Translation: Interim Regulations for the Administration of Schools Established for Children of Foreign Personnel

关于开办外籍人员子女学校的暂行管理办法

国家教育委员会

教外综[1995]130号

1995年4月5日发布

Interim Regulations for the Administration of Schools Established for Children of Foreign Personnel

Education Commission of the People’s Republic of China

Education Commission Foreign Affairs Document [1995] No. 130 (for general circulation)

Issued Apr. 5, 1995

第四条　申请开办学校，需具备以下基本条件：

（一）有相应规模的生源和办学需求；

（二）有适应教育教学需要的师资；

（三）有必要的场地、设施及其他办学条件；

（四）有必备的办学资金和稳定的经费来源。

Article 4 Whoever applies for the establishment of such a school shall have the following basic qualifications:

(1) The corresponding scale of sources of students and requirements for the establishment of the school;

(2) The teachers suited to the needs of education and teaching;

(3) The necessary site, facilities and other conditions for running the school; and

(4) The necessary funds for running the school and stable source of funds.

第五条　申请开办学校，需提交下列材料：

（一）开办学校的申请书（包括办学宗旨、招生规划、招生区域、办学规模等）；

（二）学校章程；

（三）申请人证明文件；

（四）学校校长、董事会成员名单及其资格证明文件；

（五）拟建学校的设施、资金、校舍、场地、经费来源及有关证明文件；

（六）师资来源。

Article 5 Whoever applies for the establishment of such a school shall provide the following materials:

(1) The written application form (covering the aims of running the school, the enrollment plan, the areas where the students are to e enrolled, the scale of the school, etc.);

(2) The statutes of the school;

(3) The certificates of the applicant;

(4) The list of the headmaster and members of the board of directors and their credentials;

(5) The facilities, funds, school premises, site, sources of funds and the relevant supporting documents for the school to be established; and

(6) The sources of teachers.

第七条　经批准设立的学校，从批准之日起，具有法人资格，独立承担民事责任。

学校不得设立分校。

Article 7 The schools established after approval shall have corporate capacity and independently undertake civil liability as of the date of approval.

The schools shall not set up branch schools.

第十条　办学经费由申请人自筹解决。

学校不得在中国境内从事工商业活动及其他营利活动。

Article 10 The applicants shall raise funds by themselves for sunning the schools.

The schools shall not engage in industrial and commercial activities and other profit-making activities in China.

第十二条　学校聘用外籍人员，依照《中华人民共和国外国人入境出境管理法》及外国人在华工作的有关规定办理。学校聘用驻华使领馆人员及其配偶，需经外交部批准。

学校聘用中国公民，须向省级教育行政部门提出申请，经核准后，方可聘用。

Article 12 The employment of foreign personnel by the schools shall be handled in accordance with the Law of the People’s Republic of China on Entry and Exit of Aliens and the relevant regulations on aliens working in China .

The employment of personnel of foreign embassies and consulates in China and their spouses by the schools shall be approved by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

For the employment of Chinese citizens, the schools shall apply to the provincial administrative department of education for examination and approval.

第十六条　学校每年应将教职员及学生名册、教材等送当地教育行政部门备案，并接受当地教育行政部门依法进行的监督和检查。

学校校长、董事会成员如有变更，应向省级教育行政部门备案。

Article 16 Such a school shall submit the roll of teaching and administrative staff and the roll of students, the teaching materials, etc. to the local administrative department of education every year to serve as a record and be subject to the supervision and inspection carried out by the local administrative department of education according to law.

If there is any change in the headmastership and the membership of the board of directors, it shall be filed with the provincial administrative department of education.

第十七条　违反本办法，有下列情形之一的，由省级教育行政部门视情节轻重，可责令学校和开办人限期整顿或者停办：

（一）未经批准，擅自设立学校的；

（二）招收境内中国公民子女的；

（三）办学资源（包括资金、生源和师资）严重不足，无法正常运行的；

（四）从事工商业活动及其他营利性活动的；

（五）从事违反中国法律、法规活动的。

Article 17 The provincial administrative department of education may, in the light of the degree of seriousness of the case, instruct such a school and the founder of the school to consolidate the school within a specified time or close down the school if there is any of the following case in violation of these Regulations.

(1) Unauthorized establishment of the school without approval;

(2) Enrollment of children of Chinese citizens in the country;

(3) Serous shortage of resources for running the school (including funds, sources of students, and teachers) which makes normal operation of the school impossible.

(4) Engagement in industrial and commercial activities and other profit-making activities; and

(5) Engagement in activities in violation of the laws and statutes of China.