have to Finance the job center a student a Computer if the Computer needs it for his homework? With this question, the social court addressed the issue on Wednesday. Had to judge it.

Selma T. (Name changed) is a single parent and Hartz IV refers to your son, Erdal (Name changed) visited the sixth class in the Goethe-gymnasium in Wilmersdorf. In order to get a Computer from the job centre paid for, Selma T. from the school principal to certify that a Computer for the home was urgently needed. In the school there is a computer room that could be used but only under supervision and only for the Work in the school.

The job center rejected the request on the cost of acquisition for the Computer. It was not responsible. Rather, the school is obliged to provide such a Computer as the free learning resources available.

in Order to clarify the dispute, invited the court, representatives of the education administration to the oral proceedings, in addition, principal Jörg Freese was summoned as a witness.

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“Why have you issued for this certificate?”, wanted to know judge Michael Kanert. He was formerly press spokesman of the court, he knows how to makes a case interesting. He throws the slides on the wall, explains to the German social system, which should be actually consistently, but there are gaps. “I was asked to do the certification,” says Freese. “It is my Belief that students should learn to Work on the Computer.”

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Today, a Laptop with network access to the home base facilities, also in the case of beneficiaries, and should be financed by the job centres, or subsidised, even if dad is watching it in porn and mom for new shoes.

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“Why not over a couple of Laptops?”

Freese describes that the school make up to 17 hours of lessons, for the younger students to 14.30, and that they would then have to 16 hours with homework, volunteering, so open all-day schools. There, but no PCs. “Why not? Why don’t you clean in the afternoon, a couple of Laptops there?“ ask Kanert. Especially since it had three main supervisors and Freese previously relied on the fact that the students had to supervise at the time of PC usage.

Kanert asks and asks. He sees the “deportation carousel” at the factory, so the move Away from competence and responsibility. The education act governs that the school of instruction have material”, including information and communication technology”.

to write With other words: Instead of a certificate, would have Freese must recognize themselves as responsible. Finally Kanert him to the extent that: “If the plaintiff says ,I need a Computer for my homework’, and then he gets him also,” the Director finally, and says at the end: “you can assume that the plaintiff has a PC in the context of the homework.”

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Then the administration of education is on it. If that’s not then a case for the school supervision, if it happens, will Kanert know. The Senate is representative of winds: “We now have the responsibility of the schools…”, but Kanert nailed it: Whether Freeses statement unless no representation within the meaning of the administrative procedure law?

okay, directs the Senate’s representative: “We would ensure as a school Supervisory authority that the undertaking is fulfilled.” On to a few computers, it will not fail. The representatives of the Senate administration had to Pay: The Gymnasium is equipped with 78 computers, including laptops and with 20 digital blackboards, called Whiteboards, on each of which a further Computer is hanging.

judge Kanert emphasized to the conclusion that there is a fundamental right to a socio-cultural subsistence minimum. For children this means, in particular, the right to education. The school was in the present case. The job centres are only obliged to the services, if there is no priority performance of contracted social service providers.

Now the Boy has but still no PC at home. This question remained open on Wednesday: computers today to the minimum subsistence level such as, for example, TV? The need to clarify the courts or the legislature. To the suit it came, because Selma T. had read in the newspaper that the Jobcenter Hartz-IV-recipients paid for the Computer, up to 350 Euro. At the end of the hearing, you stated your action is done.

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