Act Governing Retirement, Severance, and Bereavement Compensation for the Teaching and Other Staff Members of Public Schools Article 3

In this Act, the term public school（hereinafter, school）means a school at any level that has been duly established by the competent authority.In this Act, the term school staff member means any of the following personnel（hereinafter, staff member）1. Principals, teachers, researchers, professional technicians, teachers of professional or technical subjects, technical personnel with rare specialties, full-time coaches, and teaching assistants hired after 21 March 1997（hereinafter, new-scheme teaching assistants）, who were employed by a school through hiring, appointment, or selection in accordance with statutory qualifying requirements.2. Non-teaching staff who were employed before the enforcement of the Act Governing the Appointment of Educators and did not need to apply for a change of rank and contract as civil servant or technician, whose job titles are included in the staff complement of the school, or subsidiary institution thereof, in which they serve, and who have been approved and registered by the competent authority.Unless otherwise provided in this Act, the provisions herein regarding retirement, severance, or bereavement compensation for staff members referred to in the preceding paragraph apply only to qualified, paid, full-time staff members whose current positions are included in the staff complement of the school.