# 学校教育法 / School Education Act — 第四十一条 (Article 41)

- 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: 第四十一条 (Article 41) — address `art-41`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-17
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-41
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-41
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### 第四十一条
<sup>art-41 · https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-41 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-41</sup>

**第一項**  町村が、前二条の規定による負担に堪えないと都道府県の教育委員会が認めるときは、都道府県は、その町村に対して、必要な補助を与えなければならない。
<sup>art-41/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-41/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-41/par-1</sup>
When the prefectural board of education finds that a town or a village cannot bear the burden under the provisions of the preceding two articles, the prefecture must give necessary assistance to that town or a village.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-41/par-1: 前二条 → 学校教育法 第三十九条 (Article 39), art-39 — https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-39 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-39
- art-41/par-1: 前二条 → 学校教育法 第四十条 (Article 40), art-40 — https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-40 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-40

## Cited by

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

- 学校教育法 第四十九条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-49/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-49/par-1

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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
