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Chapter 4 Student Admissions, Class Sizes, and Teaching Facilities
Article 21
When the operation of a public elementary school or a public junior high school is commissioned to a private operator and the competent authority at the special municipality, county, or city government level and the commissioned party determine school district zoning in their administrative contract, other school districts may be included without being limited by the school district zoning of the original school. If the number of students applying to enroll exceeds the number of places available, the order of household registration dates or drawing lots lottery shall be used to determine priority sequence for admission to the school.
After considering community development, demographic changes, traffic conditions, and the school environment factors and holding a public hearing, the special municipality, county, or city competent authority may adjust that part of the administrative contract pertaining to the school district zoning referred to in the preceding paragraph.
The competent special municipality, county, or city authority shall assist the parents of a students within the school district who are unwilling to enroll in the consigned school to transfer the students to other nearby schools in accordance with the parents’ preference and the competent special municipality, county, or city authority shall subsidize their transport expenses. The schools receiving transfer students shall provide life and learning guidance for the students in the light of actual needs and shall take into consideration the special nature of experimental education and be as lenient as possible in accordance with the relevant regulations when determining which experimental education course credits to accept.
Article 22
Class sizes at a consigned school are not permitted to exceed the number stipulated in the associated regulations that apply to public schools. The regulations pertaining to teaching equipment in public schools shall also apply to the teaching equipment in a consigned school, unless the relevant competent authority approves otherwise.