Music school law initiative withdrawn
After the Zurich Cantonal Council approved a counter-proposal to a cantonal popular initiative for a music school law, the initiators decided to withdraw the initiative.
As far as the amount of the cantonal contribution is concerned, the counter-proposal fails to meet the expectations of the initiators, according to the Association of Zurich Music Schools. The canton should only cover 10 percent of the eligible costs of the music schools. However, the initiators concede that the 20 percent they are demanding could probably not be achieved even by means of a referendum.
The capping of parental contributions at 50 percent, i.e. well above the current average, is also dangerous. As a result, there is a risk that tuition fees will drift further apart from municipality to municipality and that soon there will no longer be any question of a uniform offer throughout the canton - at least as far as the financial burden on parents is concerned. This is where the Association of Zurich Music Schools comes in. Otherwise, the counter-proposal of the Cantonal Council largely corresponds to the concerns of the initiators.
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