Overview
- On Monday, Sept. 7, 2026, Mayor Emmanuel Grégoire inaugurated the École du périscolaire in the 13th arrondissement and announced a mandatory 100‑hour training cycle for 3,000 titular and contractual animateurs.
- Since February, the city already requires a 48‑hour prevention course for all 14,000 animateurs, and Paris says it will scale up to tens of thousands of annual training sessions from the new centre.
- Paris reports it has committed more than €20 million to emergency measures for the sector and plans to contractualize about 2,000 additional agents over the coming years to reduce precarity and understaffing.
- The public prosecutor has more than 200 criminal inquiries open and the city has suspended 132 animateurs since early 2026, while roughly fifteen families have announced complaints against the city and its current and former mayors.
- Unions have criticized the École du périscolaire because courses are non‑diploma and may not replace accredited qualifications, and the mayor will face a Senate commission hearing on Sept. 16 where he is expected to provide further details.