As per the Rajasthan RTE Rule 2011, reimbursement will be made twice a year…

The Right to Education (RTE) Act, 2009 requires every private unaided school to reserve at least 25% of entry-level seats for children from economically weaker and disadvantaged sections under Section 12(1)(c). To compensate schools for this mandated free admission, the Act obliges the State Government to reimburse the school's expenditure -- either the actual per-child expenditure or the school's own fee, whichever is lower -- in the manner each state's own RTE Rules prescribe.

Rule 11 of the Rajasthan Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Rules, 2011 lays out this mechanism for Rajasthan. Sub-rule 11(5) provides that the computed reimbursement amount is transferred directly to the school, in two instalments during the academic year, based on the RTE-admitted enrollment the school has reported.

• Local Authority: under Rule 8(2) of the Rajasthan RTE Rules 2011, this body undertakes school mapping and identifies children of admission age -- an admission-stage duty, not the account credited under Rule 11(5).

• Principal: maintains the school's attendance and enrollment records that feed into the claim -- an administrative role, not the entity to which Rule 11(5) credits the funds.

• Block Education Officer: under Rule 11(6)-(7), the school submits its reimbursement claim to this officer, who may verify enrolment before the final reimbursement is released -- a claims-processing role, distinct from the school's account that Rule 11(5) credits.

Since the Rule 11(6)-(7) claim-submission-and-verification process precedes but does not redirect the transfer specified in Rule 11(5), the biannual reimbursement lands with the school itself, confirming 'School' as the correct answer.