Problems and Improvements in the Operation of the School Violence Investigator System

From March 2024, a school violence investigator system has been introduced and operated so that schools can focus more on the school's educational functions, such as supporting victims and improving relationships, by strengthening the fairness and objectivity of school violence in the event of school violence, and reducing teachers' investigation of school violence cases. However, problems were raised at the school level, including mandatory teacher attendance, problems in securing student statements related to eyewitnesses, problems with the duration of the case investigation, and the fact that the school violence investigator is in charge of all administrative procedures other than case investigations. Problems and authority over the treatment and competence of school violence investigators were also raised. Accordingly, this study present improvement measures for the problems derived, etc., and suggested the limitations of the related revised bill proposed by the National Assembly.