The Multiple Attributes of After-School Services and Their Differentiated Funding
The diversity of after-school service types,the diversity of supply objects,and the ambiguity of product attribute cognition have led to a lack of effective guarantee for funding supply under the pursuit of the goal of"full coverage and high quality".After-school services have multiple attributes:basic serv-ices and compensatory services have the characteristics of local pure public products,and personalized services belong to local quasi-public products.At present,the funding supply of after-school services mainly includes the government package model,the parent-responsible model,and the government-re-sponsible model.The latter two are the mainstream,which are different manifestations of the cost-sharing model.The complexity of service objects,the diversity of service types,and the differences in lo-cal fiscal strength determine that funding should be provided in a differentiated manner.Basic services and"compensatory"services should be free for all to the greatest extent possible,and personalized services should follow the principle of"who needs,who pays"based on government subsidies.A multi-party shared funding supply model of"government guarantee,limited payment by parents,and social support"can be established.