# 学校教育法 / School Education Act — 第十四条 (Article 14) - 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: 第十四条 (Article 14) — address `art-14` - Text in force since: 2026-06-17 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-14 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-14 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第十四条 art-14 · https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-14 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-14 **第一項** 大学及び高等専門学校以外の市町村の設置する学校については都道府県の教育委員会、大学及び高等専門学校以外の私立学校については都道府県知事は、当該学校が、設備、授業その他の事項について、法令の規定又は都道府県の教育委員会若しくは都道府県知事の定める規程に違反したときは、その変更を命ずることができる。 art-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-14/par-1 The prefectural board of education for schools established by municipalities except universities and colleges of technology, and the prefectural governor for private schools except universities and colleges of technology, may order changes when the relevant schools violate the provisions of laws and regulations, or regulations defined by the prefectural board of education or the prefectural governor, regarding equipment, class, or other matters. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 3 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 第百三十三条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-133/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-133/par-1 - 学校教育法 第百三十四条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-134/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-134/par-2 --- ## 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