We collect a package of documents for enrolling a child in kindergarten

To register a child for kindergarten, you need to know where and with what documents parents must apply. The sequence of your actions and the list of documents often depend on local legislation.

First of all, you need to go through the following steps:

• Contact the commission for registration;
• Monitor the progress of the queue periodically;
• Start preparing documents for enrollment in kindergarten after you receive a ticket to a child care institution.

To avoid problems, you need to know what documents are needed for the kindergarten to get on the waiting list. We recommend that you register immediately after leaving the maternity hospital and the parents receive the child’s Birth Certificate. You become registered with the territorial commission, which is responsible for staffing municipal preschool institutions. Commissions of this kind are created at the municipal education departments of the administrations of each city or district.

Here is a list of documents that need to be prepared for the commission for staffing a municipal children's educational institution (MDOU):

• Application from parents or persons in loco parentis;
• Child's birth certificate and its copy;
• Applicant's passport;
• Beneficiaries provide a document that confirms the right to priority admission of a child to a preschool institution.

By submitting an application to the commission, the applicant signs an Agreement authorizing the storage and processing of his personal data by the commission.
When the child is placed on the waiting list and registered in the record book, as well as in the computer database. You will be informed under what number the child is registered and will be given a notification of the child’s registration in exchange for a package of documents. With this notification in hand, you will be able to monitor how the queue is progressing. Keep in mind! You can register for the queue using the electronic option.
In order to get on the lists of the electronic commission for completing preschool educational institutions, you need to go through the following steps:

• Register on the site
• Provide the applicant's passport details
• Child's full name
• Child's birth certificate number
• Fill out the application form electronically
• In the application, indicate the numbers of the three kindergartens that are preferable for you.
• Receive an individual code and wait for confirmation that the application has been accepted.
• Confirmation of the child’s inclusion in the electronic register must arrive no later than 10 working days from the date of submission of the application.

When the time comes to distribute the child to a specific preschool institution, the head of the kindergarten will receive a notification from the commission and notify the applicant by mail or by telephone.

Documents for enrolling a child in a kindergarten age group

With the notification received, you need to go or call the kindergarten and find out what documents need to be prepared in order for the child to be enrolled in his age group. The list of required documents may differ slightly in different regions, but, most often, its list necessarily includes:

• Application from a parent or person replacing him/her regarding the child’s enrollment in kindergarten;
• The applicant's passport or other identification document;
• Child's birth certificate and its copy;
• Medical certificate about the child’s health from a pediatrician, form No. 026/u;
• Vaccination card form No. 063/u;
• Certificate of epidemiological environment form 095/у, which is issued by the local pediatrician. This certificate is valid for three days from the date of issue.
• Certificate for the pool, if the kindergarten offers recreational swimming classes (form No. 1). This certificate is valid for 6 months;
• Compulsory health insurance policy and its copy;
• For beneficiaries, a document that gives the right to benefits in paying for kindergarten.

The head of the preschool institution will invite you to sign a bilateral agreement between you and the preschool institution. The agreement is signed in two copies, one of which is given to the applicant.

Attention! Be prepared for the fact that before entering kindergarten you will need to undergo a medical examination by a number of specialists, take tests and wait for their results.

There are also special kindergartens for children with special needs. Such preschool institutions include:

• Kindergartens for children with cerebral palsy;
• Kindergartens for children with hearing impairments;
• Kindergartens for children with speech disorders;
• Kindergartens for children with low vision;
• Anti-tuberculosis preschool institutions;
• Children's institutions for HIV-positive children.

There are children's educational and health institutions in other areas as well.

Benefits for brothers and sisters

Federal Law No. 411-FZ dated December 2, 2019 obliges us to admit, as a priority, children who have a brother or sister studying in the same kindergarten. This innovation applies not only to kindergartens, but also to schools.

The benefit can be used by parents who have submitted to the regional education department a certificate of registration of the second child at the address where the first one is registered. If the place of residence differs from the place of registration or the children have different places of registration, you must additionally provide a certificate of family composition. It is received at the passport office.

Previously, parents had to take their children to different kindergartens if their place of registration did not match. The new rule has been well received by families because it will free up time for parents. This bill was introduced in the Samara region in 2021. The prosecutor's office closed him down because he infringed on the rights of residents of other regions. And the new law of 2021 was adopted at the federal level, so the conditions are the same for all regions.

How are priorities distributed in the queue?

