# 学校教育法 / School Education Act — 第八十一条 (Article 81) - 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: 第八十一条 (Article 81) — address `art-81` - Text in force since: 2026-06-17 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-81 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-81 - 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. --- ### 第八十一条 art-81 · https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-81 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-81 **第一項** 幼稚園、小学校、中学校、義務教育学校、高等学校及び中等教育学校においては、次項各号のいずれかに該当する幼児、児童及び生徒その他教育上特別の支援を必要とする幼児、児童及び生徒に対し、文部科学大臣の定めるところにより、障害による学習上又は生活上の困難を克服するための教育を行うものとする。 art-81/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-81/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-81/par-1 In kindergarten, elementary school, junior high school, compulsory education school, high school, and secondary education school, education is to be provided towards young children, pupils and students who fall under any of the items in the following paragraph, and other young children, pupils and students requiring special educational support, in order to overcome hardships in life or learning due to disabilities, as provided for by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 小学校、中学校、義務教育学校、高等学校及び中等教育学校には、次の各号のいずれかに該当する児童及び生徒のために、特別支援学級を置くことができる。 art-81/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-81/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-81/par-2 Elementary schools, junior high schools, compulsory education schools, high schools and secondary education schools may have special needs education classes in regular school for pupils and students who fall under any of the following items: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 知的障害者 art-81/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-81/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-81/par-2/item-1 a person with intellectual disabilities; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 肢体不自由者 art-81/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-81/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-81/par-2/item-2 a person with physical disability; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 身体虚弱者 art-81/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-81/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-81/par-2/item-3 a person with constitutional weakness; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 弱視者 art-81/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-81/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-81/par-2/item-4 a person with low vision; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **五** 難聴者 art-81/par-2/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-81/par-2/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-81/par-2/item-5 a person with hearing impairment; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **六** その他障害のある者で、特別支援学級において教育を行うことが適当なもの art-81/par-2/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-81/par-2/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-81/par-2/item-6 other persons with disabilities, who are appropriate to be provided with education in a special needs education class in regular school. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項に規定する学校においては、疾病により療養中の児童及び生徒に対して、特別支援学級を設け、又は教員を派遣して、教育を行うことができる。 art-81/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-81/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-81/par-3 In schools provided for in the preceding paragraph, education may be provided to pupils and students recuperating from disease by establishing a special needs education class in regular school, or staffing teachers. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-81/par-1: 次項 → 学校教育法 第八十一条第二項 (Article 81, paragraph (2)), art-81/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-81/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-81/par-2 - art-81/par-3: 前項 → 学校教育法 第八十一条第二項 (Article 81, paragraph (2)), art-81/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-81/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-81/par-2 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 学校教育法 第七十四条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-74/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-74/par-1 - 学校教育法 第八十一条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-81/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-81/par-1 - 学校教育法 第八十一条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-81/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-81/par-3 --- ## 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