# 学校教育法 / School Education Act — 第百二十九条 (Article 129)

- Law: 学校教育法 (School Education Act), 昭和二十二年法律第二十六号
- English title "School Education Act": Ministry of Justice translation
- Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say.
- Provision: 第百二十九条 (Article 129) — address `art-129`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-17
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### 第百二十九条
<sup>art-129 · https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-129 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-129</sup>

**第一項**  専修学校には、校長及び相当数の教員を置かなければならない。
<sup>art-129/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-129/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-129/par-1</sup>
Specialized training colleges must have a school principal and a considerable number of teachers.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  専修学校の校長は、教育に関する識見を有し、かつ、教育、学術又は文化に関する業務に従事した者でなければならない。
<sup>art-129/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-129/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-129/par-2</sup>
The school principal of specialized training colleges must have insight related to education, and had been engaged in duties regarding education, scholarly activities, or culture.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第三項**  専修学校の教員は、その担当する教育に関する専門的な知識又は技能に関し、文部科学大臣の定める資格を有する者でなければならない。
<sup>art-129/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-129/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-129/par-3</sup>
Teachers in specialized training colleges must have qualifications specified by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, regarding specialized knowledge or skills of the education they are in charge of.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 学校教育法 第百三十条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-130/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-130/par-2

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 学校教育法 — the text in force from 2026-06-17 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/322AC0000000026/20260617_508AC0000000037), retrieved 2026-10-19
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — School Education Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4743/tb), retrieved 2026-10-19
- This site's parser, version 210 — 学校教育法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19