ACT ON THE SAFETY AND MAINTENANCE OF EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES

CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1(Purpose) #

The purpose of this Act is to contribute to the creation of a safe and comfortable educational environment and improvement of the quality of education by providing for the duties of the State and local governments regarding educational facilities and matters necessary for the comprehensive management and promotion of educational facilities.

Article 2(Definitions) #

The terms used in this Act are defined as follows: <Amended on Dec. 28, 2021>

1. The term "educational facility" means a facility or equipment of any of the following schools, etc.:

(a) Kindergartens defined in subparagraph 2 of Article 2 of the Early Childhood Education Act;

(b) Schools defined in Article 2 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act;

(d) Lifelong education establishments, the graduates of which are recognized as having educational attainment and degree under Article 31 (2) and (4) of the Lifelong Education Act;

(e) Schools at different levels established under other statutes (excluding schools exempt from disclosure requirements due to reasons such as national defense or security, as prescribed by Presidential Decree);

(f) Other education-related facilities prescribed by Presidential Decree.

2. The term "users of an educational facility" means students, faculty and staff members who use the educational facility, and other people who use such educational facility;

3. The term "head of an educational facility" means a person or owner who is designated as a manager taking charge of the relevant facility in accordance with applicable statutes and regulations or municipal ordinances and rules for educational facilities;

4. The term "supervisory agency" means a central administrative agency, a local government, or a provincial office of education that arranges for and supervises educational facilities, as prescribed by Presidential Decree;

5. The term “safety-related incident in an educational facility” means any accident in which an educational facility is damaged due to a disaster defined in subparagraph 1 of Article 3 of the Framework Act on the Management of Disasters and Safety or other causes, or any incident in which personal injury or property damage arises due to damage or defects in an educational facility;

ACT ON THE SAFETY AND MAINTENANCE OF EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES

Article 1(Purpose) #

Article 2(Definitions) #

Article 3(Responsibilities of the State and Local Governments) #

Article 4(Relationship to Other Statutes) #

Article 5(Formulation of Master Plans for Educational Facilities) #

Article 6(Formulation of Action Plans) #

Article 7(Educational Facility Policy Commission) #

Article 8(Development of Minimum Environmental Standards for Educational Facilities) #

Article 9(Evaluation and Inspection of Management Status of Educational Facilities) #

Article 10(Safety and Maintenance Standards for Educational Facilities) #

Article 10-2(Fact-Finding Investigations on Firefighting Facilities) #

Article 11(Safe Educational Facility Certification) #

Article 12(Guidelines on Safety Inspections) #

Article 13(Conducting of Safety Inspections and Reports on Findings) #

Article 14(Conducting of Full Safety Examinations and Reports on Findings) #

Article 15(Duties of Persons who Conduct Safety Inspections) #

Article 16(Evaluation of Findings of Safety Inspections) #

Article 17(Measures Based on Findings of Safety Inspections) #

Article 18(Determination of Safety Ratings for Educational Facilities) #

Article 19(Safety Assessment) #

Article 20(Request for Ensuring Safety) #

Article 21(Corrective Order) #

Article 22(Compilation and Management of Statistics) #

Article 23(Establishment, Operation, and Disclosure of Integrated Educational Facility Information System) #

Article 24(Reporting and Investigation of Safety-Related Incidents in Educational Facilities) #

Article 25(Basic Direction-Setting for Creating Educational Facilities) #

Article 26(Design of Educational Facilities) #

Article 26-2(Preliminary Planning) #

Article 26-3(Reviewing Adequacy of Preliminary Planning Results) #

Article 27(Promotion of Culture of Safety in Educational Facilities) #

Article 28(Education Programs for Training Professional Human Resources) #

Article 29(Support for Institutions and Organizations Related to Safety of Educational Facilities) #

Article 30(Establishment of the Educational Facilities Improvement Fund) #

Article 31(Use of the Fund) #

Article 32(Deposits to the Fund) #

Article 33(Designation of Specialized Institutions) #

Article 34(Implementation of Mutual Aid Programs for Educational Facilities) #

Article 35(Establishment of Korea Institute of Educational Facility Safety) #

Article 36(Functions of the Safety Institute) #

Article 37(Funding of the Safety Institute) #

Article 38(Articles of Incorporation) #

Article 39(General Meetings) #

Article 40(Executive Officers) #

Article 41(Board of Directors) #

Article 42(Budgets and Settlement of Accounts) #

Article 43(Accumulation of Reserves) #

Article 44(Handling of Net Income) #

Article 45(Direction and Supervision) #

Article 46(Application Mutatis Mutandis) #

Article 47(Prohibition on Use of Similar Names) #

Article 48(Dispatching Public Officials) #

Article 49(Delegation and Entrustment of Authority and Functions) #

Article 50(Confidentiality) #

Article 51(Legal Fiction as Public Officials for Purposes of Applying Penalty Provisions) #

Article 52(Penalty Provisions) #

Article 53(Joint Penalty Provisions) #

Article 54(Administrative Fines) #