The Sigulda Municipality Council determines the compensation of transport expenses for educators of educational institutions

On September 30, 2026, in issue No. 188 (OP 2026/188) of Latvijas Vēstnesis, in the MUNICIPALITIES section, a notice of binding regulations from the Sigulda Municipality Council titled “Procedure for the Compensation of Transport Expenses for Educators of Sigulda Municipality Educational Institutions” was published. The notice is registered with the Sigulda Municipality Council under serial number 17. With publication in the official gazette, the regulations are promulgated and become binding.

Binding regulations are municipal normative acts issued by the Sigulda Municipality Council within its competence, and their official promulgation takes place in Latvijas Vēstnesis. The subject of the regulations is the compensation of transport expenses for educators of municipal educational institutions, which is a local support measure for workforce attraction in the education sector.

Publication Data

• Publication: Latvijas Vēstnesis, September 30, 2026, No. 188
• Official publication code: OP 2026/188
• Section: MUNICIPALITIES
• Issuing authority: Sigulda Municipality Council
• Serial number: 17
• Document title: “Procedure for the Compensation of Transport Expenses for Educators of Sigulda Municipality Educational Institutions”
• Official reference: Sigulda Municipality Council Binding Regulations No. 12

Other Decisions of the Sigulda Municipality Council in the Same Issue

• Item 15: Amendments to the Sigulda Municipality Council binding regulations No. 2 of January 29, 2026, “On the Sigulda Municipality Budget for 2026” — Sigulda Municipality Council Binding Regulations No. 10
• Item 16: On the awarding of Sigulda Municipality scholarships to students studying in a state-accredited higher education study program and obtaining the professional qualification required for social work specialists — Sigulda Municipality Council Binding Regulations No. 11
• On September 7, 2026, in the same publication, Sigulda Municipality Council binding regulations No. 9 were published — amendments to regulations No. 22 of October 19, 2023, “On Sigulda Municipality Voluntary Initiative Grants”

Similar Procedures in Other Municipalities

• Kuldīga Municipality Council: “Procedure for the Compensation of Transport Expenses for Teachers of Kuldīga Municipality Local Government Educational Institutions”, Kuldīga Municipality Council Binding Regulations No. 13/2026 (September 7, 2026)
• Ādaži Municipality Council: amendment to the February 26, 2026 binding regulations No. 2/2026 “Procedure for the Compensation of Transport Expenses for Teachers of Ādaži Municipality Local Government Educational Institutions”, Ādaži Municipality Council Binding Regulations No. 27/2026 (September 3, 2026)
• Jelgava Municipality Council: “On the Procedure for the Compensation of Transport Expenses for Teachers of Jelgava Municipality Local Government Educational Institutions”, Jelgava Municipality Council Binding Regulations No. 13 (September 16, 2026)
• Ogre Municipality Council: “On the Procedure for Travel Fee Reductions, Expense Compensation, and Transportation for Learners in Ogre Municipality”, Ogre Municipality Council Binding Regulations No. 16/2026 (September 23, 2026)
• Saldus Municipality Council: “On the Organization of Student Transportation and the Procedure for Covering Transport Expenses for Learners in Saldus Municipality”, Saldus Municipality Council Binding Regulations No. 20 (September 29, 2026)
• Valmiera Municipality Council: “Procedure by which the Valmiera Municipality Local Government Compensates Travel Expenses for the Use of Public Transport for Learners of General Basic Education, Secondary Education, Professional Secondary, and Professional-Oriented Education Institutions”, Valmiera Municipality Council Binding Regulations No. 188 (September 7, 2026)

To whom the regulations apply

• Target group: teachers of Sigulda Municipality local government educational institutions.
• Subject: procedure for the compensation of transport expenses.
• The publication specifies the name of the regulations and the official reference; specific compensation amounts, application deadlines, and payment procedures are contained within the regulations themselves.

The compensation of transport expenses for teachers is a local government instrument through which the Sigulda Municipality Council seeks to make work in the municipality’s educational institutions more attractive and reduce mobility-related expenses for teachers. Several other local governments published similar procedures in September 2026, indicating a uniform trend at the local level. As the regulations were published in the official gazette, they are binding and available to any interested party.

Official source

• Publication: Latvijas Vēstnesis, September 30, 2026, No. 188 (OP 2026/188), section LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, item 17
• Document: “Procedure for the Compensation of Transport Expenses for Teachers of Sigulda Municipality Local Government Educational Institutions”
• Official reference: Sigulda Municipality Council Binding Regulations No. 12
• Issuing body: Sigulda Municipality Council