抄録
This study had three objectives. First, to identify the current status of the educational cost burden required for operating public elementary and secondary schools. Second, to summarize the ongoing trends in educational expenses policy in public elementary and secondary schools. Third, to clarify whether educational expenses policy realizes the principle of free compulsory education under the Constitution and the principle of the establisher’s burden under the School Education Law.
Keywords: Education Expenses, Public Expenses, Personal Expenses, The Principle of Free Education