Senior High School Education Act Article 25

Senior high schools shall conduct school council to deliberate on and make decisions about the following matters:1.Important matters, such as school development and campus planning.2.Important rules and regulations stipulated according to the laws or for one’s duty.3.Academic affairs, student affairs, general affairs, and other important matters.4.Other matters which shall be resolved at school council according to applicable laws.Members of the school affairs meeting include: the principal, the supervisor of each unit, representatives of full-time or all teachers, representatives of administrative staff members, representatives of the parents’ association, and elected student representatives. The number, ratio, and recruitment of members and resolution approaches shall be determined by each school. The number of members of any gender shall not be less than 1/3 of the total number of members; the number of student representatives shall not be less than 8% of the total number of members. Relevant information shall be reported to the competent authority for future review.In determining the proportion of elected student representatives mentioned above, the figure shall be rounded up to the nearest integer.School council shall be convened and hosted by the principal at least once every semester. The principal shall convene a school affairs meeting within 15 days from the date of a special meeting request of over 1/5 of the meeting representatives.The amendments to paragraph 2 and paragraph 3 made on May 11, 2021 take effect on October 1, 2021.