９月入学、検討本格化　来秋導入想定、夏までに結論―政府

　政府は８日、入学時期を４月からずらす「９月入学」の本格的な検討に入った。新型コロナウイルス感染拡大に伴う休校長期化に対応するのが目的。今夏までに結論を出す。実行する場合は恒久的に来年９月からとし、今秋に想定される臨時国会に関連法案を一括提出する方向だ。
　先月３０日に杉田和博官房副長官が関係府省の事務次官に論点整理を指示。これを受け、各府省が８日、想定される課題などを洗い出し、杉田氏に報告した。政府関係者は「あとは政治判断だ。夏までに決めないといけない」と述べた。（2020/05/08-22:54）

The Japanese government has begun full-fledged deliberations on a proposal to move the start of the country's academic year from April to September.
   The measure is aimed at dealing with prolonged emergency school closures across the country to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus.
   The government plans to reach a conclusion by this summer. If it decides to apply the change from next September, related bills will be submitted to an extraordinary session of the Diet, Japan's parliament, expected to be convened this autumn.
   On April 30, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Kazuhiro Sugita instructed the vice ministers of relevant government agencies to identify problems that must be resolved in order to carry out the change. The government agencies reported the expected issues to Sugita on Friday.
   "The rest is up to political decision-making," a government source said. "A decision must be made by the summer."