Speaking at a "Parents' Town Hall" in Janakpuri, with 200 parents present, Sood said the Delhi School Education Bill, 2025, enacted in the Monsoon Session of the Assembly, seeks to terminate arbitrary fee increases and ensure transparency in the fee fixation procedure.

In an official statement, he declared, "Schools that raise fees without government approval will face fines ranging from ₹1 lakh to ₹10 lakh, with double penalties if excess charges are not refunded."

The bill also grants the Director of Education powers similar to those of a sub-divisional magistrate to guarantee uniform action against violations, it stated.

The bill also reads that committees comprising parents, teachers, school management, and government representatives will be involved in setting school fees.

The Education Minister expresses that this new law seals an old loophole in the 1973 rules, under which only 300 schools were covered for the fee regulation. "Now, all private schools in Delhi will come under the ambit of fee regulation," he said.

Sood also criticised earlier governments for failing to establish a transparent system for private school fee control.

"Those who claimed to have brought an education revolution did not make real improvements in government schools," he said, adding that many parents opted for private schools because of the poor state of public education facilities.

As per the bill, decisions on fee proposals must be made by school-level committees by July 15, district-level committees by July 30, and finalized by September. If no decision is reached within 45 days, the matter will be referred to an appellate committee.

Ashish Sood said the law was formulated after talks with parents and education experts to curb the commercialisation of education and safeguard the interests of students.