Question juridique clé
Whether Gemeinde Hundwil had to assume tuition for attendance at a private secondary school outside the home municipality.
Solution extraite
No. The school law does not require the municipality to pay or contribute to tuition for another publicly recognized school chosen by the parents; such costs must be borne by the family.
Motifs extraits
The statute makes school attendance in the public schools of the residence municipality the rule, allows exceptions, and expressly leaves attendance at other publicly recognized schools to the pupil's own expense. Hundwil fulfilled its duty by enabling free attendance at the secondary school in Stein, which counts as the public school of the residence municipality under the inter-municipal arrangement.