Regulations Governing the Establishment, Restructuring, Merger and Discontinuation of Schools and Branch Campuses and Branch Departments at the Senior High School Level or Below Article 11

When a school corporation applies for the establishment of a private school, a school establishment plan shall be drawn up and adopted by the board of directors and submitted to the school regulatory authority for review and approval before the plan is implemented. The school establishment plan shall specify items required in Paragraph 1, Article 36 of the Private School Law.When the private school in the preceding paragraph is established beforehand by the school corporations in accordance with a provisional private school establishment plan, the school establishment shall be completed within three years of the official registration of the school corporations, and the school registration license shall be obtained in accordance with Article 37 of the Private School Law. When the private school is an affiliate to an existing school, the school establishment shall be completed and the school registration license obtained within the time frame approved by the school regulatory authority.When the school corporations fail to complete the school establishment and obtain the registration license within the specified time frame, the school regulatory authority shall ordain completion by a given deadline. Failure to complete the establishment before the deadline will risk revocation or abolition of the original school establishment approval, with a public notice being made. In case of a school established beforehand, the school regulatory authority in charge of the school corporations shall also revoke or abolish the establishment approval for the school corporations, when necessary.