LOCAL EDUCATION AUTONOMY ACT

CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1(Purpose) #

The purpose of this Act is to contribute to the development of local education by providing for matters concerning the establishment, organization, operation, etc. of agencies to be responsible for the affairs of local governments concerning education, science, technology, physical education, and other academic sciences in light of educational independence and specialty and the characteristics of local education.

Article 2(Administration of Affairs concerning Education and Academic Sciences) #

The affairs of local governments concerning education, science, technology, physical education, and other academic sciences (hereinafter referred to as “education and academic sciences”) shall be administered by each Special Metropolitan City, Metropolitan City and Do (hereinafter referred to as “City/ Do”).

Article 3(Relationship to the Local Autonomy Act) #

Except as provided in this Act regarding the establishment, organization, operation, etc. of agencies to be responsible for the affairs of local governments concerning education and academic sciences, the relevant provisions of the Local Autonomy Act shall apply mutatis mutandis, unless contrary to the nature of those provisions. In such cases, the “head of a local government” or the “Mayor/Do Governor” shall be construed as the “superintendent of education”; the “affairs of local governments” as the “affairs of local governments concerning education and academic sciences”; the “autonomous affairs” as the “autonomous affairs concerning education and academic sciences”; and the “Minister of the Interior and Safety”, “competent Minister” or “head of a central administrative agency” as the “Minister of Education”. <Amended on Feb. 29, 2008; Mar. 23, 2013; Nov. 19, 2014; Jul. 26, 2017>

CHAPTER II Deleted.

SECTION 1 Deleted.

LOCAL EDUCATION AUTONOMY ACT

Article 1(Purpose) #

Article 2(Administration of Affairs concerning Education and Academic Sciences) #

Article 3(Relationship to the Local Autonomy Act) #

Article 4 #

Article 5 #

Article 6 #

Article 7 #

Article 8 #

Article 9 #

Article 10 #

Article 10-2 #

Article 10-3 #

Article 11 #

Article 12 #

Article 13 #

Article 14 #

Article 15 #

Article 16 #

Article 17 #

Article 18(Superintendent of Education) #

Article 19(Delegation of the State’s Administrative Affairs) #

Article 20(Affairs Responsible) #

Article 21(Terms of Office of Superintendent of Education) #

Article 22(Election of Superintendents of Education) #

Article 23(Restriction on Concurrent Holding of Office) #

Article 24(Candidate Qualifications for Superintendent of Education) #

Article 24-2(Recall of Superintendent of Education) #

Article 24-3(Retirement of Superintendent of Education) #

Article 25(Establishment of Educational Rules) #

Article 26(Delegation and Entrustment of Affairs) #

Article 27(Appointment of Personnel) #

Article 28(Reconsideration of City/Do Council’s Resolutions and Filing of Suits) #

Article 29(Emergency Actions by Superintendent of Education) #

Article 29-2(Submission of Bills) #

Article 29-3(Assistance in Administrative Affairs of City/Do Council concerning Education and Academic Sciences) #

Article 30(Auxiliary Organizations) #

Article 31(Exercise of Authority of Superintendents of Education and Performance of Their Duties by Proxy) #

Article 32(Establishment of Educational Institution) #

Article 33(Assignment of Public Officials) #

Article 34(Establishment of Subordinate Educational Administrative Agency) #

Article 35(Administrative Affairs Allocated to Head of District Office of Education) #

Article 36(Expenses for Education and Academic Sciences) #

Article 37(Expenses for Compulsory Education) #

Article 38(Special Account for Educational Expenses) #

Article 39(Subsidy for Educational Expenses) #

Article 40(Imposition and Collection of Special Levies) #

Article 41(Establishment of Council for Local Educational Administration) #

Article 42(Consultative Group of Superintendents of Education) #

Article 43(Election) #

Article 44(Constituency Election Management) #

Article 45(Constituency) #

Article 46(Ban on Engagement of Political Party in Election) #

Article 47(Candidacy of Public Officials) #

Article 48(Order of Names of Candidates Printed on Ballot Papers) #

Article 49(Application Mutatis Mutandis of the Public Official Election Act) #

Article 50(Application Mutatis Mutandis of the Political Funds Act) #

Article 50-2(Establishment of Transition Committee of Superintendent of Education) #

Article 51 #

Article 52 #

Article 53 #

Article 54 #

Article 55 #

Article 56 #

Article 57 #

Article 58 #

Article 59(Penalty Provisions) #