National Sports Act Article 15

To cultivate the talents, schools below senior high level may propose to the competent authority and set up a sport class with such authority’s permit. The standard to set up the sport class, the size, enrollment tests, composition of classes, content of lecture, restriction on matches the students may go, the evaluation visit, suspension of the class and regulations of other relevant matters are to be decided by the central competent authority.The content of the lecture of the preceding paragraph must include career development, functional exploration, sport safety and protection and other programs.Schools that set up sport class according to paragraph 1 should at least have 1 regular Sport Coach at each school. As for school that set up 2 or more sport classes in every grade should at least have 2 regular Sports Coaches.Schools that have no sport class may appoint regular Sport Coaches to execute sport training and to instruct matches.Each competent authority of municipals and counties（cities）may, according to the sports categories and programs designated by the central authority, have the schools of their competency to add a regular Sport Coach for every 6 classes to circuit the schools to give sports training or to instruct matches. The expenses would be subsidized in full by the central competent authority should the proposal to add such Coach is granted by the central competent authority and the number of such additional Coaches are 5 or less.