Question & AnswerQ&A (Republic Act No. 11028)
The title of Republic Act No. 11028 is 'An Act Establishing a National High School in Barangay Digon, Municipality of Margosatubig, Province of Zamboanga del Sur to be Known as Digon National High School and Appropriating Funds Therefor.'
The Department of Education is tasked to supervise the operation of Digon National High School.
Digon National High School is located in Barangay Digon, Municipality of Margosatubig, Province of Zamboanga del Sur.
The main purpose is to establish a national high school in Barangay Digon, Margosatubig, Zamboanga del Sur, to be known as Digon National High School, and to appropriate funds for its operation.
The Secretary of Education is responsible for including the operationalization of Digon National High School in the Department's program, ensuring funding is included in the annual General Appropriations Act, and formulating rules and regulations implementing the provisions of the Act within 120 days after it takes effect.
The Secretary of Education must formulate the rules and regulations within one hundred twenty (120) days after the Act’s effectivity.
The Act took effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.
The Act mandates that funding for the school’s operationalization shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act, but the funding itself is not automatically provided by the Act.
Republic Act No. 11028 was approved by President Rodrigo Roa Duterte.
The procedural steps include the Act’s passage by the House of Representatives and the Senate, approval by the President, inclusion of the school's operation in the Department of Education's program, allocation of funds in the General Appropriations Act, and formulation of implementing rules and regulations by the Secretary of Education within 120 days after effectivity.