Regulations Governing the Establishment and Assistance of Overseas Taiwan Schools Article 22

An Overseas Chinese School may second a teacher currently working at a public school in Taiwan if it obtains the consent of the teacher’s current school and its competent education administration authority. During the secondment period, the school in Taiwan where the teacher worked shall retain that teacher’s position. The school shall pay the seconded teacher’s salary, benefits, and allowances in accordance with Taiwan's remuneration and benefit regulations, and it shall handle the seconded teacher’s government employee insurance, national health insurance, and retirement pension fund matters. The related expenses to be borne by the government shall be allocated from the MOE’s budget allocation for subsidizing Overseas Taiwan Schools. The school in Taiwan where the teacher worked shall bear the costs of appointing a substitute teacher during the secondment period or request funding from its competent education administration authority.A seconded teacher referred to in the preceding paragraph shall meet the following criteria:1.Be currently working as a qualified teacher in the staffing complement of a public senior secondary school or lower-level school in Taiwan, and have an excellent service record.2.Holds Taiwanese nationality and has household registration in Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, or Matsu.3.Has the competencies required to teach the program(s) specified by the Overseas Taiwan School.The number of teachers seconded to any Overseas Taiwan School in accordance with the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs is not permitted to exceed ten percent (10%) of the school’s total current teaching staff. Each secondment period shall be one year which may be extended for up to two additional years if the agreement of the school in Taiwan from which the teacher was seconded is obtained before the secondment period ends. A seconded teacher shall return to that school in Taiwan at the end of the secondment period.The combined duration of any teacher’s secondment or temporary transfer is not permitted to exceed eight years.A teacher temporarily transferred before the implementation of the amendments to these Regulations that took effect on January 2, 2008 may be reassigned as a seconded teacher in accordance with the provisions of Paragraphs 1 to 3 during that transfer period up until the original transfer period expires; any other temporarily transferred teacher is not permitted to directly change their status to being a seconded teacher.