Xinhua News Agency, Taiyuan, July 1st (Reporter: Wang Feifei) The reporter learned from the Shanxi Provincial Department of Education that Shanxi Province has issued a notice that requires schools and kindergartens at all levels to refrain from pre-collecting tuition fees across school years or semesters. Unauthorized charges.
Shanxi requires that during the epidemic prevention and control period, all types of schools (kindergartens) at all levels must strictly implement the relevant regulations that tuition fees (premium fees) shall not be received in advance across school years or semesters, and tuition fees (premium fees) shall not be charged in advance of the start of classes or classes. All schools (excluding kindergarten) can complete the teaching plan through online teaching, supplementary classes after the epidemic, etc. without tuition refund. The accommodation fee shall not be received in advance across the school year or semester. The accommodation fee has been collected according to the school year or semester. During the epidemic prevention and control period, the school shall calculate the accommodation fee based on the student's actual stay in the school.
The notice also stipulates that the school shall not use the name of epidemic prevention and control to set up additional charging items, expand the scope of charging, and raise the standard of charging, and shall not charge in violation of regulations. For the students who are sick and affected by the epidemic and have financial difficulties in the family, we will increase funding to ensure normal study and life by reducing or exempting tuition fees or giving temporary living subsidies.