Children whose brothers and sisters are already studying in kindergarten receive priority over children from the general queue and even over other beneficiaries. The queue order is determined as follows:

1. Brothers and sisters of current kindergarten students;
2. Children of military personnel, police officers and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, disabled people, large families, single mothers. In some regions, children of kindergarten employees are included in this category, for example in St. Petersburg.
3. Babies from the queue according to the date of application;
4. Children who are transferred from other kindergartens;
5. Children registered at their place of residence.

How to organize innovation in kindergarten

The essence of the new benefit must be conveyed to parents and described in the documents of the preschool educational institution. To do this, post information about the new preferential category on the kindergarten website and on information boards.

Also, change the section of the regulations on admission to preschool educational institutions in 2021. To do this, supplement the section “Procedure for admission of pupils” with information about the preferential category and the sequence of enrollment of children among preferential and non-preferential categories.

Receiving benefits for your child’s admission to kindergarten

To receive benefits you must provide:

• Document from the student mother's educational institution;
• Certificate of a disabled child of group I or II
• Guardianship document if the child is under guardianship;
• A document stating that the child is being raised in a single-parent family;
• Documents confirming the fact that the family has many children;
• For twins, it is enough to indicate in the application;
• Certificate for orphans;
• Certificate from the parent's place of work for children of military personnel.

What to do if there is nowhere to register?

Kindergartens conduct admission on the basis of Order No. 293 of the Ministry of Education and Science of 04/08/14 and the Law “On Education” No. 273, which state that minor citizens must be provided with places in educational institutions at their place of residence.

Therefore, you can simply walk around your area and find out information about nearby kindergartens. It is quite possible that there is a shortage in one of them every year. The reasons are different - lack of a full range of services, territorial remoteness, qualifications or staff of specialists. They will take a child without registering parents; they are happy to staff the group, because there is a risk of layoffs or closure of the institution.

Is it possible to place a child in a preschool educational institution without permanent registration?

According to the law, the head of a kindergarten does not have the right to refuse to admit a child who does not have a local registration. If the institution has free places, they are required to accept children without registration.

Important! Lack of temporary or permanent registration is not a reason not to admit a child to kindergarten. But children without registration are enrolled last, since there are usually no free places or very few.

Preschool institutions distribute places for group formation as follows:

• First of all, places are allocated for children with permanent registration at an address geographically close to the institution.
• In the second place, children who have temporary registration at their place of stay are considered.
• Lastly, all remaining vacant seats are considered. If, after recruiting groups, there are still places left, the garden will be able to accommodate those who do not have registration, but live nearby.

How to get in line?

No mandatory local registration at the place of residence is required for a child in order to get on the waiting list for kindergarten. The fact of residence in a given locality and registration of temporary registration (at the place of stay) is sufficient.

1. First, you need to choose a preschool institution that is geographically close, then go to the official website of the State Service and register, after which you can apply to be placed in the queue. The application can be submitted in person to the education department at your place of residence or through the MFC.
2. After a child has been selected for a place in kindergarten, an invitation will follow to come to the Department of Education. Within 30 days, you need to personally appear at the department (preschool education department) with a package of documents and you will be put on a waiting list. If the parents were unable to come with the documents on time, then the right of priority is transferred to the next child.

Additional methods

If you can’t obtain either permanent or temporary registration in any way, but you really need to arrange for your child, then you can go the other way:

• Lease contract. The baby can be sent to kindergarten on the basis of a rental agreement for a rented apartment. The agreement and application are submitted to the education department at the place of residence and on this basis the child is enrolled in the queue.
• Sponsored places. Many kindergartens need basic financial assistance, so if you can help somehow, you can become a sponsor. In this case, your baby's chances of being admitted to kindergarten increase.
• Working as a nanny. Some preschool institutions are experiencing a shortage of junior staff. As a rule, this is work as an assistant teacher, nanny or cleaner. Mothers get jobs in kindergartens, and only then place their children. This convenient way allows you to earn additional money and at the same time look after your child.
• Buying a place. Parents are known to put their child on the waiting list early. They receive a number to track their progress. But a situation may arise when a place is assigned to one district or city, and the family urgently needs to change their place of residence. In this case, parents sell or change the place by submitting the relevant information in the advertisements. People move often, so this option is quite in demand.
• Private kindergarten. In big cities, it is not a problem to place a child without registration in a private kindergarten or a developmental children's center. Of course, they are paid, but they have their advantages.

As a rule, children are registered at their place of residence with their parents or one of them. On our website you will find articles about whether it is possible to register a father or mother at the place of registration of the child, what is the procedure for this procedure for newborns and through the State Services portal, as well as whether it is necessary to send the child to school according to registration and whether it is possible to get there without registration at the place of residence .

