Ogre Municipality Council determines travel concessions for students and expense compensation

Latvijas Vēstnesis, in the issue of September 23, 2026, No. 183 (OP 2026/183), published the notice of Ogre Municipality Council binding regulations No. 16/2026 “On travel fee reductions for students, compensation of expenses, and the transport procedure in Ogre Municipality”. The notice is included in the LOCAL GOVERNMENTS section as item 9. The official publication is available on the Latvijas Vēstnesis website: https://www.vestnesis.lv/url/16983?content=1.

Binding regulations are a binding regulatory act issued by the municipality, adopted by the Ogre Municipality Council as the municipal decision-making body, and their publication in Latvijas Vēstnesis is the official notification procedure. A single document regulates three interrelated areas: travel fee reductions, compensation of expenses, and the transport procedure.

What the Ogre Municipality Council Binding Regulations No. 16/2026 Cover

• Official title: “On travel fee reductions for students, compensation of expenses, and the transport procedure in Ogre Municipality”.
• Issuing body: Ogre Municipality Council.
• Official identifier: Ogre Municipality Council Binding Regulations No. 16/2026.
• Subject of regulation: travel fee reductions for students, compensation of travel-related expenses, and the procedure for organizing transport.
• Target audience: students of Ogre municipality and their families.

Publication Location and Official Reference

• Publication: Latvijas Vēstnesis, September 23, 2026, No. 183.
• Official publication reference: OP 2026/183.
• Location in the publication: LOCAL GOVERNMENTS section, item 9.
• Direct link to the document: https://www.vestnesis.lv/url/16983?content=1.
• Other notices were also published in the same issue, including Balvi Municipality Council binding regulations No. 6/2026, Cabinet of Ministers orders No. 580 and No. 581, National Electronic Mass Media Council decision No. 281/1-2, and information from the State Plant Protection Service.

Context of Ogre Municipality Council’s 2026 Regulations

• On September 2, 2026, in Latvijas Vēstnesis No. 168 (OP 2026/168), LOCAL GOVERNMENTS section, four more Ogre Municipality Council binding regulations were published: No. 13/2026 (amendments to the June 26, 2025 regulations No. 22/2025 “On catering allowances”), No. 15/2026 (the procedure for granting co-financing for entrepreneurs’ participation in exhibitions), No. 17/2026 (the regulations for the youth initiative project competition “Youth [op]portunity”), and No. 18/2026 (the procedure for compensating transport expenses and residential rent expenses for teachers of educational institutions established by the Ogre municipality).
• On August 17, 2026, in Latvijas Vēstnesis No. 156 (OP 2026/156), INSTITUTIONS section, the Ogre Technical College decision No. 1-33/1 on the price list for paid services was published.

Similar Regulations in Other Municipalities

• Jelgava Municipality Council published amendments to the binding regulations No. 18 “On travel fee discounts and the procedure for covering transport expenses for students in Jelgava Municipality” dated August 28, 2024, in Latvijas Vēstnesis No. 175 (OP 2026/175) on September 11, 2026 — Jelgava Municipality Council Binding Regulations No. 12.
• This indicates that the coverage of travel expenses for students is a repeatedly regulated local government issue, where each municipality determines its own procedure for discounts and compensation.

Why this is important for readers

Ogre Municipality Council binding regulations No. 16/2026 directly affect the daily expenses of families, as they determine which students receive travel fee discounts, how travel-related expenses are compensated, and the procedure for organizing transport within the municipality. The official text and related information are available only in the official publication; therefore, residents wishing to verify their eligibility for discounts or compensation must use the Latvijas Vēstnesis publication.

Official source: Latvijas Vēstnesis, September 23, 2026, No. 183 (OP 2026/183), LOCAL GOVERNMENTS section, point 9 — Ogre Municipality Council Binding Regulations No. 16/2026 “On travel fee discounts, expense compensation, and transport procedures for students in Ogre Municipality”. Publication: https://www.vestnesis.lv/url/16983?content=1.