According to a report by Radio SRF, the Schaffhausen cantonal council has rejected a reduction in contributions to music schools of CHF 275,000 per year. In future, the shortfall would have had to be covered by the parents of music students.

The proposal to forego this cut did not come from left-wing circles, but from FDP circles. According to SRF, Urs Hunziker, Schaffhausen city councillor and head of education, spoke of "a reduction in education that he could not support".