Private School Act Article 57
Private schools shall periodically conduct a self-evaluation of their teaching, research, service, student guidance, school administration, and student participation. Rules governing such evaluations shall be drawn up by the schools.The competent authority of schools shall form evaluation committees or commission a professional evaluation institution to periodically evaluate the private schools and announce evaluation results to serve as a reference for the government in educational funding subsidies and for the schools in adjusting their development scales.In addition to rewards, private schools whose evaluation results indicate that they have been well run may not be bound by the Act and related regulations when setting out to do the following, after being reported to and approved by the said authority:1. Adding new departments, schools, programs, divisions, subdivisions and classes.2. Deciding the number of students to be admitted for departments, schools, programs, divisions, subdivisions and classes, the admission methods, and the allocation of admission quotas.3. Deciding the age requirements for the selection and appointment of the principal/president and full-time teachers.4. Deciding the items, purposes, and amounts of fees charged to students, provided that the schools have a sound student aid mechanism.5. Conducting experimental education in a school setting or on-campus educational experiments.Private primary, junior and senior high schools established without receiving government-granted subsidies or rewards may not subject to the restrictions imposed by the Act and pertinent laws and regulations when they set out to handle the above, after having notified the competent authority of schools in writing. However, any said schools found to have violated the laws and regulations or have been poorly run, after being verified by the competent authority of schools, the imposed restrictions shall be reinstated.The age requirements as mentioned in Subparagraph 3 of Paragraph 3 shall be decided by the schools, provided that the age does not exceed 75.The items, benchmarks, procedures and other relevant matters for the evaluation under Paragraph 2, as well as the exemption scope, implementation methods, procedures, and other related matters under the subparagraphs of Paragraph 3, shall be determined by the competent authority of schools.Rules governing affairs as mentioned in paragraph 4 shall be determined by the Ministry of Education.
中文原文 私立學校法第57條
私立學校應定期對教學、研究、服務、輔導、校務行政及學生參與等事項，進行自我評鑑；其評鑑規定，由各校定之。
學校主管機關為促進各私立學校之發展，應組成評鑑會或委託學術團體或專業評鑑機構，定期辦理私立學校評鑑，並公告其結果，作為政府教育經費補助及學校調整發展規模之參考。
私立學校經學校主管機關評鑑辦理完善，績效卓著者，除依法予以獎勵外，其辦理下列事項，報經主管機關同意後，得不受本法及相關法令規定之限制：
一、增設系、所、學程、科、組、班。
二、招生之系、所、學程、科、組、班及人數；入學方式及其名額之分配。
三、遴聘校長、專任教師之年齡。
四、向學生收取費用之項目、用途及數額。
但以學校具有完善之助學機制者為限。
五、辦理學校型態之實驗教育或學校內之教育實驗。
私立國民中小學校非政府捐助設立且未接受政府獎補助者，經報請學校主管機關備查，其辦理前項各款事項，得不受本法及相關法令之限制。
但其違反法令或辦理不善，經學校主管機關查證屬實者，應回復受其限制。
第三項第三款之年齡，由學校定之。
但以不超過七十五歲為限。
第二項評鑑之項目、基準、程序與其他相關事項，第三項各款之不受限制範圍、辦理方式、程序與其他相關事項之辦法，由學校主管機關定之。
第四項備查事項、查證程序、再行適用之條件與其他相關事項之準則，由教育部定之。
學校主管機關為促進各私立學校之發展，應組成評鑑會或委託學術團體或專業評鑑機構，定期辦理私立學校評鑑，並公告其結果，作為政府教育經費補助及學校調整發展規模之參考。
私立學校經學校主管機關評鑑辦理完善，績效卓著者，除依法予以獎勵外，其辦理下列事項，報經主管機關同意後，得不受本法及相關法令規定之限制：
一、增設系、所、學程、科、組、班。
二、招生之系、所、學程、科、組、班及人數；入學方式及其名額之分配。
三、遴聘校長、專任教師之年齡。
四、向學生收取費用之項目、用途及數額。
但以學校具有完善之助學機制者為限。
五、辦理學校型態之實驗教育或學校內之教育實驗。
私立國民中小學校非政府捐助設立且未接受政府獎補助者，經報請學校主管機關備查，其辦理前項各款事項，得不受本法及相關法令之限制。
但其違反法令或辦理不善，經學校主管機關查證屬實者，應回復受其限制。
第三項第三款之年齡，由學校定之。
但以不超過七十五歲為限。
第二項評鑑之項目、基準、程序與其他相關事項，第三項各款之不受限制範圍、辦理方式、程序與其他相關事項之辦法，由學校主管機關定之。
第四項備查事項、查證程序、再行適用之條件與其他相關事項之準則，由教育部定之。