Supplementary and Continuing Education Act Article 9
The establishment, change, or closure of supplementary compulsory education school, supplementary advanced education school, or short-term tutorial center, shall be governed by the following provisions:1. In the case of supplementary education schools affiliated with elementary and junior high schools, the approval of a designated educational authority at the appropriate level shall be required.2. In the case of supplementary advanced education schools affiliated with senior high or senior vocational schools, the approval of the designated educational authority at the appropriate level shall be required.3. In the case of supplementary advanced education schools affiliated with institutions of education at the level of junior college or higher, the approval of the central designated educational authority shall be required.4. In the case of short-term tutorial centers, the approval of a designated educational authority in the appropriate special municipality, county, or county-level city shall be required. The central designated educational authority shall adopt regulations to provide for the following: the conditions and procedures for the establishment, amendment of registration, closure, and accreditation of such centers; their names, subject areas and curricula, and durations of study; their facilities and management; the eligibility requirements for their responsible persons, faculty, and staff; the standards for and method of collecting and refunding fees; the number of students per class and procedures for the protection of students’ rights; inspections, assessments, guidance, and awards for such centers; the conditions for revoking their establishment; and other matters for compliance. Related regulations for the management of such centers shall be adopted by the designated educational authority of the appropriate special municipality, county, or county-level city in accordance with the aforementioned regulations of the central designated authority.The protection of students’ rights and interests as stipulated in subparagraph 4 of the preceding paragraph includes that short-term tutorial centers shall enter into a written contract with students to specify their rights and obligations, and that the central educational administrative authority shall formulate a standard contract template to govern the format and content of the contract, as well as the matters required for and prohibited from inclusion in the written contract.When the name of a responsible person or a faculty or staff member is involved in the recruitment of students or in a written contract by a short-term tutorial center, or in any advertising or promotion of the center done using its premises, the media, or by any other means, the person’s real name shall be disclosed without exception, in addition to the registered name of the center, and no falsehood or misrepresentation is permitted. The same requirement shall apply to the person in charge and all staff members when they engage in work duties, external recruitment of students, or advertising.Before hiring or employing any faculty or staff member, a short-term tutorial center shall submit to the competent educational administrative authority of the special municipality, county（or city）basic information, including the relevant name list, diplomas and certificates documenting education and professional experiences, photocopies of identity documents, as well as a certificate of criminal record issued by the police within the last three months. If the faculty or staff member to be hired or employed is a foreign national, when initially applying for the work permit for the first time, the center shall also attach a certificate of good conduct certificate issued by the country of issuance of the foreign national’s passport. The competent educational administrative authority shall take the initiative to verify the documentation and may send personnel to conduct a check. The same procedure shall apply when there is any change to a faculty or staff member.The competent educational administrative authority of the special municipality or county（city）may send