 bill no  181 of  2017 the establishment of schools upto senior secondary level bill, 2017 by shri sunil kumar singh, 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-eighth year of the republic of india as follows:—(3) it shall come into force on such date as the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, appointdefinitions2 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires—5(a) "appropriate government" means in case of a state, the government of thatstate and in all other cases, the central government; and(b) "child" means a boy or a girl who has not attained 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 level10(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 level(3) notwithstanding anything in sub-section (1), there shall be at least one seniorsecondary school per one thousand population in every area154 the appropriate government shall provide the following facilities to every childenrolled in a school established or upgraded under section 3:—(i) cost of admission and all other expenditure including tuition fee shall beborne by the appropriate government;facilities to be provided to the students enrolled in schools(ii) books, notebooks and all other stationery items free of cost; (iii) free hostel facilities, whenever necessary; and (iv) scholarship in deserving cases205 (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 attendingschoolpenalty256 whoever prevents any child from getting education upto senior secondary levelshall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to six monthsgrants by the central government7 (1) the central government shall, after due appropriation made by parliament bylaw in 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 act308 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 actact not in derogation of other laws power to make rules9 (1) the appropriate government may, by notification in the official gazette, makerules for carrying out the purposes of the act3540(2) every rule made under this act by the central government 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(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 reasonsa large number of primary, middle and secondary schools have been established by the state governments in the states however, 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;sunil kumar singhjuly  10, 2017 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, stationery items, 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 bill, if enacted, would involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is likely to involve a recurring expenditure of about rupees seventy five crore per annuma non-recurring expenditure of about rupees ninty 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 lok  sabha———— a billto establish schools imparting education upto senior secondary level free of cost to all children in the country————(shri sunil kumar singh, mp)gmgipmrnd—3393ls(s3)—02012018