#local public finances

46 schools in Ungheni district move to the state, with 72.5% of the district budget — public documents do not say whether the district gains or loses

The Government has approved the draft «Restart in Education» reform, which still has to be voted by Parliament: from 1 January 2027, primary schools, gymnasiums, lyceums and special education move from district councils to Territorial Agencies for Education, subordinated to the ministry. District education departments are abolished. In Ungheni district this means 46 institutions with 11,061 pupils, and the segment that leaves amounts to 335.5 million lei, that is 72.5% of the district budget. The Ministry of Finance calculated that 14 district councils gain from the reform and 18 lose — but it did not publish the list, and Ungheni is not among the examples named.