QuestionsQuestions (Act No. 3628)
The main purpose of Act No. 3628 is to authorize an additional appropriation of five hundred thousand pesos to aid the establishment and maintenance of new classes in primary education in barrio schools of the Philippine Islands.
Five hundred thousand pesos is appropriated under Act No. 3628.
The sum is to be appropriated out of any funds in the Insular Treasury, not otherwise appropriated.
The appropriated amount is intended for the salaries of teachers of new classes in barrio schools.
No, the funds shall not be expended to increase the salaries of teachers who are already in the public school service.
The Director of Education is responsible for distributing the funds with the approval of the Secretary of Public Instruction.
Yes, no unexpended balance of the amount appropriated for teachers' salaries shall be transferred to the credit of the Teachers' Pension and Disability Fund.
No municipality shall receive aid unless it appropriates from its own funds for operating expenses at least an amount equal to that appropriated by it in the previous year.
Fifty percent of the funds shall be allocated based on population, and the other fifty percent based on the average daily attendance in elementary schools during the month of September of the preceding year.
The barrios must have adequate sites, suitable buildings, and meet the ordinary requirements for attendance.
The funds may be reallotted to barrios in other provinces at the discretion of the Director of Education, with the approval of the Secretary of Public Instruction.
The Act took effect on January 1, 1930.