Primary and Junior High School Act Article 10
The special municipality and county (city) competent authorities shall determine the school district boundaries for public schools and establish the school districts, based on estimates of the number of school-aged children, transportation, community development, cultural features, environmental conditions, the administrative region, and the distribution of schools. The directions governing the establishment of schools and the determination of school districts and the directions governing school placements and admission shall be prescribed by each special municipality and county (city) competent authority.To promote peer interactions between students, foster diverse forms of group learning, integrate educational resources effectively, create high-quality learning environments, balance the functions of urban and rural education, and ensure students’ right to learn, special municipality and county (city) competent authorities may arrange changes to or the closure of a public school. The regulations governing the criteria, procedure, and reviews for changes to or closure of public schools, the arrangements to be made for the students and staff, and other related matters shall be prescribed by the central competent authority. In accordance with the provisions of these regulations, the special municipality or county (city) competent authority shall formulate autonomous regulations governing changes or closure.The word “changes” used in the preceding paragraph refers to a school changing its name, changing its institutional status, or merging with one or more other schools.For the merger or closure of a public school referred to in Paragraph 2, the special municipality or county (city) competent authority shall draft plans for the utilization of the campus space, and education affairs related planning regarding financial support, and curriculum planning, and invite scholars and experts, parent representatives, representatives of teaching and other staff at the school, and local community figures and associated personnel to assess the project and arrange one or more public hearings. After being reviewed and approved by the education review committee of the special municipality or county (city) competent authority, a report of the merger or discontinuation shall be submitted to the central competent authority for future reference.The merger or closure of indigenous key schools shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Education Act for Indigenous Peoples.A public school may be commissioned to the private sector to operate; the associated matters shall be handled in accordance with the provisions of the Act Governing the Commissioning of the Operation of Public Schools at Senior High School Level or Below to the Private Sector for Experimental Education.
中文原文 國民教育法第10條
公立學校，由直轄市、縣（市）主管機關依據學齡人口推估、交通狀況、社區發展、文化特色、環境條件、行政區域及學校分布情形，分區設立，劃分學區；其設立、學區劃分原則及分發入學規定，由直轄市、縣（市）主管機關定之。
為促進學生同儕互動，培養群體多元學習，有效整合教育資源，建構優質學習環境，均衡城鄉教育功能，確保學生就學權益，直轄市、縣（市）主管機關得辦理公立學校之變更或停辦；其變更、停辦之條件、程序、審查、學校學生與教職員工之安置及其他相關事項之準則，由中央主管機關定之；直轄市、縣（市）主管機關應依準則之規定，訂定有關變更或停辦之自治法規。
前項所稱變更，指學校之改名、改制、合併。
第二項公立學校之合併或停辦，直轄市、縣（市）主管機關應擬具校園空間利用與財務支援及課程規劃等教育事務相關計畫，邀請學者專家、家長代表、學校教職員代表、地方社區人士及相關人員進行專案評估及辦理公聽會，並經各直轄市、縣（市）主管機關教育審議委員會審議通過後，送中央主管機關備查。
原住民重點學校之合併或停辦，另依原住民族教育法規定辦理。
公立學校，得委託私人辦理；其相關事項，依公立高級中等以下學校委託私人辦理實驗教育條例規定辦理。
為促進學生同儕互動，培養群體多元學習，有效整合教育資源，建構優質學習環境，均衡城鄉教育功能，確保學生就學權益，直轄市、縣（市）主管機關得辦理公立學校之變更或停辦；其變更、停辦之條件、程序、審查、學校學生與教職員工之安置及其他相關事項之準則，由中央主管機關定之；直轄市、縣（市）主管機關應依準則之規定，訂定有關變更或停辦之自治法規。
前項所稱變更，指學校之改名、改制、合併。
第二項公立學校之合併或停辦，直轄市、縣（市）主管機關應擬具校園空間利用與財務支援及課程規劃等教育事務相關計畫，邀請學者專家、家長代表、學校教職員代表、地方社區人士及相關人員進行專案評估及辦理公聽會，並經各直轄市、縣（市）主管機關教育審議委員會審議通過後，送中央主管機關備查。
原住民重點學校之合併或停辦，另依原住民族教育法規定辦理。
公立學校，得委託私人辦理；其相關事項，依公立高級中等以下學校委託私人辦理實驗教育條例規定辦理。