Schools may only be established by the national government (including the national university corporation provided in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the National University Corporations Act (Act No. 112 of 2003), and Institute of National Colleges of Technology, Incorporated Administrative Agency; the same applies below), local government (including public university corporations provided for in Article 68, paragraph (1) of the Local Incorporated Administrative Agency Act (Act No. 118 of 2003) (referred to below as "public university corporations"); the same applies in the following paragraph and Article 127), and incorporated educational institutions provided in Article 3 of the Private Schools Act (Act No. 270 of 1949) (referred to below as "incorporated educational institutions")
In this Act, national school means schools established by the national government, public school means schools established by the local government, and private school means schools established by the incorporated educational institution.
この法律で、国立学校とは、国の設置する学校を、公立学校とは、地方公共団体の設置する学校を、私立学校とは、学校法人の設置する学校をいう。