"Respond to School Violence Without Delay" ... Yoon Seung-oh, Gyeongbuk Provincial Assembly Member, Proposes Amendment to Ordinance

Yoon Seung-oh (People Power Party, Yeongcheon), a member of the Gyeongbuk Provincial Council, established a basis on the 16th during the extraordinary session to amend the "Ordinance on the Prevention and Measures against School Violence of the Gyeongsangbuk-do Office of Education" to enable a more prompt and active response to school violence incidents.

Gyeongbuk Provincial Council Member Yoon Seung-oh.

The amendment to the "Ordinance on the Prevention and Measures against School Violence of the Gyeongsangbuk-do Office of Education" reflects the revisions of the "School Violence Prevention Act," which was amended in August 2019 and enforced in March 2020, but had not yet been incorporated by the Gyeongbuk Office of Education. The proposal aims to more quickly verify the facts of perpetrators and victims in school violence cases to protect and support the affected students.

The main amendments to the ordinance include changing the previous provision in Article 13 (Measures by School Staff), which stated that when school staff become aware of a school violence incident, they must take measures according to the following items "except in special circumstances," to now require action "without delay," thereby enabling a more prompt response to school violence. Additionally, Article 13, Clause 3, which previously referred to "referral to the School Violence Countermeasure Autonomous Committee," has been revised to "request review by the School Violence Countermeasure Deliberation Committee if the matter is not resolved internally by the head of the school."

Yoon Seung-oh of the Gyeongbuk Provincial Council stated, "The higher-level law, the 'School Violence Prevention Act,' was amended in 2019 and enforced in 2020. The 'School Violence Incident Handling Guidebook' distributed by the Ministry of Education already reflects the change to the 'School Violence Countermeasure Deliberation Committee,' and educational support offices and schools are using the revised committee name." He urged that the amendments to the higher law be promptly reflected in the ordinance to ensure that administrative tasks and related efforts proceed smoothly.

This ordinance amendment is expected to be finally approved at the plenary session held on the 22nd after review by the Gyeongbuk Provincial Council's Education Committee.

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