Senior High School Education Act Article 54

Students seek remedies to protect their rights and interests according to the appeal and re-appeal procedures specified in this Act.When a student or self-governed student organization believes that disciplinary actions or other measures or resolutions adopted by a school affect relevant rights and interests illegally or improperly, an appeal can be made to the school. A re-appeal against the decision of appeal made by the school may be submitted to the competent authority. If a administrative appeal is filed, the agency that accepts the administrative appeal shall send the appeal or re-appeal to the Student Appeal Review Committee or Student Re-appeal Review Committee within 10 days upon receipt and notify the student or self-governed student organization.An appeal shall be made in writing within 30 days from the next day upon receipt of a notification of a disciplinary action or other measure or resolution. A re-appeal shall be made in writing within 30 days from the next day upon receipt of the appeal response letter. The calculation of period is the date on which a school receives an appeal or a competent authority receives a re-appeal.A senior high school shall establish the Student Appeal Review Committee, which includes elected student representatives or representatives from the student association and at least one expert in law, education, rights and interests of children and youth, psychology or counselling. A competent authority shall establish the Student Re-Appeal Review Committee. More than half of its members must be experts in law, education, rights and interests of children and youth, psychology or counselling; the number of members of any gender shall not be less than 1/3 of the total number of members. Regulations regarding the scope of appeal/re-appeal, deadline, committee formation, investigation and resolution approaches, results-based enforcement, and other relevant matters shall be stipulated by the corresponding competent authorities at central level.A school or competent authority shall offer the opportunity to the appellant for adequately providing statements and responding to an accusation in order to handle an appeal/re-appeal against a disciplinary action or matter mentioned in Article 52 and the second and fourth paragraphs of this Article in a fair, objective, and professional manner.A school shall notify the person being punished in writing or through some other appropriate means. The school or competent authority shall notify the appellant of the decision made and the remedy procedures available for dissatisfaction with the decision reached.If the original disciplinary action, measure or resolution is a matter of administration, any re-appeal decision shall be regarded as equivalent to an administrative appeal decision. If the appellant is dissatisfied with a further appeal decision, he or she may initiate administrative proceedings in accordance with the law.