When a disabled child applies for school, the school must not refuse; if the child cannot get to school, the education bureau arranges teaching at home

Kindergartens and schools of all kinds must not refuse enrollment of eligible disabled children; ordinary vocational schools are the same. If a child needs dedicated nursing and cannot get to school, the county education bureau arranges teaching at home or remote classes, still with student status. Admission and transfer start with assessment and advice from the education bureau’s expert committee, not with one sentence from the school.

Cost

No money. One application; there may be one assessment. If the school stalls, go up to the education bureau.

Benefit

Article 7 of the Regulations on Education of Persons with Disabilities (残疾人教育条例): “Preschool institutions, schools at all levels, and other educational institutions shall implement education for persons with disabilities under these Regulations and relevant national laws and regulations; they must not refuse to enroll persons with disabilities who apply and who meet conditions set by laws and regulations.” Article 29: “Ordinary vocational schools must not refuse to enroll persons with disabilities who meet national admission standards; ordinary vocational training institutions shall actively enroll persons with disabilities.” The Regulations also state that for school-age children and adolescents with disabilities who need dedicated nursing and cannot attend school, the education administration of the county people’s government shall arrange overall, providing compulsory education through teaching at home or distance education, and include them in student-status management. Article 20: the county education administration shall, with health, civil affairs, and the Disabled Persons’ Federation (残联), set up an expert committee on disability education of specialists in education, psychology, rehabilitation, and social work to assess physical condition, capacity to receive education, and capacity to adapt to school life, and to advise on admission and transfer; assessment results are the child’s privacy, and relevant units and staff have a duty of confidentiality. Article 23: disabled students in ordinary schools in regular classes may use ordinary compulsory-education curriculum schemes, standards, and textbooks, but learning requirements may have moderate flexibility. Article 52: persons with disabilities who need necessary support and reasonable accommodations for national education exams may apply (nationwide, in force from 1 May 2017)

Notes

A school saying orally “we have no conditions here” does not count. Get a written reply, then take it to the county education bureau. Assessment is done by the expert committee the education bureau commissions. The Article 23 phrase “learning requirements may have moderate flexibility” is useful when a school cites grades to push a child out. How to keep evidence of bullying at school and which process the school must run is in Section 30, item 3 (school bullying). Gaokao reasonable accommodations are in item 13 of this section (reasonable accommodations). The beneficiary is your child.

Sources · 1

1. 国务院 (2017). 残疾人教育条例（第七条、第二十条、第二十三条、第二十九条、第五十二条）. gov.cn/zhengce/zhengceku/2017-02/23/content_5…