Year of Service Bill

What does the bill do?

The proposal defines a "service year" as volunteering in the community within a public institution for up to 12 months before military or national service. The proposal provides that the Knesset Education Committee will set conditions for recognizing public institutions as service year operators. The state will contribute a budget of 25,500 shekels per volunteer per year at each institution, half from the Ministry of Education budget and half from the Ministry of Defense budget. The bill limits the budget increase to no more than 15% per year compared with the previous year.