The Special Education Act Article 29

A special education school shall have one principal; their qualifications for appointment shall be in accordance with the provisions of the Act Governing the Appointment of Educators, and the principal shall have special education related professional knowledge; their recruitment, appointment procedures, and other relevant matters shall comply with regulations governing the highest-level division at the school of appointment.Special education schools may set up first- and or second-level units to handle academic affairs, student affairs, general affairs, practicum, research and development, and guidance, based on the scale of the school and its operational requirements.The first-level unit shall have a director and the second-level unit shall have a section chief in the previous paragraph.The directors of first-level units and section chiefs of second-level units shall be full-time teachers appointed by the principal, with the exception of the section chief of general affairs, who shall be a non-teaching staff member on a full-time basis, and the section chief of the guidance unit responsible for health, who may be appointed from full-time professionals.If a special education school reaches a particular scale designated by the central competent authority, a secretary shall be appointed by the principal from full-time teachers to assist the principal in dealing with school affairs.Candidates with competence in sign language shall be prioritized when applying for positions of principals and teachers at schools for students with hearing impairments.