# 学校教育法 / School Education Act — 第六十条 (Article 60) - 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: 第六十条 (Article 60) — address `art-60` - Text in force since: 2026-06-17 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-60 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-60 - 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. --- ### 第六十条 art-60 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-60 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-60 **第一項** 高等学校には、校長、教頭、教諭及び事務職員を置かなければならない。 art-60/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-60/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-60/par-1 High schools must have a school principal, vice principal, teachers, and administrative staff. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 高等学校には、前項に規定するもののほか、副校長、主幹教諭、指導教諭、主務教諭、養護教諭、栄養教諭、養護助教諭、実習助手、技術職員その他必要な職員を置くことができる。 art-60/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-60/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-60/par-2 High schools may have a deputy principal, senior teacher, advanced skill teacher, chief teacher, yogo teacher, diet and nutrition teacher, assistant yogo teacher, practical training assistants, technical staff, and other necessary staff, beyond what is provided for in the preceding paragraph. machine translation, not official **第三項** 第一項の規定にかかわらず、副校長を置くときは教頭を、主務教諭（第六十二条において準用する第三十七条第二十項（第二号に係る部分に限る。）の規定により置かれるものを除く。）を置くときは教諭を、それぞれ置かないことができる。 art-60/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-60/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-60/par-3 Notwithstanding the provision of paragraph (1), it may not be necessary to have a vice principal when there is a deputy principal, or a teacher when there is a chief teacher (excluding one placed pursuant to the provisions of Article 37, paragraph (20) (limited to the part pertaining to item (ii)) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 62), respectively. machine translation, not official **第四項** 実習助手は、実験又は実習について、教諭の職務を助ける。 art-60/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-60/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-60/par-4 Practical training assistants are to assist teachers with their duties regarding experiments or practical training. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 特別の事情のあるときは、第一項の規定にかかわらず、教諭に代えて助教諭又は講師を置くことができる。 art-60/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-60/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-60/par-5 In the case of special circumstances, assistant teachers or lecturers may be positioned in place of teachers, notwithstanding the provision of paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 技術職員は、技術に従事する。 art-60/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-60/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-60/par-6 Technical staff is to engage in technical work. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-60/par-2: 前項 → 学校教育法 第六十条第一項 (Article 60, paragraph (1)), art-60/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-60/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-60/par-1 - art-60/par-3: 第一項 → 学校教育法 第六十条第一項 (Article 60, paragraph (1)), art-60/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-60/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-60/par-1 - art-60/par-3: 第六十二条 → 学校教育法 第六十二条 (Article 62), art-62 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-62 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-62 - art-60/par-3: 第三十七条第二十項 → 学校教育法 第三十七条第二十項 (Article 37, paragraph (20)), art-37/par-20 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-37/par-20 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-37/par-20 - art-60/par-3: 第二号 → 学校教育法 第三十七条第二十項第二号 (Article 37, paragraph (20), item (ii)), art-37/par-20/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-37/par-20/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-37/par-20/item-2 - art-60/par-5: 第一項 → 学校教育法 第六十条第一項 (Article 60, paragraph (1)), art-60/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-60/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-60/par-1 ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 学校教育法 第六十条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-60/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-60/par-2 - 学校教育法 第六十条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-60/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-60/par-3 - 学校教育法 第六十条第五項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-60/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-60/par-5 - 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 第百十四条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-114/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-114/par-1 - 学校教育法 第百二十三条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-123/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-123/par-1 --- ## 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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch school-education-act-20261019T141625-001, translated 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