Our country has also provided large financial subsidies for rural children to study. The policy of national compulsory education, two exemptions for and one supplement for , has been implemented nationwide. In 2017, the policy of urban and rural compulsory education was successfully unified. So what is with two exemptions and one subsidy for compulsory education? What is the subsidy standard? What kind of families can apply?
"Two exemptions and one subsidy" is a universal policy for compulsory education that has been comprehensively promoted by the country since 2006. Specifically, it gradually exempts tuition and miscellaneous fees in compulsory education, provides free textbooks and subsidizes boarding students to students from poor families. living expenses. Although the name of the policy has not changed for more than a decade, its coverage has been expanding.
What is "two exemptions and one subsidy"?
"Two exemptions and one subsidy" refers to a subsidy policy in which the state comprehensively exempts students in compulsory education (primary and junior high schools) from tuition and miscellaneous fees, provides free textbooks to students in rural compulsory education, and subsidizes living expenses for boarding students from rural families with financial difficulties, referred to as "Two exemptions and one subsidy".
After years of efforts by the central and local governments, my country has fully implemented free nine-year compulsory education by 2008. Students are exempted from tuition, miscellaneous fees and textbook fees in the rural compulsory education stage, and students are exempted from tuition fees and textbook fees in the urban compulsory education stage. All the funds required for miscellaneous expenses have been included in the compulsory education funding guarantee mechanism.
Initially, only rural students in poor areas could benefit from this policy. By 2016, all compulsory education in rural areas across the country had been exempted from both tuition and fees, while in cities, all tuition and miscellaneous fees were exempted. Starting from the spring semester of 2017, the central government began to implement free textbooks for urban students and subsidies for boarding students’ living expenses. This also means that the two exemptions and one subsidy policy has achieved unification and full coverage in urban and rural areas.
"Two exemptions and one subsidy" subsidy standard
The two exemptions and one subsidy policy not only exempts rural children from tuition fees, textbook fees, and tuition and miscellaneous fees. It also provides student accommodation and living subsidies to rural families with financial difficulties. For rural children, this means that they can get a large sum of money every year, not to mention what they can do, but for rural children who have been able to endure hardships since childhood Said, this may be equivalent to half a year's food expenses.
The per-student subsidy standard for boarding students who come from families with financial difficulties is: 1,000 yuan/year for primary schools and 1,250 yuan/year for junior high schools.
So what kind of families can apply for "two exemptions and one subsidy"?
1. Students from registered families, orphans, and children of martyrs confirmed by the Poverty Alleviation Office, Civil Affairs, Disabled Persons' Federation and other departments.
2. Children of families supported by urban and rural subsistence allowances and urban and rural special poverty relief.
3. Disabled students and disabled families whose families have financial difficulties. Students
4, students from single-parent families with financial difficulties, and students whose families have special financial difficulties due to emergencies
Related news: Hebei Province announced the detailed rules of "two exemptions and one subsidy" in 2018
In order to further promote the healthy and sustainable development of compulsory education and effectively solve the financial difficulties of families Students go to school to ensure that the national funding policy is implemented. Recently, the Provincial Department of Education and the Provincial Department of Finance jointly issued the "Hebei Province Urban and Rural Compulsory Education "Two Exemptions and One Subsidy" Funding Implementation Rules", requiring schools in various places to comply with them.
"Two exemptions and one subsidy"
refers to exempting urban and rural compulsory education students (including private school students) from tuition and miscellaneous fees, providing free textbooks, and subsidizing living expenses for boarding students from poor families. The standard for exempting students from private schools from tuition and miscellaneous fees shall be based on the per-student public funding benchmark fixed by the central government.
Urban and rural compulsory education students
refer to students studying in compulsory education schools in urban areas and rural areas (including rural areas and agricultural reclamation and forest farms in counties, towns, municipal districts) in our province, including junior middle schools, vocational junior high schools, ordinary primary schools, and complete middle schools. Junior high school, nine-year consistent school and special education school .
Exemption from tuition and miscellaneous fees
The central government uniformly determines the benchmark quota for per-student public funding for compulsory education schools across the country, and our province adjusts the benchmark quota in a timely manner in accordance with central policies. Tuition and miscellaneous fees for urban and rural compulsory education students are exempted directly, and private schools are not allowed to "collect first and return later."
The benchmark quotas for per-student public funding for urban and rural compulsory education are: 600 yuan per student per year for ordinary primary schools and 800 yuan per year for ordinary junior high schools. The public funding for heating per student in the school is 85 yuan, and the shortfall will be solved by the city and county as a whole. On this basis, public funding subsidies for boarding schools will be increased based on the standard of 200 yuan per student per year for boarding schools. Priority will be given to implementing policies such as public funding for smaller schools with less than 100 students in rural areas based on 100 students; special education schools and classes for students with disabilities Students are subsidized with public funds at a standard rate of 6,000 yuan per student per year.
All compulsory education students in urban and rural areas will be exempted from tuition and miscellaneous fees, which will be fully implemented by finance at all levels in accordance with the benchmark quota, number of students and share ratio to ensure the normal operation of public compulsory education schools. Students in private schools are exempted from tuition and miscellaneous fees and are subsidized according to the benchmark quota of public funding per student, public funding for heating per student, boarding student subsidy standards and the number of students in the primary and secondary school student status information management system determined by the central government. Private schools must announce the school's actual charging standards before the start of the term. , directly reduce student-related fees according to subsidy standards, and effectively reduce the education burden of the people. For the portion of private school fees that are higher than the subsidy standard, the school can continue to charge students in accordance with regulations. Private schools must register the names, items, amounts and signature forms of students whose fees are reduced accordingly and keep them on file for future reference.
free textbooks
provides free national curriculum textbooks, provincially prescribed supporting learning resources and local curriculum textbooks to urban and rural compulsory education students, as well as free student dictionaries for first-year primary school students, and implements a recycling system for some textbooks. Free textbooks that are recycled are not the personal property of students. The recycled version of free textbooks should remain relatively stable. If it is really necessary to replace the textbook version, it should be done in strict accordance with the relevant regulations on the selection of primary and secondary school textbooks, and the replacement should start from the starting grade.
free textbooks are based on the "Catalogue of Teaching Textbooks for Primary and Secondary Schools (Compulsory Education Part)" issued by the Ministry of Education and the Provincial Department of Education and the supporting auxiliary learning resources stipulated by the province. Based on the selection of textbooks in various places, they are centralized purchased by the provincial level and distributed free of charge. The required funds will be fully borne by the central government. Local curriculum textbooks determined by the province are borne by the provincial finance and distributed to students free of charge.
Subsidizing the living expenses of poor boarding students
Subsidizing the living expenses of poor boarding students is targeted at boarding students in urban and rural compulsory education schools whose families have financial difficulties. Those who meet the following conditions should be given priority to be included in the scope of funding: students from registered families confirmed by the Poverty Alleviation Office, Civil Affairs, Disabled Persons' Federation and other departments, orphans, children of martyrs, children of families supported by urban and rural subsistence allowances and urban and rural special poverty relief, and families with financial difficulties. Disabled students and students from disabled families, students from single-parent families with financial difficulties, and students whose families are in particularly financial difficulties due to emergencies.
The per-student subsidy standard for boarding students who come from families with financial difficulties is: 1,000 yuan/year for primary schools and 1,250 yuan/year for junior high schools. The funds to subsidize the living expenses of poor boarding students are mainly used for the living expenses of the aided students. When the state and province adjust the scope and standards of subsidies, they will be implemented in accordance with relevant policies.