personnel bearing identification documents to enter the short-term tutorial center to inspect the conditions and procedures of its establishment, floors and area, facilities, equipment and management, service personnel, subject area programs and content, the method and standards for refunding fees, the number of students per class, and the protection of students’ rights and interests, and other compliance matters as prescribed under this Act and local government ordinances, and order the center to provide relevant information or documentary proof. The short-term tutorial center may not evade, impede or refuse such inspection.Teaching and non-teaching staff of short-term tutorial centers shall have their contract terminated or be dismissed from employment for any of the following reasons:1. The person who has committed sexual assault, sexual harassment, or sexual exploitation, and whose sentence has been determined or whose case is wanted for prosecution.2. The person has committed sexual assault, or has committed sexual harassment, sexual bullying, or conduct injurious to the rights and interests of a child or youth, of a serious nature and the circumstances have been investigated and verified by the competent educational authority of the special municipality or county（city）.3. The person has committed sexual harassment, sexual bullying, or acts against the rights and interests of children and adolescents that were not of a serious nature, the competent educational administrative authority of the special municipality and county（or city）shall determine that it is necessary for the person to have the contract terminated or be dismissed from employment, and shall, in consideration of the circumstances of the case, prohibit the employment of the employees or dismissal from the center for a period of one to four years.If the person in charge of a short-term tutorial center has one of the cases described in the preceding paragraphs, the competent educational administrative authority of the special municipality or county（city）shall revoke the short-term tutorial center’s registration.A person to whom the circumstances set out in Paragraph 6, Subparagraphs 1 or 2, or in Article 14, Paragraph 1, Subparagraph 8 and 9 of the Teachers’ Act pertain is not permitted to serve as the person in charge of a short-term tutorial center or a faculty or other staff member. The same restriction applies to any person to whom the circumstances referred to in Paragraph 6, Subparagraph 3 or who has been involved in any case of sexual harassment or sexual bullying, as referred to in the latter part of Article 14, Paragraph 2 of the Teachers’ Act pertain, for a period of one to four years from the determination or resolution regarding the case.Before hiring or employing teaching and non-teaching staff, a short-term tutorial center shall carry out inquiries with the competent educational administrative authority in the special municipality, county（or city）to find out whether any of the circumstances referred to in the preceding paragraph have occurred.When a personnel member of the short-term tutorial center becomes aware in the course of carrying out their work duties that the person in charge or any faculty or staff member has been involved in circumstances referred to in any of the subparagraphs of Paragraph 6 toward a student, the staff member shall report the case to the competent educational administrative authority in the special municipality, county（or city）, in addition to filing any reports required in accordance with any other relevant laws and regulations.The central competent social welfare authority shall establish a database of persons who have been subject to a penalty imposed by the competent social welfare authority at any level, in accordance with the provisions of Article 20 of the Sexual Harassment Prevention Act or Article 97 of the Protection of Children and Youths Welfare and Rights Act, and shall assist the competent educational administrative authority in the special municipality, county（or city）to carry out relevant inquiries.Regulations governing the determinations, reporting, information collection, inquiries made before