# 学校教育法 / School Education Act — 第百三十条 (Article 130) - 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: 第百三十条 (Article 130) — address `art-130` - Text in force since: 2026-06-17 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-130 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-130 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第百三十条 art-130 · https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-130 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-130 **第一項** 国又は都道府県（都道府県が単独で又は他の地方公共団体と共同して設立する公立大学法人を含む。）が設置する専修学校を除くほか、専修学校の設置廃止（高等課程、専門課程又は一般課程の設置廃止を含む。）、設置者の変更及び目的の変更は、市町村の設置する専修学校にあつては都道府県の教育委員会、私立の専修学校にあつては都道府県知事の認可を受けなければならない。 art-130/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-130/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-130/par-1 Approval must be obtained from the prefectural board of education for specialized training colleges established by municipalities, and from the prefectural governor for private specialized training colleges, regarding establishment and abolition of specialized training colleges (this includes establishment and abolition of upper secondary courses, post-secondary courses, or general courses), changes of founder, and changes in purpose, except specialized training colleges established by the national government or prefectures (this includes public university corporations established independently by prefectures or in cooperation with other local governments). Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "Approval must be obtained from the prefectural board of education for specialized training colleges established by municipalities, and from the prefectural governor for private specialized training colleges, regarding establishment and abolition of specialized training colleges (this includes establishment and abolition of upper secondary courses, post-secondary courses, or general courses), changes in management, and changes in purpose, except specialized training colleges established by the national government or prefectures (this includes public university corporations established independently by prefectures or in cooperation with other local governments)." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4743/tb **第二項** 都道府県の教育委員会又は都道府県知事は、専修学校の設置（高等課程、専門課程又は一般課程の設置を含む。）の認可の申請があつたときは、申請の内容が第百二十四条、第百二十五条及び前三条の基準に適合するかどうかを審査した上で、認可に関する処分をしなければならない。 art-130/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-130/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-130/par-2 When there is an application for approval to establish a specialized training college (this includes establishment of upper secondary courses, post-secondary courses, or general courses), the prefectural board of education or the prefectural governor must give disposition regarding approval, after examining whether the contents of the application satisfy the standards referred to in Articles 124 and 125, and the preceding three Articles. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項の規定は、専修学校の設置者の変更及び目的の変更の認可の申請があつた場合について準用する。 art-130/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-130/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-130/par-3 The provisions referred to in the preceding paragraph applies mutatis mutandis if there is an application for approval for a change of founder, and a change in purpose of the specialized training college. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The provisions referred to in the preceding paragraph applies mutatis mutandis if there is an application for approval for a change in the management, and a change in purpose of the specialized training college." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4743/tb **第四項** 都道府県の教育委員会又は都道府県知事は、第一項の認可をしない処分をするときは、理由を付した書面をもつて申請者にその旨を通知しなければならない。 art-130/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-130/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-130/par-4 When the prefectural board of education or the prefectural governor is to refuse the approval referred to in paragraph (1), it must notify the applicant of this in writing, accompanied by the reason for this. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-130/par-2: 第百二十四条 → 学校教育法 第百二十四条 (Article 124), art-124 — https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-124 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-124 - art-130/par-2: 第百二十五条 → 学校教育法 第百二十五条 (Article 125), art-125 — https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-125 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-125 - art-130/par-2: 前三条 → 学校教育法 第百二十七条 (Article 127), art-127 — https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-127 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-127 - art-130/par-2: 前三条 → 学校教育法 第百二十八条 (Article 128), art-128 — https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-128 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-128 - art-130/par-2: 前三条 → 学校教育法 第百二十九条 (Article 129), art-129 — https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-129 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-129 - art-130/par-3: 前項 → 学校教育法 第百三十条第二項 (Article 130, paragraph (2)), art-130/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-130/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-130/par-2 - art-130/par-4: 第一項 → 学校教育法 第百三十条第一項 (Article 130, paragraph (1)), art-130/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-130/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-130/par-1 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 学校教育法 第四条第一項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-4/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-4/par-1/item-2 - 学校教育法 第百三十条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-130/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-130/par-3 - 学校教育法 第百三十条第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-130/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-130/par-4 - 学校教育法 附則第二条第一項（各種学校等に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/suppl-3501-59/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-3501-59/art-2/par-1 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of paragraphs, written 2026-10-19 - 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 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — School Education Act (学校教育法), Article 130, paragraph (1) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4743/tb), retrieved 2026-10-19 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — School Education Act (学校教育法), Article 130, paragraph (3) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (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