The central government took over the financing of schools, which no longer have independent budgets, as well as certain responsibilities that were traditionally devoted to school directors, such as hiring and firing teachers. To manage these new responsibilities, a new administrative layer, the Klebelsberg Institute, was created, with a network of around 200 local branches. Further increases of about 10% per year are envisaged for the three coming years. In exchange, teachers' low working time is to be increased.