Private School Act Article 41

Private schools shall install one person possessing statutory qualifications as the principal/president to be selected and appointed in accordance with pertinent laws.Spouses and lineal blood relations of the school legal person’s chairperson, board members and supervisors shall not serve as the principal.The principal/president, whose performance shall be evaluated by the board of the school legal person, under the supervision of the board, administers the school in accordance with the laws and regulations and the school rules, and carries out decisions made by the said board. The principal/president represents the school externally within the scope of the position’s powers.Apart from teaching at the school, the principals/presidents shall not hold fulltime positions outside the school.When a private elementary school merges with a private junior high school, the newly-merged school may install an additional principal/president based on actual needs. The duties and power scopes of these principals/presidents, whose qualifications shall comply with Paragraph 1, and the only president on behalf of the school shall be explicitly specified in the school organization charter and submitted to the competent authority of schools for approval.