QuestionsQuestions (Commonwealth Act No. 587)
The Act is titled “Appropriating Nine Million Five Hundred Thousand Pesos for Primary and Intermediate Schools,” and its purpose is to appropriate funds for the maintenance and operation of existing intermediate classes, the opening of new intermediate classes, and the opening of new primary classes for the school year 1940–1941.
Section 1 appropriates the sum of nine million five hundred thousand pesos.
The appropriation is taken “out of any funds in the Philippine Treasury not otherwise appropriated.”
It is for: (1) maintenance and operation of existing intermediate classes; (2) opening new classes in intermediate grades in all municipalities and municipal districts; and (3) opening new primary classes throughout the Philippines.
For the school year 1940–1941.
New classes in intermediate grades are to be opened in all municipalities and municipal districts.
New primary classes are to be opened throughout the Philippines.
Yes. Any part of the amount may be available for aid to such chartered cities as may not be financially able to provide fully for the support of intermediate education, but only with the approval of the President.
The President’s approval is required.
It implies support for the continuing functioning of existing intermediate classes, consistent with operational needs during the specified school year.
It states the appropriation comes from “any funds in the Philippine Treasury not otherwise appropriated,” meaning it is an additional appropriation distinct from other existing legal allocations.
The Act takes effect upon its approval.
Approved August 7, 1940.
Aid may be given only to chartered cities that may not be financially able to provide fully for the support of intermediate education.
Mandatory; the Act says any part of the amount may be used “with the approval of the President.”
It covers both primary and intermediate education: it funds intermediate classes (maintenance and new intermediate classes) and new primary classes nationwide.
It indicates the appropriation is intended for use within that specific school year timeframe, guiding the period during which the funds may be applied to the listed educational purposes.