Paragraph 1 of Article 11 of the Compulsory Education Law and Paragraph 2 of Article 11 of the Detailed Rules for Implementation stipulate that parents or other guardians must send their school-age children or ward to school to receive compulsory education for a specified number of years. This is the family's obligation to ensure that school-age children and adolescents receive compulsory education.
In addition, the "maintenance fee" mentioned in Article 2 1 of the Judicial Interpretation of the Marriage Law and Article 21 of the Marriage Law includes children's living expenses, education expenses, medical expenses and other expenses.
The educational expenses for receiving high school education at or below school should be borne, but the extra school selection fees paid by private schools and aristocratic schools with higher fees or the sponsorship fees due to insufficient test scores should not belong to the maintenance fees.
If the child goes to school without the consent of both parents, the parents who disagree may not pay the fee, but the parents who agree will pay the fee.
Maintenance is limited to necessities, and there is no legal basis for children to buy computers and mobile phones, travel expenses, commercial insurance and other expenses, so parents can refuse to pay.