On the issue of exemption of textbook fees for students at the compulsory education stage

Yesterday, the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Education held a press conference to take stock of the progress and effectiveness of improving education and people's livelihood in our province in 2007, and at the same time asked reporters questions on some hot issues, involving 08 college entrance examinations, college student employment, and free textbook fees for compulsory education next year.

Compulsory education in Jiangsu Province is free of book fees from the spring of 08.

Background: It is understood that since the spring semester of 2007, Jiangsu has exempted 7.74 million students in the urban and rural compulsory education stage of the province from tuition and miscellaneous fees, and the parents of primary and secondary school students in the province have saved about 1.7 billion yuan in expenditure, of which the average annual burden of each primary school student is about 200 yuan, and the average annual burden of junior high school students is about 300 yuan. The provincial financial department has allocated 100 million yuan to provide subsidies to economically weak areas.

On the basis of free tuition and miscellaneous fees, Jiangsu has also provided free textbooks to students from economically disadvantaged families, and by the end of this year, the province had distributed free textbooks to a total of 2.25 million students.

Question: When did the textbook fee waiver come into effect? What is the scope of free textbooks? Can all students enjoy compulsory education?

Answer: (Shen Jiulin, deputy director of the Finance Department of Jiangsu Department of Education) the compulsory education stage of the textbook fee free policy will be officially implemented in the spring of 08, the winter vacation is approaching, all schools are not allowed to pre-charge the textbook fee for the next semester in advance, the scope of free textbooks includes textbooks of the national curriculum and textbooks of the provincial curriculum. All students in public schools in compulsory education can enjoy this policy, and students in private schools will also enjoy certain benefits.

It is estimated that the province will pay about 1.2 billion yuan for this.

This year, Jiangsu will increase its financial investment by 2 billion yuan, exempt all students in the compulsory education stage in rural areas from tuition and miscellaneous fees, and continue to provide free textbooks to students from poor families and subsidize the living expenses of boarding students.

It is reported that since last year, the Jiangsu financial department has allocated 100 million yuan of funds every year to fully implement "two exemptions and one supplement" for poor students in the compulsory education stage of the province (free of miscellaneous fees and book fees, and subsidized living expenses for boarding students). On this basis, this year Jiangsu will further expand the scope of poverty relief and education assistance, and expand the scope of free distribution of textbooks for rural compulsory education schools to 800,000 people in central Jiangsu.

In addition, Jiangsu will also increase poverty alleviation and student assistance in vocational education, and support 30,000 students from poor families to receive vocational education. Vocational skills training will be provided to junior and senior high school graduates who have not been able to go on to higher education, and the education system will train 300,000 rural laborers throughout the year.

At the same time, the education department will increase the amount of scholarships and grants for college students, and strive to reward and subsidize 110,000 students from economically disadvantaged families in colleges and universities this year. Through a variety of channels, we will ensure that every child from a disadvantaged family has the opportunity to receive compulsory education, support the children of disadvantaged families to receive vocational education, and ensure that every student admitted to university does not drop out of school due to poverty.

The state does not make it mandatory to buy it, but the education department may have regulations, so you can find out. Otherwise, the school charges indiscriminately, and you can report it to the relevant departments.

During the compulsory education period, the school does not charge tuition and fees.

In accordance with Article 2 of the Compulsory Education Law of the People's Republic of China, the State implements a nine-year compulsory education system. Compulsory education is the education that all school-age children and adolescents must receive in a unified manner by the state, and it is a public welfare undertaking that the state must guarantee. Compulsory education is implemented, and no tuition or miscellaneous fees are charged.

The State is to establish a mechanism for guaranteeing funding for compulsory education to ensure the implementation of the compulsory education system.

Compulsory education is free of tuition and miscellaneous fees, as stipulated in the Compulsory Education Act. In general, it refers to the cost of accommodation and books. However, it is necessary to charge a fee for the teaching and auxiliary materials that are uniformly provided. It may also vary from place to place. But tuition and fees have been eliminated.

The tuition fee and after-school extension fee of Gaocun Junior High School in Wanzai County, Yichun City, Jiangxi Province, a total of 916 yuan for the second year of junior high school.

The Detailed Rules for the Implementation of Compulsory Education were promulgated in 1992, and the Compulsory Education Law at that time did not say that tuition fees and miscellaneous fees were exempted, and the current Compulsory Education Law was promulgated and implemented in 2006, so there is no conflict.

Legal Analysis: Compulsory education stipulates that tuition fees are exempt and only miscellaneous fees are charged.

Legal basis: Compulsory Education Law of the People's Republic of China

Article 3 Students receiving compulsory education are exempt from tuition fees and only pay miscellaneous fees.

Article 4 Miscellaneous expenses shall be determined according to a certain proportion of the public expenses and operating expenses that must be spent during the study period. The amount of the fee should be small and there should be a maximum limit.

Article 5 The authority to examine and approve the standard of miscellaneous expenses shall be at the provincial level. The provincial education department puts forward opinions, and the price department, together with the financial department, conducts a review according to the local economic development level, school conditions and residents' economic affordability, and the three departments jointly report to the provincial people's ** for approval, and the education department implements it.

In accordance with the "Compulsory Education Law of the People's Republic of China" of Tankai, the people at all levels and their relevant departments shall give commendations and awards to social organizations and individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the implementation of compulsory education.

Article 10 of the Law of the People's Republic of China on Compulsory Education: For social organizations and individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the implementation of compulsory education, the people at all levels and their relevant departments shall give commendations and awards in accordance with relevant provisions.

Article 11: Parents or other legally-designated guardians of children who have reached the age of 6 shall send them to school to receive and complete compulsory education; Children in areas where conditions are not available can be postponed to the age of seven.

Where school-age children or adolescents need to postpone enrollment or suspend school due to their physical condition, their parents or other legal guardians shall submit an application, which shall be approved by the local township people's ** or county-level people** education administrative department.

Article 12 School-age children and teenagers are exempt from entrance examinations. Local people** at all levels shall ensure that school-age children and adolescents are enrolled in the nearest school for the area of their household registration.

Where parents or other legal guardians work or reside in a place other than their household registration for school-age children or teenagers who receive compulsory education at the place where their parents or other legal guardians work or reside, the local people** shall provide them with equal conditions for receiving compulsory education. Specific measures shall be formulated by provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government.

The people's education administrative departments at the county level shall ensure that the children of military personnel within their respective administrative areas receive compulsory education.