School bus into the national education expenditure Ministry of Finance survey subsidy program

The boxy yellow van travels on the highways of major cities in the United States. As long as the door is opened, it will automatically extend a red sign with the word “stop” and at the same time “change” one meter from the right front. How long is the railing. This is the most privileged school bus in the United States.

Our country also has laws like school buses in the United States that can enjoy "privileges". The “School Bus Management Regulations” (hereinafter referred to as “Regulations”) promulgated in December last year involved auditing of school buses, qualification review of drivers, and maintenance of road traffic orders. However, following the consultation in December last year, the "Regulations" still has no place.

With the frequent occurrence of school bus accidents, the degree of attention to school bus safety has also begun to rise. At the two sessions this year, "school bus safety" was first written into the "Government Work Report" and called for "strengthening school bus safety management to ensure children's personal safety." On the eve of the two sessions, the Ministry of Finance has begun investigations to study the subsidy program for school buses. .

During the two sessions this year, Minister of Education Yuan Guiren said that among state financial education expenditures, which account for 4% of GDP, there will be school bus funding.

Financial ability to pay?

The most important thing to buy a school bus is not funding. “As long as the government wants to do, which level of government can take it out.” In an interview with the reporter, the relevant leader of a certain education bureau in Yunnan’s relatively backward areas said that “in most parts of the country, the government is not without financial resources to buy school buses. There are still some, the key is willing to do, want to do."

In November 2011, a school bus accident in Zhengning County, Qingyang City, Gansu Province killed 21 people. After the accident, the local government made a plan to stop the 2012 bus renewal plan and use all the budget funds to purchase a standardized school bus.

On January 6 this year, the local government allocated 40 "big-nosed" school buses for local kindergartens. According to Xin Gangguo, deputy mayor of Qingyang Municipal Government, Qingyang City has a total investment of 10 million yuan in the new school bus, of which 7 million is planned to be used to update buses in 2012. The municipal government also raised another 3 million yuan through various channels. .

In April last year, Lecong Town, Foshan City, Guangdong Province purchased six American school buses. The six school buses cost 400,000 yuan each and the total price is 2.4 million yuan. They are paid by the Lecong town government. In addition, school buses were purchased in parts of Ningxia, Henan, Shaanxi, and Jiangsu.

According to previously disclosed information, although the overall size of the school bus market is as high as 450 billion yuan, it is in urgent need of the government’s support of 60 billion yuan. According to public information, the annual procurement of official vehicles will reach 80 billion yuan, and the annual public hospitality costs will be as high as 3,000. With RMB 100 million, it is not difficult to solve school bus funding problems with the power of local governments.

Less than 10% of public school cars

It is understood that the largest province in which the school bus was previously purchased is Guangdong Province.

“The main reason is that the number of private schools in Guangdong Province is the largest in the country.” Qian Ruiyu, general manager of the school bus sales department of Yutong Bus, told reporters that in the current total amount of school bus purchases, private schools account for the majority of car purchases.

Ou Pei, sales director of Wuling Automobile Industry Group, also told reporters that more than 90% of the school buses Wuling sells each year are purchased by private schools. "Private schools purchase school buses in order to increase their competitiveness, and private schools are also relatively rich in financial resources."

The proportion of school buses purchased by public schools is less than 10% of the overall market for school buses. In addition to the stable source of students in public schools, the principal of a public school told reporters that the main reason is that “there is no better way to provoke right and wrong.

The principal said, "The government also wants to promote the school bus, but the card is there when the education bureau arrives." The Bureau of Education has not formed the ability to manage the school bus. However, from the previous treatment of school bus accidents, after the school bus accident occurred, It is the responsibility of the principal, the director of education, the director of transportation, and even local local officials. According to public information, two supervisor deputy magistrates, education directors, and traffic police captains were suspended from school bus accidents in Gansu.

Therefore, even if local finances have the ability to purchase school buses, most public schools are reluctant to purchase school buses because of lack of managerial ability and fear of school bus accidents. For example, in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, although the fiscal revenue is considerable, few governments are leading the purchase of school buses.

“The school bus safety management involves school bus access verification, driver qualification review, road traffic order maintenance, etc. These are not managed by the education department. Therefore, the duties of various departments should be clarified and multiple departments should be jointly supervised.” NPC deputies, Feng Yueju, director of the Population Planning Commission of Shaanxi Province stated.

"The "Campaign Management Regulations" was introduced as soon as possible, so that the responsibility for school bus safety issues can be fulfilled." Oupei believes that the "Regulations" should define how specific responsibilities should be defined and who should bear the corresponding responsibilities.

The country's position to promote public procurement "is not yet a specific introduction of time, we are still waiting." Reporters call all parties have received such feedback. “The speed of the school bus market is slowing down, and many local governments are waiting.” The relevant sales staff of school buses such as Yutong, Wuling and MAXUS Chase all told reporters.

In fact, in addition to the "Regulations", local governments are still waiting for which companies which models can be selected. In addition to the "Regulations", the state has successively issued a series of drafts including the "Regulations", "The School Bus Safety Technical Conditions" and other four mandatory national standards, "the school bus manufacturing enterprises and product access management rules" and other series of drafts. However, so far, these laws and regulations have not yet been formally introduced, and the subsidy policy is not yet clear. This has caused the suspension of school bus purchases by some local governments. For instance, the Chengdu Vehicle Administration Bureau has stopped the business of all kindergarten school buses.

"Government-led is no doubt." As early as last year's two sessions of the National Congress, Zhou Hongyu submitted the "on the implementation of the national school bus safety project," the motion, and get the relevant departments to respond. At the end of last year, he contacted experts from all walks of life to form a "Policy for School Bus Safety" (Proposal for Hubei Experts Legislation). On this basis, the state has formed the "Regulations."

In an interview with reporters, Zhou Hongyu believes that "we mentioned in the proposal that the government should take the lead, and the State Council Legislative Affairs Office "The School Bus Safety Regulations (Draft)" is also mentioned."

An informed source close to the Ministry of Finance revealed that “according to the current situation, the advancement of the school bus market should be promoted by the local government and the central government, but the central government is only paying a small sum of money, mainly relying on local finances.”

For areas that are able to purchase school buses, the subsidy behavior of the central government indicates that the state has decided to promote the safety of school buses and will inevitably promote the purchase behavior of local public schools. In economically backward areas, it mainly relies on financial subsidies to purchase school buses.

Zhou Hongyu suggested that the financial funds needed for school buses should be shared by the central and local governments according to a certain percentage and be raised in multiple ways. In principle, in the developed eastern regions, the Central Government shall bear 30% and the local governments shall bear 70%; in the central developed regions, the central and local governments shall each bear 50%; in the less developed western regions, the central government shall bear 70% and the local governments shall bear 30%. The specific rules will be determined after consultation between the central government and the local government.