# 学校教育法 / School Education Act — 第七十七条 (Article 77)

- 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: 第七十七条 (Article 77) — address `art-77`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-17
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-77
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### 第七十七条
<sup>art-77 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-77 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-77</sup>

**第一項**  特別支援学校の幼稚部の教育課程その他の保育内容、小学部及び中学部の教育課程又は高等部の学科及び教育課程に関する事項は、幼稚園、小学校、中学校又は高等学校に準じて、文部科学大臣が定める。
<sup>art-77/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-77/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-77/par-1</sup>
Matters regarding childcare contents including the curriculum in kindergarten courses, curriculum in elementary school courses and junior high school courses, or departments and curriculum in high school courses in special needs education schools, are to be prescribed by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, in line with kindergarten, elementary school, junior high school or high school.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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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