Better access to Lucerne music schools
The Lucerne City Council wants to improve access to music education for children and young people. More families are to benefit from discounts on music school fees.
The city council wants to adjust the reduction system for music school fees for the 2017/2018 school year. To this end, it is raising the maximum taxable income limit from CHF 35,000 to CHF 55,000. The City Council is expected to discuss the matter on May 11, 2017.
With the adjustment, there are now four levels of remission instead of the previous two. In future, parents with a taxable income of no more than CHF 25,000 will receive a 50 percent reduction in school fees, while those in the fourth level (CHF 45,100 to 55,000) will receive a 10 percent reduction. This new regulation will increase the costs for the city of Lucerne by an average of around CHF 75,000 to CHF 181,000 per year.
With these regulations, the city of Lucerne is making an important contribution to facilitating access to individual music lessons, according to the official press release. In future, more families will be able to benefit from discounts. This is also in line with the wishes of the voters of the city of Lucerne. In 2012, they approved the federal decree on the promotion of youth music with a 78.46% yes vote, calling for the strengthening of extracurricular music education and the abolition of access barriers.
