REGULATIONS ON THE CURRICULUM BOOKS

CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1(Purpose) #

The purpose of this Decree is to regulate the matters necessary for the scope, authorship, authorization, approval, publication, supply, selection, and price determination of curriculum books for each school pursuant to Article 29 (2) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. <Amended by Presidential Decree No. 21687, Aug. 18, 2009>

Article 2(Definitions) #

The definitions of terms used in this Decree shall be as follows: <Amended by Presidential Decree No. 20740, Feb. 29, 2008; Presidential Decree No. 24423, Mar. 23, 2013>

1. The term "curriculum books" means textbooks and guide books;

2. The term "textbooks" means books, sound recordings, images, and electronic works, etc. used by students for learning at school;

3. The term "guide books" means books, sound recordings, images, and electronic works, etc. used by teachers for educating students at schools;

4. The term "government-designated books" means the curriculum books the copyright of which is held by the Ministry of Education;

5. The term "authorized books" means the curriculum books authorized by the Minister of Education;

6. The term "approved books" means the curriculum books approved by the Minister of Education to be used where no government-designated books or authorized books exist, or where it is impractical to use them or necessary to supplement them;

7. The term "reorganization" means a modification of the contents exceeding 1/2 of the total pages of curriculum books (the total contents in cases of sound recordings, images, and electronic works, etc.) due to the full-scale or partial revision of curriculum or other reasons;

8. The term "revision" means the correction, addition, reduction, or modification of the phrases, sentences, statistics, illustrations, etc. of the curriculum books due to a partial revision of the curriculum or other reasons, which do not fall in the scope of reorganization.

REGULATIONS ON THE CURRICULUM BOOKS

Article 1(Purpose) #

Article 2(Definitions) #

Article 3(Selection of Curriculum Books)

Article 4(Government-designated Books) #

Article 5(Compilation of Government-designated Books) #

Article 6(Authorized Books) #

Article 7(Public Announcement of Authorization) #

Article 8(Application for Authorization) #

Article 9(Methods of Authorization) #

Article 10(Granting of Authorization) #

Article 10-2(Objections) #

Article 11(Public Announcement of Authorization) #

Article 12 #

Article 13(Fees for Authorization) #

Article 14(Application for Approved Books) #

Article 15(Standards for Approval) #

Article 16(Approval of Approved Books) #

Article 17(Scope of Use, etc. of Approved Books) #

Article 18(Establishment of Deliberative Council for Curriculum Books) #

Article 19(Composition of Deliberative Council) #

Article 20(Chairperson, etc.) #

Article 20-2(Removal and Dismissal of Members) #

Article 21(Meetings) #

Article 22(Executive Secretary) #

Article 23(Research Members) #

Article 23-2(Working Members) #

Article 24(Allowances, etc.) #

Article 25 #

Article 26(Revision) #

Article 27(Reorganization) #

Article 28(Selection of Publishers) #

Article 29 #

Article 30(Orders) #

Article 31(Supply) #

Article 31-2(Request for Submission of Curriculum Books) #

Article 32(Prices, etc. of Government-Designated Books) #

Article 33(Prices, etc. of Authorized Books and Approved Books) #

Article 34 #

Article 35 #

Article 36 #

Article 37(Public Notification of Fixed Prices, etc.) #

Article 38(Revocation, etc. of Grant of Authorization) #

Article 39(Hearing) #

Article 40(Delegation, etc. of Authority) #

Article 41(Re-Examination of Regulation) #