Hi im in year 11 and last year i didnt pay any of my school fees and it wasnt a problem. I didnt pay because someone told me that i had a right to get educated for free. However this year, the teachers are not handing out textbooks unless we show them our receipts. So i thought that was so unfair. Oh i live in Sydney and go to a public school..
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From what I gather, you are entitled to your education for free, and the fees are voluntary. However because textbooks are also voluntary (there's no law saying a school has to give you textbooks) your school seems to have extended its generosity only towards those who have helped fund them. It's a strange situation. Its not really fair that you should be disadvantaged like this, yet it seems unfair that a handful of parents should have to pay for everyone's books. Its hard to say what "should" happen here. This seems like a really strange system. Tough luck!
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I think we have always paid our fees - I think, mum deals with all that. Technically yes, education is meant to be free up to a certain age (18 or year 12 for you, yr 13 for me cos I'm in NZ). There is a law about that somewhere.... But schools still do charge fees anyway. You should pay for all the text books, as you will need them. And then there are other fees, or donations as they call them - which I think they need a dictionary for because these so called donations are "compulsory", when "donation" is actually an optional thing. I would pay for the text books and just leave the other "fees/donation" alone. If they really want that extra 100 or so dollars then they will ask for it and you can figure out what to do if that happens.
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The imparting of the education is free - but to access the science labs, textbooks, library,etc the school could limit that access to those that pay the fees. Fees are waived by many schools whose parents are unemployed, but there is no excuse for employed parents not to pay the extra fee.
