Legal basis: People's Republic of China (PRC) Law on the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency.
Article 6 The State strengthens the construction of specialized schools and provides special education to minors who have serious bad behaviors. Special education is an integral part of the national education system and an important protective measure for educating and correcting minors with serious bad behavior. The people's governments at the provincial level shall incorporate the development of special education and the construction of special schools into their economic and social development plans. Local people's governments at or above the county level shall set up special education steering committees and set up special schools reasonably according to needs. The Steering Committee for Special Education is composed of education, civil affairs, finance, human resources and social security, public security, judicial administration, people's procuratorates, people's courts, the Communist Youth League, women's federations, the Committee for the Care of the Next Generation, special schools, lawyers and social workers, and studies and decides the teaching and management of special schools. Specific measures for the construction of special schools and special education shall be formulated by the State Council.
Article 43 For minors who have serious bad behaviors, parents or other guardians of minors, and schools where they work are unable to discipline or have poor discipline, they may apply to the education administrative department, and the education administrative department will decide to send them to special schools for special education after evaluation and consent by the special education steering committee.