Posted on 07/29/23
| News Source: JPost
The government will approve an additional NIS 164 million in funds for yeshiva students on Sunday, by drawing funds from the reserve budgets of all the government ministries, Israeli media reported on Saturday night.
The additional funds include NIS 79 million for the expansion of support to yeshiva students, NIS 51 million for an increase in the number of yeshiva students, NIS 15 million for yeshiva students who are not Israeli citizens, and NIS 19.53 million for seminary students, torah learning institutions in communities near the Gaza border, and torah learning institutions which encourage army service.
The money for additional funds to seminary students will be taken from a budget set aside for the infrastructure and renovation of hesder yeshivot and yeshivot that encourage IDF service, according to a draft of the decision.
The draft decision also states that the funds for haredi yeshiva students will be taken from funds taken from all the government ministries earlier and placed in reserve funds.