Refusal of vaccinations upon admission to kindergarten

If parents do not want to vaccinate their child, fearing for his health or for any other reasons, or want to do only part of the vaccinations or vaccinate the child according to an individual schedule, then they have every right to do so. To do this, an application is written addressed to the head of the children's clinic where the child is being observed. The application is submitted in two copies, signed by both parties, one signed copy is given to the parent or person replacing him.

The grounds for filing such an application are Articles 31 and 32 of the Fundamentals of the Legislation of the Russian Federation on the protection of the health of citizens dated July 22, 1993 No. 5487-1, which talks about consent and refusal to medical intervention, as well as Article 5 of the Federal Law “On the Immunoprevention of Infectious Diseases” diseases" N 157-FZ of September 17, 1998 "Rights and responsibilities of citizens in the implementation of immunoprophylaxis."

Accounting for the number of foreigners

Federal Law No. 403-FZ dated December 2, 2019 obliges kindergartens to publicly publish the number of foreign preschoolers. There is no need to disclose other data of migrants in order not to violate legal norms.

Preschool education experts say what this innovation could lead to:

• On the one hand, the attitude towards Russian citizens who are mistakenly mistaken for foreigners will improve. This applies, for example, to residents of the North Caucasus.
• On the other hand, parents can begin to divide groups and kindergartens into “for locals” and “for migrants,” and children can unite into small groups based on linguistic similarity. As a result, queues at individual kindergartens may increase and tension among parents may increase.

To avoid the described difficulties, a rule on the number of foreigners was added to the rules for admitting kindergartens in 2020.

How to organize innovation in kindergarten

To implement the new rule, you need to:

1. Create an order for the admission of foreign citizens;
2. Add to the document on the distribution of responsibilities a task for the senior teacher - to keep track of the number of foreigners in groups.
3. Post information on the website about the number of migrants in the kindergarten.

Official documents confirming the refusal

If you are denied admission to a kindergarten due to lack of places or for some other reason, then ask the head of the preschool institution to give you a written refusal and indicate the reason for the refusal. Such a document can be used later in court to file a claim. Article 43 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation protects the right to education, so the likelihood of your claim being satisfied in court is very high.

A specialist will answer all your questions on the topic of the article in the comments.

Mandatory electronic queue and unified federal system

All data on admission to kindergarten must be entered into the federal information system, namely information about:

• number of seats,
• preferential categories,
• queues.

This means that the queue will become electronic in all regions, and parents will be able to easily monitor the situation in kindergartens. Information from regional services is sent to the federal system. In this way, a single all-Russian queue is formed. Thanks to her, children can easily find a place in a new kindergarten if their family has moved to a new city. It wasn't easy before.

In cities with populations over one million people there is already an electronic queue, so little will change in their work. And kindergartens from small cities and towns will have to introduce a new system in order to meet uniform requirements.

The introduction of a federal waiting list makes the kindergarten admission system more “transparent” for parents. Preschoolers will be accepted under the same conditions. And in a few years, officials will be able to study the statistics on the workload of kindergartens by region, and based on these data, take measures to improve the organization of the preschool education system.

How to organize innovation in kindergarten

Many regions have been maintaining local information portals for several years, so working in a unified system should not cause difficulties. To do this you need:

1. Study the regional regulations on the information system;
2. Draw up a schedule and instructions for entering and updating data in the information system. Add these instructions to the appointment order;
3. Issue an order appointing a specialist to receive and enter data.

Registration deadlines

The timing of registration of temporary registration will depend directly on the method of submission of documents by parents. To obtain a certificate as quickly as possible, we advise you to contact the territorial office of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in person. In this case, temporary registration will take three days.

If the specialist who will be checking the documents finds any inaccuracies, the period can be extended to a maximum of eight working days.

If the applicant submitted documents for temporary registration via mail, the time for delivery and consideration increases to 7-10 days.

If a citizen has submitted documents to the Multifunctional Center, the period will increase by 1-2 days.

How to obtain a temporary registration for a child for kindergarten

Temporary registration has its own algorithm for designing the procedure itself:

1. First, parents need to collect a package of documents.
2. One of the parents must write a statement. It can be submitted either through the government services portal or in person.
3. The applicant must come to the territorial office of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs with a prepared package of documents and an application and submit them. The applicant will receive a receipt confirming receipt of this application for consideration.
4. After the documents are verified by the authorities, the applicant will receive a notification in which a deadline will be assigned when he will need to appear to collect the temporary registration certificate.

What is queue zero?

