QuestionsQuestions (Republic Act No. 10982)
Republic Act No. 10982 is an act establishing an elementary school in Barangay Ugong, Valenzuela City to be known as Antonio M. Serapio Elementary School, and appropriating funds therefor.
It will be located in Barangay Ugong, Valenzuela City.
The school shall be established under the supervision of the Department of Education (DepEd).
The school is to be known as Antonio M. Serapio Elementary School.
The Secretary of Education must immediately include the operationalization of the school in DepEd’s program.
The funding is to be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.
RA 10982 directs that funding be included in the annual General Appropriations Act, rather than specifying an amount in the text provided.
The Secretary of Education must formulate the rules and regulations within one hundred twenty (120) days after the Act’s effectivity.
It takes effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.
Because Section 4 states that the Act becomes effective only after 15 days from publication in the Official Gazette or a newspaper of general circulation.
DepEd must include the school’s operationalization in its program, ensure funding is requested through the General Appropriations Act, and issue implementing rules within 120 days after effectivity.
It refers to the steps needed to make the school function, such as initiating its operation under DepEd’s programs and implementing the school’s establishment.
It notes that the Act originated in the House of Representatives and was passed by the House on August 9, 2017, and by the Senate on December 11, 2017.
The text shows the President of the Senate (Aquilino ‘Koko’ Pimentel), the Speaker of the House (Pantaleon D. Alvarez), and the President of the Philippines (Rodrigo Roa Duterte). Their signatures indicate bicameral approval and presidential assent.