# 学校教育法 / School Education Act — 第三十四条 (Article 34) - 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: 第三十四条 (Article 34) — address `art-34` - Text in force since: 2026-06-17 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-34 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-34 - 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. --- ### 第三十四条 art-34 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-34 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-34 **第一項** 小学校においては、文部科学大臣の検定を経た教科用図書又は文部科学省が著作の名義を有する教科用図書を使用しなければならない。 art-34/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-34/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-34/par-1 In elementary school, textbooks authorized by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, or textbooks under the authorship of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology must be used. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項に規定する教科用図書（以下この条において「教科用図書」という。）の内容を文部科学大臣の定めるところにより記録した電磁的記録（電子的方式、磁気的方式その他人の知覚によつては認識することができない方式で作られる記録であつて、電子計算機による情報処理の用に供されるものをいう。）である教材がある場合には、同項の規定にかかわらず、文部科学大臣の定めるところにより、児童の教育の充実を図るため必要があると認められる教育課程の一部において、教科用図書に代えて当該教材を使用することができる。 art-34/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-34/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-34/par-2 If there are teaching materials which are electronic or magnetic records (meaning a record used in computerized information processing which is created in electronic form, magnetic form, or any other form that cannot be perceived by human senses) of the contents of textbooks provided in the preceding paragraph (referred to below as "textbooks" in this Article), which were recorded as provided for by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, the relevant teaching materials may be used in place of the textbooks, in part of the curriculum found to be necessary in order to enhance education for pupils, as provided by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, notwithstanding the provision of that paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項に規定する場合において、視覚障害、発達障害その他の文部科学大臣の定める事由により教科用図書を使用して学習することが困難な児童に対し、教科用図書に用いられた文字、図形等の拡大又は音声への変換その他の同項に規定する教材を電子計算機において用いることにより可能となる方法で指導することにより当該児童の学習上の困難の程度を低減させる必要があると認められるときは、文部科学大臣の定めるところにより、教育課程の全部又は一部において、教科用図書に代えて当該教材を使用することができる。 art-34/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-34/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-34/par-3 In the case provided for under the preceding paragraph, when it is found necessary to reduce the level of difficulty in learning for the relevant pupils, by giving guidance using methods enabled by using the teaching materials provided in that paragraph in electronic computers, including enlarging figures and characters used in textbooks or converting them to audio, for pupils with difficulty learning using textbooks on grounds specified by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology including visual impairment and developmental disorders, the relevant teaching materials may be used in place of the textbooks, in part or all of the curriculum, as provided for by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 教科用図書及び第二項に規定する教材以外の教材で、有益適切なものは、これを使用することができる。 art-34/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-34/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-34/par-4 Teaching materials except textbooks and teaching materials provided in paragraph (2), may be used, as long as they are beneficial and appropriate. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 第一項の検定の申請に係る教科用図書に関し調査審議させるための審議会等（国家行政組織法（昭和二十三年法律第百二十号）第八条に規定する機関をいう。以下同じ。）については、政令で定める。 art-34/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-34/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-34/par-5 Councils, etc. (meaning an organization provided in Article 8 of the National Government Organization Act (Act No. 120 of 1948); the same applies below), for study and deliberation on textbooks in relation to applications for authorization under paragraph (1), are to be prescribed by Cabinet Order. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "Councils, etc. (meaning an organization provided in Article 8 of the National Government Organization Act (Act No. 120 of 1948);. the same applies below), for study and deliberation on textbooks in relation to applications for authorization under paragraph (1), are to be prescribed by Cabinet Order." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4743/tb --- ## Cites - art-34/par-2: 前項 → 学校教育法 第三十四条第一項 (Article 34, paragraph (1)), art-34/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-34/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-34/par-1 - art-34/par-2: この条 → 学校教育法 第三十四条 (Article 34), art-34 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-34 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-34 - art-34/par-3: 前項 → 学校教育法 第三十四条第二項 (Article 34, paragraph (2)), art-34/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-34/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-34/par-2 - art-34/par-4: 第二項 → 学校教育法 第三十四条第二項 (Article 34, paragraph (2)), art-34/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-34/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-34/par-2 - art-34/par-5: 第一項 → 学校教育法 第三十四条第一項 (Article 34, paragraph (1)), art-34/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-34/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-34/par-1 - art-34/par-5: 国家行政組織法（昭和二十三年法律第百二十号）第八条 → e-Gov law 323AC0000000120, 第八条 (Article 8), art-8 — not held in this collection ## Cited by 14 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 学校教育法 第三十四条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-34/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-34/par-2 - 学校教育法 第三十四条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-34/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-34/par-3 - 学校教育法 第三十四条第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-34/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-34/par-4 - 学校教育法 第三十四条第五項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-34/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-34/par-5 - 学校教育法 第四十九条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-49/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-49/par-1 - 学校教育法 第四十九条の八第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-49-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-49-8/par-1 - 学校教育法 第六十二条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-62/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-62/par-1 - 学校教育法 第七十条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-70/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-70/par-1 - 学校教育法 第八十二条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-82/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-82/par-1 - 学校教育法 附則第九条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/suppl-3221-26/art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-3221-26/art-9/par-1 - 学校教育法 附則第九条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/suppl-3221-26/art-9/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/suppl-3221-26/art-9/par-2 - 消費税法 別表第二第十二号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumption-tax-act/appdx-2/item-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/363AC0000000108/appdx-2/item-12 - 著作権法 第三十三条第一項（教科用図書等への掲載） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-33/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-33/par-1 - 著作権法 第三十三条の二第一項（教科用図書代替教材への掲載等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-33-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-33-2/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 34, paragraph (5) — 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