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RULES ON TUITION AND ENTRANCE FEES OF NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

Article 1 (Purpose)

The purpose of these Rules is to provide matters concerning tuition and entrance fees to be collected by national high schools, (hereinafter referred to as "schools"), under the provisions of Article 10 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Article 2 (Amount of Collection)

(1) Tuition and entrance fees of a school shall be determined by the head of the relevant school, and they shall be the same amount as for public schools in the same area where the relevant school is located, (referring to Gu for the Special Metropolitan City and the Metropolitan City, and City or Eup/Myeon for other areas, and referring to neighboring Eup/Myeon where public high schools exist in cases where no public high school exists in the same Eup/Myeon).

(2) Where deemed necessary by taking into account the actual conditions of each school and changes in financial circumstances, notwithstanding Paragraph (1), tuition and entrance fees may be determined differently from public schools. In this case, the head of a school shall obtain the prior approval of the Minister of Education, Science, and Technology. Article 3 (Exemption and Reduction of Tuition and Entrance Fees) (1) The head of a school may exempt or reduce tuition and entrance fees under any of the following subparagraphs:

1. Tuition and entrance fees may be exempted or reduced for all or any part of students depending on the actual conditions of the relevant school;

2. Tuition and entrance fees may be exempted or reduced for a student having financial difficulties and a student for whom it is deemed necessary for the extension of his/her athletic specialty, such as sports, or the encouragement of his/her learning. In this case, the amount of any reduction for a student having financial difficulties shall be no less than fifty percent; and

3. If the payment of tuition and entrance fees is deemed difficult due to natural disasters, tuition and entrance fees may be exempted or reduced. (2) For persons subject to an exemption of tuition and entrance fees under the Act on the Honorable Treatment and Support of Persons, etc. of Distinguished Services to the State and other laws and regulations, tuition and entrance fees shall be exempted as prescribed by the relevant laws and regulations.

(3) The range of tuition and entrance fees exempted or reduced under Subparagraph 2 of Paragraph (1) shall not exceed twenty percent of the total amount of collection. (4) For a student on temporary leave, tuition for the period of temporary leave shall be exempted.

(5) Where school classes have been suspended until the total period of the preceding term or preceding month, tuition for the relevant term or month shall be exempted except during vacation periods.

(6) Tuition shall not be reduced or exempted for absences. Article 4 (Method of Collection)

(1) Tuition shall be divided evenly and collected over four terms, provided, that the head of a school may, where necessary, collect tuition as determined otherwise. (2) The total amount of entrance fees shall be collected at the time of the entrance of a student.

(3) When a student is transferred, the collection of tuition and entrance fees shall be subject to any of the following subparagraphs:

1. Where he/she is transferred to a school of the same level with the same founder and where the school from which he/she was transferred has collected tuition and entrance fees, the school to which he/she is transferred shall exempt fees and tuition thereof; and

2. Where he/she is transferred to a school of the same level with a different founder, the school from which he/she is transferred shall collect entrance fees and tuition up to the month of the date of said transfer, and the school to which he/she is transferred shall collect only that tuition from the month following the date of transfer. (4) Tuition of a student who reenters or transfers to a school shall be collected from the date of entrance and the total amount of entrance fees shall be collected. (5) Tuition of a student who returns to a school after temporary absence shall be collected from the date of return.

Article 5 (Collection Date)

(1) The collection date of tuition shall be determined by the head of a school and it shall not be ten days prior to the beginning of the relevant month. (2) The head of a school may, notwithstanding Paragraph (1), determine the collection date of the initial tuition and entrance fees for the first academic year within fifty days prior to the beginning of the semester.

(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph (1), with respect to students who pay tuition by receiving a scholarship or school expense subsidies, etc., the head of a school shall not set the date of tuition collection prior to the delivery date of said scholarship or school expense subsidy, etc.

Article 6 (Refund, etc. of Tuition, etc.)

(1) Where tuition or entrance fees have been overpaid or erroneously paid, the whole amount concerned shall be refunded.

(2) Where a student has transferred to a school of the same level with a different founder, the balance of any tuition paid, exclusive of tuition to the month of the date of transfer, shall be refunded.

(3) In any cases falling under any of the following subparagraphs, (hereinafter referred to as "grounds for refund"), previously paid tuition or entrance fees shall be refunded according to the standard as provided for under Paragraph (4):

1. Where a student unable to enter, (including readmission and transfer; hereinafter the same shall apply), under laws and regulations or to continue his/her studies;

2. Where a person who has received the permission of admission has indicated his/her intention of withdrawal from admission;

3. Where an enrolled person has indicated his/her intention to depart a school voluntarily; and

4. Where a student unable to enter the relevant school or to continue his/her studies due to disease, death, or natural disaster or other unavoidable reasons. (4) The criteria for a refund under Paragraph (3) shall be provided for under any of the following subparagraphs:

1. Where the grounds for refund has occurred up until the beginning date of the relevant semester or the relevant term, (referring to the date of entrance in cases of entering students; hereinafter the same shall apply), the total amount of previous paid tuition and entrance fees shall be refunded; and

2. Where the grounds for refund has occurred after the following date of the beginning date of the relevant semester or the relevant term, entrance fees shall not be refunded, and the balance of tuition, exclusive of tuition paid up until the date of the grounds for refund, shall be refunded.

(5) The amount of any unpaid tuition of a person who has been expelled from a school or has left school voluntarily shall not be collected. Article 7 (Notification, etc.)

(1) Where the head of a school has determined the collection amount of tuition and entrance fees of a school under Article 2, he/she shall immediately notify the public thereof and report said fact to the Minister of Education, Science, and Technology.

(2) The notification under Paragraph (1) shall be made at least ten days prior to the beginning date of accepting the application from a new student. ADDENDA (ENFORCEMENT RULES OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE ON THE ORGANIZATION OF THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGYAND INSTITUTIONS ATTACHED THERETO)

Article 1 (Enforcement Date)

This Act shall enter into effect on the date of its promulgation. Article 2 Through Article 4 Omitted.

Article 5 (Amendment to Other Laws and Regulations) (1) Through (12) Omitted.

(13) Part of the Rules on Tuition and Entrance Fees of National High Schools shall be amended as follows.

The "Minister of Education and Human Resources Development" in the latter part of Article 2 (2) and Article 7 (1) shall be the "Minister of Education, Science, and Technology".

(14) Through (63) Omitted.