(1) Reasons for Proposal

The “3 Kindergarten Acts,” i.e., Early Childhood Education Act, Private School Act, and School Meals Act, were amended last January 29, 2020, and these amendments shall take effect on June 30, 2020 (Early Childhood Education Act and Private School Act) and January 30, 2021 (School Meals Act), respectively.   

As the newly inserted provisions in the Early Childhood Education Act concerning the disclosure of kindergarten evaluation results, the preparation and disclosure of meeting minutes of kindergarten operating committees established in private kindergartens, and the publication of any violating facts are delegated to be prescribed by Presidential Decree, this Amendment aims to establish detailed procedures and standards of the system to prepare the application of the Act.  

(2) Major Provisions

A. Disclose kindergarten evaluation results (Article 22)

Prescribe the disclosure timing and procedure by Presidential Decree to support consistent conduct of the related tasks in accordance with the amendment of Article 19, paragraph 3 of the Act prescribing the principle of disclosing kindergarten evaluation results   

B. Obligate the preparation and disclosure of meeting minutes of kindergarten operating committees established in private kindergartens (Article 22- 2 and Article 22-7)

In accordance with the amendment of Article 19-3, paragraph 5 that obligates the preparations and disclosure of kindergarten operating committees’ meeting minutes of not only national and public kindergartens but also private kindergartens, maintain the scope of minutes items (the date and time, place, attendants, items of agenda, point of speech and decisions) applied to kindergarten operating committees’ meetings minutes of national and public kindergartens and determine the method of disclosure as a kindergarten website. Provided that many private kindergartens don’t run private websites, use the website designated by the competent office of education for disclosure.  

C. Introduce a system for publishing violating facts (Article 35-2)

In accordance with the newly inserted Article 30-2 of the Act prescribing that the competent agency shall publish the act of violation, details of the disposition, and the information of any kindergarten that becomes subject to an administrative disposition under Article 28, paragraph 1, Article 30, or Article 32, cover the kindergarten’s name, its address, the competent agency, etc., as publication information for identification of the institution and publish such information on the website of the relevant office of education for 3 years. In addition, specify procedures to notify the relevant kindergarten of the publication in written form, confirm any submitted opinions, and decide whether to publish such information