official translation REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA LAW AMENDING THE Law on Social Assistance for PUPILS 6 June 2006 No X-686 Vilnius (A new version on 15 May 2008 – No X-1544) Article 1. A New Version of the
Article 5of this Law; 4) approve the procedure for acquisition of school supplies.
- Administrations of municipalities, administrations of county governors and the Ministry of Education and Science shall: 1) be responsible for purposeful use of funds allocated from the state and municipal budgets for the implementation of this Law; 2) set the amount of funds allocated for acquisition of products in accordance with Article 7 of this Law; 3) submit data about the substantiated need for funds from the state budget required for the implementation of this Law to the Ministry of Social Security and Labour in accordance with the procedure for the provision of data abut the need for funds from the state budget for the provision of social assistance for pupils adopted by the Government or an institution authorised by it; 4) collect and accumulate the data about the provided social assistance for pupils, carry out the analysis of data about the pupils who receive social assistance and the use of funds in schools and timely calculate the additionally required funds or funds that will not be used during the current year; 5) submit the data about the provided social assistance for pupils to the Ministry of Social Security and Labour in accordance with the procedure for the provision of data about the provided social assistance for pupils adopted by the Government or an institution authorised by it and, where necessary, any other information; 6) having received information about any changes in the circumstances that influence granting of social assistance for pupils, or where a suspicion arises that incorrect information was provided or some information has been concealed, notify thereof the director of the administration of a municipality wherein a decision on granting of social assistance for pupils is adopted, or a civil servant of the administration authorised by him.
- Administration of municipalities shall: 1) verify information provided by an applicant which may influence the right to social assistance for pupils; 2) in the presence of circumstances referred to in paragraph 4 of Article 5,
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or paragraph 6 of Article 10 of this Law or where a suspicion arises that incorrect information was provided, inspect the living conditions of a family and to conclude an act on the investigation of the household in accordance with the procedure set forth by the Republic of Lithuania Law on Cash Social Assistance for Low-Income Families (Single Residents). In such case, this act is one of the documents required for establishing the right to social assistance for pupils; 3) compile the sets of school supplies in accordance with Article 8 of this Law.
- Administrations of non-state schools shall: 1) be responsible for purposeful use of funds allocated from the state budget for the implementation of this Law; 2) submit information to the administration of a municipality in the territory whereof the school is founded about the substantiated need for funds from the state budget required for the implementation of this Law; 3) submit information to the administration of a municipality in the territory whereof the school is founded about the use of funds allocated for the provision of free meals for pupils; 4) collect and accumulate the data about the provided social assistance for pupils. Article
- Provision of Information
- At the request of the administration of a municipality, state and municipal institutions and establishments and other legal persons must provide, free of charge, information required for granting of social assistance for pupils.
- Legal and natural persons shall, within 10 working days from the receipt of an application submitted by an applicant who applies for social assistance for pupils, present to the applicant, free of charge, the requested documents required for establishing the right to social assistance for pupils CHAPTER IV DUTIES OF AN APPLICANT AND RECOVERY OF ILLEGALLY RECEIVED SOCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR PUPILS Article
- Duties of an Applicant An applicant must: 1) provide full and correct information required for establishing the right to social assistance for pupils; 2) notify about any changes in the circumstances that influence the right to social assistance for pupils; 3) provide a possibility for the administration of a municipality to inspect the living conditions of a family and to conclude an act on the investigation of the household. Article
- Recovery of Illegally Received Social Assistance for Pupils
- An applicant, who has concealed some data or has submitted incorrect data required for granting of social assistance for pupils and therefore has illegally received it, must return monetary funds in the amount of the received social assistance for pupils to the institution that has granted this assistance. Illegally received and not returned monetary funds in the amount of the received social assistance for pupils shall be recovered in accordance with the procedure set forth by legal acts.
- Illegally, through the fault of institutions specified in Article 9 of this Law, granted monetary funds in the amount of the received social assistance for pupils shall be recovered in accordance with the procedure set forth by legal acts. Article
- Appeals against the Decisions on Granting of Social Assistance for Pupils A decision on granting of social assistance for pupils may be appealed against in accordance with the procedure set forth by the Republic of Lithuania Law on Administrative Proceedings.” Article
- Implementation of the Law
- By 15 June 2008, the Government, or an institution authorised by it, shall approve regulatory enactments required for the implementation of this Law.
- By 1 July 2008, the founders of schools, except for the founders of non-state schools, shall approve the procedure for the provision of free meals for pupils at schools.
- By 1 July 2008, municipal councils shall: 1) approve the procedure for applying for social assistance for pupils; 2) establish the cases when the pupils have the right to social assistance under subparagraphs 1 and 2 of paragraph 4 and
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of this Law; 3) approve the procedure for acquisition of school supplies; 4) approve the procedure for the provision of free meals for pupils in non-state schools. Article
- Entry into Force of the Law This Law, except for Article 2, shall enter into force on 1 July
- I promulgate this Law passed by the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania. PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC VALDAS ADAMKUS