and during employment, information processing and use, and other matters relating to the circumstances referred to in Paragraph 6 and from Paragraph 8 to the preceding paragraph that has compliance requirements shall be formulated by the central educational administrative authority in consultation with other relevant competent authorities.If a short-term tutorial center violates any provision of Paragraphs 3 to 5, 9 or 10, the competent educational administrative authority in the special municipality, county（or city）shall impose an administrative fine of not less than NT$50,000 and not more than NT$250,000 on the person in charge of the short-term tutorial center, and may order the center to take corrective action within a prescribed time period. If the violation is not corrected within the prescribed time period, consecutive fines shall be imposed for each successive failure to correct the violation. When necessary, that competent authority may order the center to halt its recruitment of students, or revoke the short-term tutorial center’s registration.
中文原文 補習及進修教育法第9條
國民補習學校、進修學校及短期補習班之設立、變更或停辦，依下列各款之規定：
一、國民小學及國民中學補習學校，由各級主管教育行政機關核准。
二、高級中學及職業進修學校，由各級主管教育行政機關核准。
三、專科以上進修學校，由中央主管教育行政機關核准。
四、短期補習班，由直轄市、縣（市）主管教育行政機關核准；其設立、變更、停辦及立案之條件與程序、名稱、類科與課程、修業期間、設備與管理、負責人與教職員工之條件、收費、退費方式、基準、班級人數與學生權益之保障、檢查、評鑑、輔導、獎勵、廢止設立之條件及其他應遵行事項，由中央主管教育行政機關為準則規定；其相關管理規則，並由直轄市、縣（市）主管教育行政機關依上開準則定之。
前項第四款所定學生權益之保障，包括短期補習班應與學生訂定書面契約，明定其權利義務關係，其書面契約之格式、內容，中央主管教育行政機關應訂定定型化契約範本及其應記載及不得記載事項。
短期補習班之招生、書面契約及利用其場址、傳播媒體或其他方法所為之廣告或宣傳，涉及負責人、教職員工姓名時，除立案名稱外，均應揭露其真實姓名，且不得有虛偽不實之情形；其負責人、教職員工執行業務及對外招生或廣告時，亦同。
短期補習班擬聘僱教職員工前，應檢具相關名冊、學經歷證件、身分證明文件影本，並應附最近三個月內核發之警察刑事紀錄證明書等基本資料，陳報直轄市、縣（市）主管教育行政機關核准，聘僱之教職員工為外國人者，於第一次申請聘僱許可時應檢附外國人原護照國開具之行為良好證明文件；直轄市、縣（市）主管教育行政機關應主動查證並得派員檢查；教職員工異動時，亦同。
直轄市、縣（市）主管教育行政機關得派員攜帶證明文件，進入短期補習班檢查其設立之條件與程序、樓層與面積、設施、設備與管理、服務人員、課程類科與內容、退費方式與基準、班級人數、學生權益之保障等本法及自治法規所定應遵行事項之辦理情形，並令其提供有關資料或證明文件，短期補習班不得規避、妨礙或拒絕。
短期補習班之教職員工，有下列情事之一者，應予解聘或解僱：
一、有性侵害、性騷擾、性剝削，經判刑確定或通緝有案尚未結案。
二、有性侵害行為，或有情節重大之性騷擾、性霸凌、損害兒童及少年權益之行為，經直轄市、縣（市）主管教育行政機關查證屬實。
三、有非屬情節重大之性騷擾、性霸凌、損害兒童及少年權益之行為，直轄市、縣（市）主管教育行政機關認定有必要予以解聘或解僱，並審酌案件情節，認定一年至四年不得聘用或僱用。
短期補習班之負責人有前項各款情事之一者，直轄市、縣（市）主管教育行政機關應廢止短期補習班立案。
有第六項第一款、第二款情事，與教師法第十四條第一項第八款及第九款情事者，不得擔任短期補習班之負責人或教職員工；有第六項第三款情事及教師法第十四條第二項後段涉及性騷擾、性霸凌情事者，於該認定或議決一年至四年期間，亦同。
短期補習班聘用或僱用教職員工前，應向直轄市、縣（市）主管教育行政機關查詢有無前項情事。
短期補習班人員於執行業務時，知悉其負責人或教職員工對學生有第六項各款行為之一時，除依其他相關法律規定通報外，並應通報直轄市、縣（市）主管教育行政機關。
各級社政主管機關依性騷擾防治法第二十條或兒童及少年福利與權益保障法第九十七條規定處罰者，應由中央主管社政機關建立資料庫，並應協助直轄市、縣（市）主管教育行政機關辦理查詢事宜。
第六項、第八項至前項之認定、通報、資訊蒐集、任職前及任職期間之查詢、處理、利用及其他應遵行事項之辦法，由中央主管教育行政機關會商相關目的事業主管機關定之。
短期補習班違反第三項至第五項、第九項或第十項規定者，直轄市、縣（市）主管教育行政機關應處其負責人新臺幣五萬元以上二十五萬元以下罰鍰，並得令其限期改善，屆期未改善者，按次處罰；必要時並令其停止招生或廢止短期補習班立案。
一、國民小學及國民中學補習學校，由各級主管教育行政機關核准。
二、高級中學及職業進修學校，由各級主管教育行政機關核准。
三、專科以上進修學校，由中央主管教育行政機關核准。
四、短期補習班，由直轄市、縣（市）主管教育行政機關核准；其設立、變更、停辦及立案之條件與程序、名稱、類科與課程、修業期間、設備與管理、負責人與教職員工之條件、收費、退費方式、基準、班級人數與學生權益之保障、檢查、評鑑、輔導、獎勵、廢止設立之條件及其他應遵行事項，由中央主管教育行政機關為準則規定；其相關管理規則，並由直轄市、縣（市）主管教育行政機關依上開準則定之。
前項第四款所定學生權益之保障，包括短期補習班應與學生訂定書面契約，明定其權利義務關係，其書面契約之格式、內容，中央主管教育行政機關應訂定定型化契約範本及其應記載及不得記載事項。
短期補習班之招生、書面契約及利用其場址、傳播媒體或其他方法所為之廣告或宣傳，涉及負責人、教職員工姓名時，除立案名稱外，均應揭露其真實姓名，且不得有虛偽不實之情形；其負責人、教職員工執行業務及對外招生或廣告時，亦同。
短期補習班擬聘僱教職員工前，應檢具相關名冊、學經歷證件、身分證明文件影本，並應附最近三個月內核發之警察刑事紀錄證明書等基本資料，陳報直轄市、縣（市）主管教育行政機關核准，聘僱之教職員工為外國人者，於第一次申請聘僱許可時應檢附外國人原護照國開具之行為良好證明文件；直轄市、縣（市）主管教育行政機關應主動查證並得派員檢查；教職員工異動時，亦同。
直轄市、縣（市）主管教育行政機關得派員攜帶證明文件，進入短期補習班檢查其設立之條件與程序、樓層與面積、設施、設備與管理、服務人員、課程類科與內容、退費方式與基準、班級人數、學生權益之保障等本法及自治法規所定應遵行事項之辦理情形，並令其提供有關資料或證明文件，短期補習班不得規避、妨礙或拒絕。
短期補習班之教職員工，有下列情事之一者，應予解聘或解僱：
一、有性侵害、性騷擾、性剝削，經判刑確定或通緝有案尚未結案。
二、有性侵害行為，或有情節重大之性騷擾、性霸凌、損害兒童及少年權益之行為，經直轄市、縣（市）主管教育行政機關查證屬實。
三、有非屬情節重大之性騷擾、性霸凌、損害兒童及少年權益之行為，直轄市、縣（市）主管教育行政機關認定有必要予以解聘或解僱，並審酌案件情節，認定一年至四年不得聘用或僱用。
短期補習班之負責人有前項各款情事之一者，直轄市、縣（市）主管教育行政機關應廢止短期補習班立案。
有第六項第一款、第二款情事，與教師法第十四條第一項第八款及第九款情事者，不得擔任短期補習班之負責人或教職員工；有第六項第三款情事及教師法第十四條第二項後段涉及性騷擾、性霸凌情事者，於該認定或議決一年至四年期間，亦同。
短期補習班聘用或僱用教職員工前，應向直轄市、縣（市）主管教育行政機關查詢有無前項情事。
短期補習班人員於執行業務時，知悉其負責人或教職員工對學生有第六項各款行為之一時，除依其他相關法律規定通報外，並應通報直轄市、縣（市）主管教育行政機關。
各級社政主管機關依性騷擾防治法第二十條或兒童及少年福利與權益保障法第九十七條規定處罰者，應由中央主管社政機關建立資料庫，並應協助直轄市、縣（市）主管教育行政機關辦理查詢事宜。
第六項、第八項至前項之認定、通報、資訊蒐集、任職前及任職期間之查詢、處理、利用及其他應遵行事項之辦法，由中央主管教育行政機關會商相關目的事業主管機關定之。
短期補習班違反第三項至第五項、第九項或第十項規定者，直轄市、縣（市）主管教育行政機關應處其負責人新臺幣五萬元以上二十五萬元以下罰鍰，並得令其限期改善，屆期未改善者，按次處罰；必要時並令其停止招生或廢止短期補習班立案。