Abstract
This paper aims to make clear how the Japanese Government matches the educational standard of high schools with fiscal policy. Especially, this paper focuses on political argument and its settlement around the authority over establishment of high schools. The results are as follows.
First, the Ministry of Home Affairs aimed at a principal that gives the prefectures the authority through the 1950s, though it could not resolve the municipal fiscal burdens of establishing high schools.
Second, the municipalities and the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture had required financial support for establishing high schools extended by the national government, because the situation varied greatly from local government to local government.
Third, the Ministry of Home affairs claimed the provision for the authority over establishment of high schools instead of accepting the financial support in a measure to cope with rapid increase of high school students. As a result, provider- pays principle around facilities of high schools was activated.
