Policy
1998
Central government decreed that municipalities recognize unlicensed schools, and prohibited them from denying migrant children aged 6-14 from public education, if they lived in the area for more than six months (Irwin, 2000)
2006
National legislative body amended 1998 law, and stipulated that local governments must provide for migrant children’s education if both parents or legal guardians are migrant workers living with the child (Xinhua News Agency, 2006)
