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Back給食費や教材費、校長らが3700万円自腹 学校任せの集金に限界も
給食費や教材費、校長らが3700万円自腹 学校任せの集金に限界も
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給食費や教材費、校長らが3700万円自腹 学校任せの集金に限界も

市教委調査で判明、校長らが報告せずに補塡した額は約3700万円

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京都府木津川市の市立小学校で、保護者から徴収する給食費や教材費などの未収金約5400万円が放置されていたことが明らかになった。校長らが報告せずに自腹で約3700万円を負担していた。市教委の調査によると、2025年春までの13年間にわたる未収金で、元事務職員や歴代校長5人が補塡に関与していた。

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木津川市の市立小学校では、毎月児童1人あたり給食費約4千円と教材費千数百円を口座引き落としで徴収していた。2025年春までの13年間に計約5400万円が未収になっていたとみられる。

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学校が保護者から集める給食費や教材費などの未収金約5400万円を放置し、このうち約3700万円を小学校長らが報告せずに自腹で負担していたことが11月、京都府木津川市で明らかになった。

校長の釈明からは仕事に忙殺される学校現場の苦労もにじむ。問題の背景と、教職員の負担軽減に向けた動きを追った。

「休んでいる職員が多く、学校運営を適正に回すのがしんどい時期で、大事(おおごと)にしたくなかった。自分が立て替えて校内で収めたかった」

木津川市教育委員会の調査に対し、市立小の50代校長は、給食費や教材費の不足を自腹で補塡(ほてん)した理由をそう語ったという。

市教委によると、市立小は毎月、児童1人あたり給食費約4千円と教材費千数百円を口座引き落としで徴収していた。

ところが、2025年春までの13年間に、計約5400万円が未収になっていたとみられる。

この間、徴収事務を担当していた60代の元事務職員は、21~24年度に自分や家族の口座から約2千万円を補塡していた。歴代の校長5人は、こうした状況に気づかなかったと説明しているという。

23年春に着任した現校長が事態を知ったのは24年春だった。

給食センターから学校に「前年度分の給食費が未納だ」と連絡があり、校長は未納分477万円を自腹で補塡した。事務職員から「事務の整理ができていないため」と説明を受け、いずれ返金されると考えていたという。

膨らんだ校長の「自腹」

しかし、返金されないまま元事務職員は25年春に退職。25年5月に業者2社から未納の教材費の請求を受け、校長はさらに計247万円を自腹で補塡した。

その後、後任職員から「口座…

What to Watch

AI outlook — possibilities, not facts

  • 木津川市教育委員会が学校の徴収事務の見直しを行う

    Likely · Within weeks

  • 自腹で補塡した金額の返金について協議が行われる

    Possible · Within months

Open Questions

  • 未収金約5400万円のうち、残り約1700万円の行方はどうなったか
  • 元事務職員が自腹で補塡した約2千万円の返金は行われるか
  • 現校長が補塡した計724万円の返金は行われるか
  • 今後の教職員の事務負担軽減策は具体的にどうなるか

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