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ENFORCEMENT REGULATION OF THE LOCAL EDUCATION SUBSIDY ACT

[Effective March 4, 2008] [Regulation No. 1 of Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, March 4, 2008. Amendment of Other Laws and Regulations] Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (Digital Local Education Finance Team) 02-2100-6530

Article 1 (Purpose)

The purpose of this Enforcement Regulation is to provide for the matters delegated by the Local Education Subsidy Act and its Enforcement Decree and other matters necessary for the enforcement thereof.

Article 2 (Scope of Personnel Expenses for Teachers) Personnel expenses for teachers as referred to in Article 2 (2) of the Enforcement Decree of the Local Education Subsidy Act (hereinafter referred to as the "Enforcement Decree") shall be the aggregate of the amounts falling under any of the following subparagraphs.

1.Salaries and salary-adjusting allowances paid to educational personnel and staff engaged in public elementary and middle schools according to the Remuneration Regulations for Public Officials;

2.Allowances and out-of-pocket expenses (hereinafter referred to as "allowances, etc.") paid to educational personnel and staff engaged in public elementary and middle schools according to the Regulations on Allowances, etc. for Public Officials; and

3.Salaries, salary-adjusting allowances and other allowances subject to subparagraphs 1 and 2, and paid to teachers of private schools that implement compulsory education for students as entrusted by Article 12 (3) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.

Article 3 (Submittal of Estimation Data for Subsidies) (1) The heads of educational administrative institutions in the Special Metropolitan City, Metropolitan Cities, Dos and Special Self-Governing Do (hereinafter referred to as the "Cities/Dos") shall submit data necessary for estimation of subsidies to the Minister of Education, Science and Technology by the end of June of the previous year.

(2) The Minister of Education, Science and Technology may conduct examination of related data to confirm whether the data submitted by the heads of educational administrative institutions in Cities/Dos as referred to in paragraph (1) are prepared according to facts.

Article 4 (Notice of Granting General Subsidies)

(1) The Minister of Education, Science and Technology shall notify the heads of educational administrative institutions in Cities/Dos of the total amount of general subsidies to be granted to the Cities/Dos by end of February, every year: Provided, that, in the event that the total amount of general subsidy for a City/Do is changed due to special reasons such as change of the entire amount allotted for general subsidies for the concerned year, the Minister of Education, Science and Technology shall notify the head of educational administrative institution concerned of such change.

(2) The Minister of Education, Science and Technology may notify in advance the heads of educational administrative institutions in Cities/Dos of the expected amount of general subsidies before each fiscal year begins.

Article 5 (Grant of Special Subsidies)

(1) When a head of educational administrative institutions in Cities/Dos file application for special subsidies as referred to in the former part of Article 5-2 (2) of the Local Education Subsidy Act (hereinafter referred to as the "Act"), he/she shall submit a project plan containing the necessity of the project and the expected investment effect along with other related documents needed for granting special subsidies to the Minister of Education, Science and Technology.

(2) The Minister of Education, Science and Technology shall grant special subsidies at the periods falling under any of the following subparagraphs: Provided, that the period of granting special subsidies for policy project demand in subparagraph 1 may be adjusted for smooth proceeding of the project.

1. National policy project demand: January 31 of every year;

2. Pending demand for local education: when educational pending demand has been generated in the concerned region; and

3. Disaster countermeasures demand: when the disaster countermeasures demand has been generated

Article 6 (Execution of Special Subsidies)

Special subsidies shall be appropriated in the budget of Cities/Dos for the concerned year and thus executed: Provided, that subsidy whose usage has been designated and the entire amount in need has been granted, as well as subsidy granted for disaster relief and restoration, can be executed before any revised supplementary budget is formulated according to the proviso of Article 45 of the Local Finance Act. Article 7 (Estimation Formula and Unit Cost)

(1) Formula and unit cost to compute the amount of standard financial demands according to Article 6 (2) of the Act and Article 4 (4) of the Enforcement Decree of the Act shall be subject to the Attached Table 1. (2) Formula and unit cost to compute the amount of standard financial demands in view of voluntary efforts according to Article 4 (2) and (4) of the Enforcement Decree of the Act shall be subject to the Attached Table 2. [This Article Wholly Amended on Feb. 28, 2008]

Article 8 (Calculation of Odds)

In computing subsidies, odds of not more than 500won occurred shall be discarded and odds between 500 won and 1,000 won shall be treated as 1,000 won. ADDENDA (Enforcement Regulation of Office Organization of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, and the Agencies under the Ministry)

Article 1 (Enforcement Date)

This Regulation shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation. Articles 2 through 4 Omitted.

Article 5 (Amendment of Other Laws and Regulations) From (1) to <33> Omitted.

<34> A part of the Enforcement Regulation of the Local Education Subsidy Act shall be amended as follows.

In Article 3 (1) and (2), the main part of Article 4 (1) and Article 4 (2), the main part other than those of each subparagraph of Article 5 (1) and (2), the "Minister of Education and Human Resources" shall be amended to the "Minister of Education, Science and Technology."

In the computation formula column and remarks column (2) of the Attached Table 1, the "Minister of Education and Human Resources" shall be amended to the "Minister of Education, Science and Technology."

In the computation formula column of the Attached Table 2, the "Minister of Education and Human Resources" shall be amended to the "Minister of Education, Science and Technology."

<35> through <63> Omitted