Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara has informed the High Court that the Education Ministry will be required to prepare to revoke subsidies for after-school programs to bnei yeshivos who are eligible for the draft beginning with the 2026–27 school year.

The Education Ministry has been instructed to implement the policy for the Nitzanim after-school program, which primarily operates in communities with large Chareidi populations. The move is a major financial blow for tens of thousands of Chareidi families as the after-school programs enable many mothers to retain their jobs.

In addition to the revocation of subsidies for the after-school programs, the Labor Ministry has announced plans to expand the revocation of subsidies for daycare centers and after-school programs under its authority.

The loss of daycare and after-school program subsidies will increase childcare costs by hundreds of shekels per child, a staggering burden for large Chareidi families.

In the update submitted to the High Court, Baharav-Miara also expressed her dismay that Transportation Minister Miri Regev has delayed the revocation of public transportation discounts to bnei yeshivos and the government has not transferred authority over municipal property tax (arnona) discounts to the Prime Minister, preventing those benefits from being revoked at this stage.

Baharav-Miara’s update also noted that, pursuant to previous High Court rulings, draft-eligible individuals who fail to report for service are already barred from participating in the government’s subsidized housing lottery program, and that officials are also considering revoking eligibility from families currently on waiting lists from previous lotteries.

(YWN Israel Desk—Jerusalem)