According to news from the Hunan Provincial People's Government Portal on May 9, in order to regulate the charging behavior of private schools and protect the legitimate rights and interests of students and parents, in accordance with relevant national and provincial regulations and in combination with the actual situation of the province, the Provincial Development and Reform Commission formulated the "Private Primary and Secondary Schools in Hunan Province" The "Measures for the Administration of Charges" (hereinafter referred to as the "Measures") (Draft for Comments) are now open to the public for comments and welcome comments and suggestions from all walks of life.
This "Measures" applies to private schools with primary, junior high, and general high school education (excluding secondary vocational education) organized by social organizations or individuals other than state agencies within the administrative region of Hunan Province using non-state financial funds for the society in accordance with the law. School , hereinafter referred to as "private primary and secondary schools").
Private primary and secondary school fees should reflect the public welfare attribute
The "Measures" clarify that private primary and secondary schools that provide education and teaching services to students can charge tuition fees; those that provide accommodation for school students can charge accommodation fees; when students or their parents voluntarily provide Under the premise, those who provide services (or agency services) to school students can charge service fees or agency fees. In addition to tuition fees, accommodation fees, service fees and agency fees, private primary and secondary schools are not allowed to charge any other fees from students.
Private primary and secondary school fees should reflect the nature of public welfare and implement hierarchical and classified management. According to the non-profit or for-profit nature of private primary and secondary schools, fees are managed at government-guided prices or market-regulated prices respectively.
Tuition fees and accommodation fees for non-profit private primary and secondary schools are managed at government-guided prices. Non-profit private primary and secondary schools shall determine specific charging standards based on actual conditions within the range of charging standards approved by the government.
The tuition and accommodation fees of for-profit private high schools are subject to market-adjusted prices, and the charging standards are independently determined by the schools.
When non-profit private primary and secondary schools set or adjust tuition and accommodation fee standards, they need to submit an application.
The "Measures" point out that when non-profit private primary and secondary schools need to set or adjust tuition and accommodation fee standards, they should submit an application before the end of March each year. After the city, state or county education administrative department puts forward its opinions, it will be reported to the development and reform department at the same level for approval.
The city, state, and county development and reform departments shall, in accordance with relevant regulations, form a preliminary price adjustment plan after performing procedures such as price investigation, cost investigation or cost supervision and review, listening to social opinions, legality review, and collective deliberation, and submit it to the education administrative department for approval. It will be implemented after approval by the people's government at the relevant level. The fee standards will be approved before the annual admission brochure is released. The content of the
application report includes: the school's basic situation, funding sources, specific items applying for the establishment or adjustment of charging standards, charging standard adjustment plan and basis and reasons, current annual charging amount, adjusted fee increase or decrease, and formulation or adjustment of charging standards. Risk prediction self-assessment.
Major and intensive adjustments are not allowed to prevent excessive fees.
The "Measures" emphasize that adjustments to tuition and accommodation fee standards for non-profit private primary and secondary schools should be carried out smoothly and orderly. The adjustment time interval should not be less than 3 years, and the adjustment range should not exceed the price index of the same period. increase. Large and intensive adjustments are not allowed to prevent excessive charges.
For-profit private high school tuition and accommodation fee standards shall be adjusted in accordance with the principles of fairness, legality and good faith , and based on factors such as school running costs, service content, service quality, social affordability, market supply and demand, and overall consideration of social benefits. reasonably certain. When adjusting fee standards, the opinions of students and parents should be fully solicited and disclosed to the public 60 days in advance.
Non-profit private primary and secondary schools shall draw from the audited annual non-restricted net assets increase, and for-profit private high schools shall draw from the audited annual net income an amount no less than the annual increase in non-restricted net assets. Or 10% of the net income will be withdrawn as a development fund for school development.
Fees for students in private primary and secondary schools are paid in semesters, and advance payments across semesters are not allowed.If a student drops out, transfers, or asks for leave for any reason after enrollment, except for the fee-for-service items that have terminated the relationship of commodity sales and labor services, other fees will be refunded by the school on a monthly basis (semester is calculated as 5 months), and 30 days will be converted into 1 Month, if the month has less than 30 days, it will be calculated based on the actual number of days.
The tuition and accommodation fees of non-profit private primary and secondary schools will be adjusted regardless of the school period. They will implement "new methods for new students and old methods for old students", that is, the school will increase the fee standards, only for newly admitted students, and old students will continue to apply the fee standards at the time of enrollment; the school Lower the standard, and both old and new students will be subject to the lowered fee standards. transfer students and will be subject to the tuition and accommodation fees of students in the inserted class.
The "Measures" require development and reform, education and market supervision departments at all levels to work together to strengthen the management and supervision of private primary and secondary school fees, open channels for complaints and reports, and encourage all parties in society to participate in supervision.
Xiaoxiang Morning News reporter Wang Chacha
Source: Xiaoxiang Morning News
