The State Council and local people's governments at all levels should make the growth ratio of financial allocation for compulsory education higher than the growth ratio of recurrent financial revenue, ensure the gradual growth of compulsory education funds according to the average number of students in school, and ensure the gradual growth of teaching staff salaries and public funds per student. ?
The basic standard of public funds per student in schools shall be formulated by the financial department of the State Council in conjunction with the administrative department of education, and adjusted in time according to the economic and social development. Formulating and adjusting the basic standard of public funds per student should meet the basic needs of education and teaching. The people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government may, according to the actual conditions of their respective administrative regions, formulate standards for per capita public funds for school students that are not lower than the national standards. Special education schools (classes) per capita public funds should be higher than ordinary schools. ?