 bill no  309   of 2015 the residential schools (for scheduled castes and scheduled tribes) bill, 2015 by shri kodikunnil suresh, mp a billto provide for setting up of residential schools for children belonging to the scheduled castes and the scheduled tribes and for matters connected therewithbe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-sixth year of the republic of india as follows:—extentdefinition2 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires, "appropriate government" means in the case of a state, the government of that state and in all other cases, the central government;53 (1) the central government shall set up a residential school in every area having such high population of the scheduled castes or the scheduled tribes as the central government may deem appropriate(2) the residential school shall cater to children belonging to the scheduled castes and scheduled tribes only(3) the residential school shall conduct classes from nursery to twelfth standardcentral government to set up residential schools for the scheduled castes and scheduled tribes10(4) the medium of instruction shall be english, hindi and the language of the state in which the school is situated(5) no fees or other expenses, whatsoever, shall be charged from any student and the education shall be imparted free of cost154 the appropriate government shall provide land free of cost for setting up of residential schools within  its territorial jurisdiction and shall not charge any money for providing essential services like electricity and waterappropriate government to provide land for setting up of r e s i d e n t i a l schools5 (1) the examinations and course of studies in residential schools shall be on the lines of schools following central board of secondary education patternr e si d e n t i a l schools to follow cbse pattern(2) the students shall also be given training in vocational courses of their choice206 the residential schools shall have all basic infrastructure facilities like playground, library, laboratories, hostels and free dining facilitiesr e s i d e n t i a l schools to have basic facilitiespower to make rules7 (1) the central government may by notification in the official gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this act25 30(2) every rule made under this section shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each house of parliament, while it is in session, for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, both houses agree in making any modification in the rule or both the houses agree that the rule should not be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule statement of objects and reasonspersons belonging to the scheduled castes and the scheduled tribes are residing in large number in certain areas but there are not enough educational facilities in those areas the children belonging to the scheduled castes and the scheduled tribes, being generally poor, cannot afford good education in private schools and the government schools are very fewtherefore, it is proposed that residential schools should be set up exclusively for children belonging to scheduled castes and scheduled tribes with all facilitieshence this billnew delhi;kodikunnil sureshnovember 18, 2015 financial memorandumclause 3 of the bill seeks to set up residential schools exclusively for children belonging to the scheduled castes and the scheduled tribes in areas where their concentration is high the bill, therefore, if enacted, would involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is likely to involve an annual recurring expenditure of about rupees one thousand crorea non-recurring expenditure of about rupees two thousand crore would also be involved memorandum regarding delegated legislationclause 7 of the bill seeks to empower the central government to make rules for carrying out the purposes of the bill as the rules will relate to matters of detail only, the delegation of legislative power is of a normal character———— a billto provide for setting up of residential schools for children belonging to the scheduled castes and the scheduled tribes and for matters connected therewith————(shri kodikunnil suresh, mp)gmgipmrnd—3086ls(s3)—08-12-2015