‘학교폭력예방 및 대책에 관한 법률’ 개정 내용과 향후 과제 분석

Abstract

In this study, we looked at the main contents, significance and operational challenges of the revision of the Act on the Prevention of and Countermeasures against Violence in Schools in August 2019 and summarized the research results as follows. First, as for the main revisions, the establishment of a school violence deliberation committee at the district office of education instead of the school violence self-governing committee, reduction of the percentage of parents in the school violence deliberation committee, introduction of a self-settlement system for school principals on minor issues, and unification by administrative appeals instead of dualized retrial institutions. Such a revision is expected to contribute to raising the possibility of educational solutions in addition to expertise, neutrality, objectivity, and fairness in handling school violence issues, and the transfer of school violence deliberation functions to the district office of education will have a positive effect on creating an environment for schools to focus on their educational activities. Next, the operational tasks of the system following the revision of the act, expanding the operation personnel of the school violence deliberation committee and establishing departments, securing a pool of experts and strengthening the expertise of parents at the school violence deliberation committee, restoring the school's educational functions through internalization of a self-settlement system for school principals, strengthening the support of the school violence exclusive organization in schools, and overcoming the limitations of the legal solution by expanding efforts to prevent school violence.