Regulation of fees in schools

Regulation of fees in schools.—

1. (1) The Management of the school shall be competent to propose the fee in such school. Provided no such school, whose recognition has been suspended or withdrawn, shall have any right to propose any fee under this Act till the time such suspension or withdrawal of recognition has been revoked. Provided further that for the academic year 2025-26, the fee being charged by schools w.e.f. 01.04.2025 shall be deemed to be proposed fee for the purposes of Section 5 of the Act.
2. (2) On the formation of the School Level Fee Regulation Committee, the Management shall submit the details of the proposed fee for the next block of three academic years, along with the relevant record to the School Level Fee Regulation Committee, for its approval, by 31st July of the current academic year.
3. (3) The School Level Fee Regulation Committee shall have the authority to decide the amount of fee afresh at the time of giving its approval, which shall however, not be more than the fees proposed by the Management.
4. (4) After considering all the relevant factors laid down under section 8, the School Level Fee Committee shall, based on unanimous agreement of its members, approve the fee within a period of thirty days from the date of receipt of the details of the proposed fee and the record under sub-section
5. (2) and communicate the details of the fee so approved in writing to the Management forthwith. The details of the fee so approved by the School Level Fee Committee shall be displayed on the notice board of the school in Hindi, English and in the respective medium of school, and if such school has its own website, it shall also be displayed on the same.
6. (5) The fee approved by the School Level Fee Regulation Committee shall be binding on the school for three academic years.
7. (6) The School Level Fee Regulation Committee shall indicate the different heads under which the fee shall be levied.
8. (7) If the School Level Fee Regulation Committee fails to decide the fee by 15th September of the current academic year, the Management shall immediately, but not later than 30th September, refer the matter to the District Fee Appellate Committee for its decision under intimation to the School Level Fee Regulation Committee in such manner as may be prescribed. During the pendency of the reference before the District Fee Appellate Committee, the Management shall collect the fee of the previous academic year.
9. (8) An aggrieved parents’ group, may within 30 days, prefer an appeal against the decision of the School Level Fee Regulation Committee to the District Fee Appellate Committee, in such form as may be prescribed.
10. (9) In case of a school being newly set up, the Management may propose and set the fee, however, such fee shall be required to be ratified by the School Level Fee Regulation Committee of such school within 30 days of the constitution of such School Level Fee Regulation Committee.