BACK TO SCHOOL. What are the back-to-school dates for primary, middle and high school? Are there any specific rules related to Covid? Here is the practical information to have in mind for September.
[Mis à jour le 21 juillet 2022 à 15h11] summer continues, but the horizon for the start of the 2022 school year is already here and each passing day brings students and teachers closer to returning to the classroom. The Ministry of National Education has already delivered the main practical information to have in mind for September, the government has also announced an increase in back-to-school allowances.
Beyond the calendar of school days, holidays, financial aid, parents also have questions about the school protocol applied by the establishments. Here, in a few questions and answers, all the practical information to have in mind for this return to school 2022.
The start of the school year takes place on Thursday, September 1, 2022 for primary school students, for middle school students and for high school students. The teachers resume their work in class on Wednesday, August 31, for a preparation session. These dates are harmonized in all the academies of metropolitan France, except for Corsica. On the Island of Beauty, teachers will return to school on Thursday September 2, 2021, and students will follow suit on Friday September 3, 2021 in schools, colleges and high schools. The start of the academic year generally takes place during the month of September.
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Three levels of measures are provided for in the new health protocol. The Ministry of National Education “maintains a strategy based on face-to-face teaching, for the success and well-being of students, while limiting the circulation of the virus within schools and educational establishments”, he said. stated in a statement issued on July 19. “Coherence with the rules applicable outside the school environment is also sought for this school year”, it is added. The previous anti-covid school health protocol, implemented in September 2021, included four levels of measures (green, yellow, orange and red).
The levels of measures are therefore broken down as follows, depending on the overall health situation observed at the end of August in France (nature of the variants, hospital situation, etc.):
- Base level
- Face-to-face welcome for all students
- Physical and sporting activities allowed indoors and outdoors without restriction
- No restriction on mixing between groups of students
- Level 1 Green: moderate alertness
- 100% face-to-face courses in schools, colleges, high schools
- No restrictions on physical and sports activities
- Reminder of barrier gestures
- Disinfection of surfaces once a day and tables in the canteen after each service
- Limited material combinations
- Level 2 Orange: heightened vigilance
- 100% face-to-face courses in schools, colleges, high schools
- Reinforcement of barrier gestures
- Adaptation of indoor sports practice to ensure appropriate distancing
- Taking meals by class in the first degree, in order to limit mixing
- Disinfection of surfaces several times a day and tables in the refectory after each service
- Level 3 Red: maximum alertness
- Hybridization of courses in high school (alternation of face-to-face and distance courses according to the local health context)
- Restriction of physical education activities to respect distances
- Restriction of brewing
- Disinfection of surfaces several times a day and tables in the refectory after each service
The Ministry of Education has undertaken to respect a period of ten days to move from one level to another, in conjunction with the health authorities. Worn full-time by students until February 28, the mask should be imposed or not at the rate of what is happening for the general population. Positive students will a priori be asked to isolate themselves, but contact case students should no longer have to test themselves or isolate themselves. Saliva testing campaigns are not planned either.
The return to school has a cost and many households benefit each year from back-to-school allowances and/or back-to-school bonuses. The receipt of aid is based on family income. For the year 2022, it is for example those of 2020 that are taken into account. Starting in mid-August, thehe back-to-school allowance (ARS) is paid, subject to resources, to families with children aged 6 to 18 attending school in a public or private establishment or in a remote organization such as the Cned. The amount of the 2022 back-to-school allowance is:
- 376.98 euros per child aged 6 to 10
- 397.78 euros per child aged 11 to 14
- 411.56 euros per child aged 15 to 18
Resource caps are imposed. It is income dating back two years that is taken into account, and not that of the current year (income for the year 2020 is studied for the year 2022) according to the family situation on July 31. Here are the resource ceilings for the back-to-school bonus for the year 2022:
- A dependent child: €25,370
- Two dependent children: 31,225 euros
- Three dependent children: 37,080 euros
- Per additional dependent child: 5,852 euros