At least seven authorities shortened the school day under the auspices of the holiday from 16:45 to 16:00 and even to 14:30. Among the localities are Tel Aviv, Kfar Saba, Petah Tikva, Ariel, Hod Hasharon, and Haifa.
The Ministry of Education granted permission to the authorities that sought to deviate from the procedures due to a personnel shortage. "The municipality decided to punish children for the sequence and their parents," said Liat Hoshan, mother of a five-year-old boy diagnosed with autism from Tel Spring. "I hope that the Tel Aviv municipality will wake up later this year and finally provide a solution to these shortcuts," she said. The Tel Aviv Municipality operates special education kindergartens for autism until 4:45 p.m. In the summer months, July-August, the days of operation will be until 16:00. The special education system in Hod Hasharon and the country as a whole is growing and expanding at a faster rate than usual. This reality requires comprehensive solutions led by the Ministry of Education, which will include them in order to provide a full response to the needs of special education," the municipality said. The Petah Tikva municipality stated that "in Petah Tikva, the special education frameworks operate in accordance with the available manpower. Media special education kindergartens operate until 3:30 p. m." The Hod Hasharne municipality stated "the shortening of the hours of operation in some of the special education institutions during the last week was done out of choice due to the manpower shortage and with the approval of the. special education inspector of the Ministry of Education."