 bill no 98 of  2012 the establishment of schools upto senior secondary level bill, 2012 by shri jp agarwal, mp a billto establish schools imparting education upto senior secondary level free of cost to all children in the countrybe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-third  year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the establishment of schools upto senior secondary level act, 2012short title, extent and commencement(2) it extends to the whole of india5(3) it shall come into force on such date, as the central government may, by notificationin the official gazette, appointdefinitions2 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires,—(a) "appropriate government" means in case of a state, the government of that state and in all other cases, the central government; and10(b) "child" means a boy or a girl who is below the age of eighteen years3 (1) the appropriate government shall establish adequate number of schools uptosenior secondary level to impart education to children from classes first to twelfth standardestablishment of schools upto senior secondary level(2) for the purpose of sub-section (1), the appropriate government may, if it deemsnecessary, upgrade any of the existing primary, middle or secondary school to senior secondary level5(3) notwithstanding anything in sub-section (1), there shall be at least one seniorsecondary school per one thousand population in every area4 the appropriate government shall provide the following facilities to every childenrolled in a school established or upgraded under section 3:—10facilities to be provided to the students enrolled in schools(i) cost of admission and all other expenditure including tuition fee shall beborne by the appropriate government;(ii) books, notebooks and all other stationary items free of cost; (iii) free hostel facilities, whenever necessary; and (iv) scholarship in deserving cases155 (1) it shall be compulsory for every parent to admit their wards in school for thepurpose of education upto senior secondary levelduty of parents to send their wards to schools(2) no person shall employ any child in any job which prevents him from attendingschoolpenalty6 whoever prevents any child from getting education upto senior secondary level,shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months20grants by the central government7 the central government shall, after due appropriation made by parliament by lawin this behalf, provide to the state governments by way of grants such sums of money as the central government may think fit for being utilized for the purposes of this act8 the provision of this act shall be in addition to and not in derogation of any otherlaw, for the time being in force in relation to any of the matters provided under this act25act not in derogation of other laws power tomake rules9 (1) the appropriate government may, by notification in the official gazette, makerules for carrying out the purposes of this act30 35(2) every rule made under this act by the central government shall be laid, as soon asmay 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(3) every rule made by the state government under this act shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before the state legislature statement of objects and reasonswhile a large number of primary, middle and secondary schools have been established, the students, especially in big cities, have to face hardships in securing admission to senior secondary schools because, in most of the cases, the last attended school imparts education upto primary, middle or secondary level students are compelled to run to district education office, schools and other authorities to get recommendations or relevant certificates to fulfil the formalities for admission in senior secondary schools in such a situation, it is quite natural that the children as well as parents have to suffer mental agonytherefore, it has become necessary in the public interest to provide for the establishment of schools imparting education from classes first to twelfth or upgrade the existing primary, middle or secondary level schools to senior secondary levelhence this billnew delhi;jp agarwaljuly 31, 2012 financial  memorandumclause 3 of the bill provides for establishment of adequate number of schools or upgrade the existing primary, middle or secondary level schools upto senior secondary level clause 4 provides that the appropriate government shall bear the cost of admission and all other expenditure including providing of free of cost books, note books, stationary item, hostel facility and scholarship to the students enrolled in schools clause 7 provides that the central government shall provide funds to the state governments for establishment of schools the expenditure in respect of the establishment of schools in union territories would also be borne out of the consolidated fund of india the bill, if enacted, would involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is likely to involve a recurring expenditure of about rupees fifty crore per annuma non-recurring expenditure of about rupees seventy five crore is also likely to be involved memorandum  regarding  delegated  legislationclause 9 of the bill empowers 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 establish schools imparting education upto senior secondary level free of cost to all children in the country————(shri jp  agarwal, mp)mgipmrnd—2562ls(s3)—30082012