The number of pupils who refuse to go to school has increased and the protection of these periods of absence is becoming a problem Schools, Boards of Education and the Ministry of Education have considered how to solve this problem. As one of the effective countermeasures, "adjustment guidance classes" have been set up all over the country. The 1992 notification by the Ministry of Education agreed to record the period these pupils attend the adjustment guidance class as formal attendance on the school guidance record. However, the adjustment guidance class is not a school under the compulsory education system. Moreover, the curriculum of this class is different from that of normal compulsory education schools. There are two problems with this adjustment guidance class.The first is whether the adjustment guidance class is a temporary institution or not under the compulsory system. The second is whether these pupils get an educational guarantee by attending the adjustment guidance class. To clarify these problems, we sent questionnaires to 337 adjustment guidance classes in February 1995, and received 183 responses. The results are as follows: 1) Half of the adjustment guidance classes are set up by prefectural or municipal laws. However, the remainder do not have a clear legal basis. It is therefore difficult to define these classes as a "public institution." Most of the classes do not have enough equipment for school activities. 2) 60% of the classes do not have a formal curriculum. Moreover, only 20-30% of classes use the authorized textbooks. 3) Regarding recording the pupil's attendance on the school guidance record, about 70% of classes also contact the pupil's original schools. However, regarding learning and behavioral evaluation, there is no communication between the adjustment guidance classes and the original schools.