Unique Cultural Educational Institutions Law, 5768-2008
חוק מוסדות חינוך תרבותיים ייחודיים, תשס"ח-2008
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Section D: General Provisions
Approval of Tuition Fees§
The Director General shall approve from time to time, having regard to the type and character of the educational institution, the tuition fees of the educational institution and the arrangements for their collection.
Notification of Changes§
A licence holder shall notify the Director General of any change that has occurred in the particulars included in the licence application or in its attachments.
Entry into an Educational Institution§
The Director General or a person appointed by him for that purpose, as well as the health authority, may at any reasonable time enter an educational institution and its premises in order to ascertain whether the provisions of this Chapter, the Regulations made thereunder and the licence conditions have been complied with; and they may require the licence holder or the head of the educational institution to provide any information required by them for the performance of their functions under this Chapter.
Requirement to Remedy Deficiencies§
The Director General or the health authority may require a licence holder, by written notice, to remedy within a reasonable time any deficiency in a matter relating to the educational institution or to its sanitation, if they consider that the remedy is necessary in order to comply with the provisions of this Law, the Regulations made thereunder or the licence conditions; the licence holder is obliged to comply with such a requirement within the time specified therein.
Closure Order by the Director General§
Offences and Penalties§
Non-Application of the Education Ordinance and the Schools Supervision Law§
The Education Ordinance [New Version], 5738-1978, and the Schools Supervision Law, 5729-1969, shall not apply to an educational institution to which this Law applies.
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Implementation and Regulations§
The Minister is responsible for the implementation of this Law, and may, with the approval of the Education, Culture and Sport Committee of the Knesset, make Regulations in respect of anything relating to its implementation.
Commencement and Transitional Provision concerning Funding§
This Law shall commence on the first day of Tishrei 5769 (30 September 2008) (hereinafter – the commencement day); however, an existing educational institution that received funding from the State on the eve of the publication of this Law may continue to receive such funding until the earlier of the following: the expiry of one year from the commencement day or the date of the decision on its recognition application, which shall be submitted within 90 days from the commencement day, provided that it submitted a declaration signed by a person authorised on behalf of the institution by the first day of Elul 5768 (1 September 2008), stating that such a recognition application would be submitted; this provision shall also apply with respect to funding received by such an institution in respect of children with special needs as defined in the Special Education Law, 5748-1988; in this section, "existing educational institution" – an educational institution in which pupils study in grades nine through twelve, all or some of them, and in which systematic education is provided that derives from the way of life of the unique cultural group studying in it in accordance with its unique characteristics.
First Regulations§
The first Regulations under section 2(a) and (b)(2) shall be brought for approval by the Education, Culture and Sport Committee of the Knesset by the first day of Elul 5768 (1 September 2008).
Amendment of Compulsory Education Law – No. 31§
In the Compulsory Education Law, 5709-1949, in section 5, after subsection (a) the following shall be inserted:
"(a1) Parents of children or of young persons, as well as the young persons themselves, who regularly study at a unique cultural educational institution as defined in the Unique Cultural Educational Institutions Law, 5768-2008, shall be exempt from the duties imposed on them under section 4."
Amendment of Administrative Affairs Courts Law – No. 39§
In the Administrative Affairs Courts Law, 5760-2000, in the Second Schedule, after item 13 the following shall be inserted:
"(14) An appeal under sections 3(f), 4 and 17(f) of the Unique Cultural Educational Institutions Law, 5768-2008."
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