QuestionsQuestions (Republic Act No. 6067)
Republic Act No. 6067 is an act amending Republic Act No. 5250, titled “An Act Establishing a Training Program for Teachers of Special and Exceptional Children in the Philippines and Appropriating Funds Therefor.”
RA 6067 provides that the ten-year program is established under the administration and supervision of the Bureau of Public Schools.
The University of the Philippines, the Philippine Normal College, and the School for the Deaf and the Blind must cooperate with the Bureau of Public Schools.
It is a ten-year program for the training of special and exceptional children.
It focuses on the training of teachers of special and exceptional children.
The expenses are disbursed by the Director of Public Schools.
Expenses include tuition and other fees, stipends of teacher trainees, development and training abroad of faculty of cooperating institutions, expenses of the special education staff of the General Office/Bureau of Public Schools, and other expenses incident to implementation.
Expenses for development and training abroad shall not exceed ten percent (10%) of the total appropriation provided in Republic Act No. 5200? (The text states: “Republic Act Numbered Five thousand two hundred and fifty,” i.e., RA 5250).
The special education staff of the General Office, Bureau of Public Schools, and other expenses incident to implementation of the Act.
It amends an existing law (RA 5250) by revising the provisions on the program’s structure and funding/disbursement rules.
It requires that overseas (abroad) development and training expenses are capped at a maximum of 10% of the total appropriation.
It says disbursement is by the Director of Public Schools.
The Act takes effect upon its approval.
RA 6067 was approved on August 4, 1969.
Based on the amended text, it specifically sets the program under Bureau of Public Schools’ administration and supervision, with cooperation of the University of the Philippines, Philippine Normal College, and the School for the Deaf and the Blind, and it specifies the ten-year duration.
All enumerated expenses incident to implementation (tuition/fees, stipends, overseas development/training for specified personnel, etc.) are charged against the funds of the program.