QuestionsQuestions (Republic Act No. 9894)
Republic Act No. 9894; the school is known as Catalotoan National High School.
It is established under the supervision of the Department of Education (DepEd).
In the Municipality of Sagnay, Province of Camarines Sur.
It provides that a national high school is established in Sagnay, Camarines Sur, to be known as Catalotoan National High School.
The Secretary of Education must immediately include the operationalization of the school in the Department’s program.
Funding is to be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.
It means appropriations for the school will be proposed and allocated through the yearly national budget process via the General Appropriations Act.
To carry out the purpose of the Act—i.e., to implement the establishment and operation of the national high school.
Fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette.
Because the Act’s legal effectivity is expressly tied to publication and the 15-day period thereafter.
It creates an immediate administrative obligation for the Secretary of Education to incorporate the school’s operationalization into DepEd’s program and budget planning.
No. It does not state a specific amount; instead, it directs that funding be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.
RA 9894 authorizes/mandates that the funding for the school must be included in the General Appropriations Act, but the actual annual appropriations depend on that Act.
Generally, it refers to making the school functional—such as initiating implementation steps and including it in DepEd’s program for establishment/operations (details to be determined through subsequent implementation by DepEd).