Illegal levies in schools and kindergartens: how to calculate and where to complain

Know when to collect money from the parents of legitimate, and in some cases, it is time to write an application to the relevant authorities.

What to do if your child brings home from school report cards, not only with the estimates, but also constantly notes the need to hand over money for new wallpaper, desks and office supplies? Study the laws and know their rights.

guaranteed free pre-school and basic education in state and municipal educational institutions.

The Constitution of the Russian Federation

For that they should not demand money from parents

classes in the disciplines included in the educational standard

From the first through fourth classes of binding (and correspondingly, free) are: Russian and literary reading (native language and reading on it, if necessary), foreign language, mathematics, science, social studies and science (the subject of "The world around us"), the foundations of religious culture and secular ethics, art (arts, music) and technology (work) physical Culture.

From the fifth to ninth grades in this list included history (general and Russian) and geography, algebra and geometry, natural science subjects (physics, chemistry, biology), life safety and the basics of spiritual and moral culture of the peoples of Russia. It ceases to be compulsory labor, science and the foundations of religious culture and secular ethics.

In the tenth and eleventh grades in compulsory subjects added economics, law, "Russian world", ecology and science. This does not mean that every student will be given such a vast amount of knowledge: some subjects can be studied to choose from. But for the teaching of specific disciplines institution does not require additional funding from parents.

Pay can only be a class, not included in the compulsory program (for example, a special course sculptural modeling and astronomy). They pay on a voluntary basis by signing an agreement for the provision of additional educational services.

Teaching and learning aids

Providing textbooks and manuals of educational institutions is from the federal and local budgets. Legally you may be asked to pay only for materials for additional items not included in the educational standard.

Security officer

Protection and safety of children while in school or kindergarten It should be by the institutions. Of course, there is a chance that for the services of a good security agencies do not have enough funding. But forced to work mandatory payment of security guard you can not.

Repair and renovation of the school equipment or kindergarten

Most often, parents are asked to "help" with the purchase of new desks or curtains in the classrooms. Meanwhile, it is a gross violation legislation. Each parent is important that his child was engaged in a beautiful light on a working class technology. But this does not mean that it is necessary to furnish the school of his own pocket.

You can participate in the collection of money on these and any other goal - a purely voluntary basis and with the registration of the relevant documents. A refusal to make money at the same time should not cause adverse effects on your child.

Properly execute the payment of certain services

• Do not give money on hand. Even if it becomes known that they are spent for other purposes, it will be impossible to confirm that you do something to give up.
• Forget about the receipts. You can not control where will this money, because technically you so they do not pass a school and a particular individual (the teacher or the class of the child to the head).
• Do not sign a contract with the wording "on voluntary donations." When the request to hand over the money you are given a credible paper with the important word "contract" in the title - and you sign without reading. But it is necessary to be careful: paying (as you said) a new school uniform for their child at documents you just make a "voluntary contribution" to the educational needs of the abstract institutions. When and six months later the promised jackets and trousers did not appear, it is impossible to prove anything. Because money were formally introduced at all for another.

Pay for any services in the school only through the accounts, signing a contract for the provision of additional educational services. In it should be specified in detail your data and establishing the list of services provided and the amount of collected funds.

Where to complain of illegal extortion in school

To begin with weigh the "pros" and "cons." Not all schools and kindergartens have enough funding to ensure the full educational process.

It's one thing when you are offered to hand over the money to replace worn out textbooks with new ones. It is quite another when each parent meeting you are forced to pay for laptops for class Informatics, leather furniture set in the head teacher's office or smartphones to each teacher's day teacher.

In cases where you are asked to financially help improve the child's learning process, you can really think about it. If you openly extort impossibly high amount for someone Wishlist - it's time to stop this mess.

And that's where you can apply.

• Branch Rosobrnadzor. Find the address of the establishment of control and supervision in the sphere of education in own city and apply in person.

• The prosecutor's office. You can contact the department at the place of residence or file an appeal online. Allegations of outright extortion by an educational institution may be submitted asking to remain anonymous.