to wage costs added than 60 per cent, against 76 per cent in the municipal kindergartens.

In the report, it was also pointed out that some of the kindergartens had high profit in tilsynsperioden.

– We run the nursery for public funding and parents ‘ payments. It entails a great responsibility and is something we in Akasia takes seriously. Grants and parents ‘ payments to get the kids in kindergartens to the good, says administrende director Hammer in Akasia.

Pay a lot to affiliates parent company Akasia AS also owns a real estate company and a regnskapsselskap, as well as deliver gravferdstjenester in Bergen. The property company Akasia Property AS owns the buildings in which three of the kindergartens are operated in. These three are also among the eight with the low staffing.

Tilsynsrapporten states that the rental price in these three kindergartens – in districts of Fana and Ytrebygda – is twice as high as for private kindergartens in Oslo city centre.

the Municipality concludes that the Akasia-pre-schools have paid out too much money for administrative expenses to other companies in Akasia-group and that they have “considerably higher” regnskapskostnader than normal.