When the position in the general queue is designated as “0”, this means that it is time to receive a ticket . A notice of referral or refusal to parents can be issued in the same place where the corresponding application was originally submitted. However, the most convenient way to obtain it is through the government services portal. Experienced mothers and fathers recommend checking the data updates in your personal account more often so as not to accidentally miss an incoming notification. This can be avoided by subscribing to alerts by email or SMS.

Where to complain if rights are violated?

Families who believe that their rights have been violated and the queue at a preschool educational institution is moving incorrectly have the right to file a complaint with the education department . If the response received to the appeal is considered unsatisfactory or the complaint remains unanswered, you should contact the prosecutor's office .

As a means of supervision, employees of the prosecutor's office will conduct an appropriate inspection of the activities of the education department and the progress of the general queue. If any violations are identified and confirmed, you can go to court to force them to be eliminated.

Kindergarten by registration or place of residence

Very often, parents encounter certain difficulties associated with enrolling their child in kindergarten if he does not have registration at the address to which the kindergarten itself is assigned. As a rule, parents try to achieve justice and find legal grounds and opportunities to place their child in the chosen kindergarten. Many try to do this by appealing to the prosecutor's office or local administrative court. Citizens refer to the legislation of the Russian Federation and, directly, the Constitution.

It is worth noting that preschool education is currently not compulsory, so references to laws may not be appropriate.

Regarding questions about enrolling a child in kindergarten, you should refer to Federal Law No. 293 “On Education”. It specifies the order in which children are enrolled.

It is worth noting that problems with enrollment do not arise for those citizens who have made permanent or temporary registration for their child on time.

How to choose the right kindergarten?

Each family chooses their preferred kindergarten independently. Most often, an institution is chosen based on factors such as opening hours and convenient location near home or work. Preschool institutions are open mainly from 07:00 to 19:00, some only until 17:00. If necessary, parents try to find kindergartens that operate around the clock or only five days a week.

State

When choosing an institution, it is recommended to pay attention to the general condition of the building, the condition of its territory and playgrounds, how long ago the renovation was carried out, and whether the children are provided with toys. It is also worth checking out the organization’s availability of additional activities (for example, sports activities or foreign language lessons) and other services.

Child care is provided by teachers working in two shifts and their assistants. The group size should not be more than 20 people . Despite this, the number of children in many kindergartens is much higher, which is due to an acute shortage of places.

Reviews

When making a choice, parents can not only independently read reviews about a particular kindergarten in open sources and on Internet forums, but also have the right to personally talk with the head of the kindergarten, its teachers, parents of children already attending this kindergarten, as well as Observe during one of the walks how the staff of the institution communicate with the pupils.

Groups

When choosing an institution, it is necessary to check whether the child’s age at the time of enrollment corresponds to the exact age group where enrollment is carried out. For example, if a child’s age by September 1 of the current year is less than two years, then he will not be able to enter an institution that accepts children from the age of three. In such cases, parents need to contact an institution that accepts children of the appropriate age; in this example, it will be from one and a half to three years of age.

Enrollment date

If parents want to send their child to a preschool institution at the beginning of the new school year (at the end of summer), the application must indicate the preferred date of enrollment. It should be taken into account that the date should not be later than September 1 of the year when you plan to start attending kindergarten. An application indicating a later date will also be added to the queue, but the system will not take it into account until the date specified by the parents.

Number of kindergartens in the application

It is allowed to be on the waiting list in several kindergartens at the same time . Their maximum number is determined by local regulations. When registering in most regions of Russia, you can indicate from three to five preferred kindergartens, and in some municipalities it is possible to additionally indicate a larger number later.

Subsequently, you are allowed to change your choice if certain institutions for some reason (for example, moving) are no longer suitable for the child’s parents. To make such changes to the list, you must apply for the service again . In this case, only information about the selected kindergartens will be updated, and the date of placement in the queue will remain unchanged.

Please note that the priority will be given to the kindergarten listed first in the application . The rest are considered additional. Despite this, there is no guarantee of receiving a ticket to your preferred kindergarten. This is explained by the fact that the formation of directions is carried out automatically by the system. First of all, a kindergarten with a higher probability of enrolling a particular child is selected in an automated mode.

Temporary registration

Parents often wonder whether it is possible to register their child temporarily and enroll in kindergarten.

In fact, everything will depend on where the family lives. For example, in Moscow or St. Petersburg it is almost impossible to get a place in a kindergarten without permanent registration. As a rule, a certain number of places are allocated for children with temporary registration.

In the regions it is much easier to enroll a child in kindergarten and this can be done with temporary registration.