State Duma deputy Viktor Shudegov prepared a draft law limiting funding from the state budget for a number of school disciplines, in in particular, the foundations of religious cultures.
On May 7, 2014, it became known that the State Duma deputy from "Fair Russia" V. Shudegov prepared amendments to Article 11 of the Federal Law "On Education". The MP proposes to give the right to form federal state educational standards not only the Ministry education, but also the government of the Russian Federation together with the State Duma.
The list of subjects taught to schoolchildren and the number hours on them should, according to the idea of V. Shudegov, be registered and accepted in under a federal bill. This measure aims to increase hours the main subjects and the reduction of non-basic ones, in particular, the "Fundamentals of the Orthodox culture".
According to the deputy, the teaching of such subjects should not financed from the federal budget: “They can be useful, but still are not included in the main school curriculum, therefore their study by children is quite it is reasonable to pay at the expense of parents or municipalities, if they are willing to agree . "
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