QuestionsQuestions (Republic Act No. 7984)
It establishes a high school in Barangay La Union, Municipality of San Isidro, Province of Davao Oriental, under the supervision of the Department of Education, Culture and Sports.
The high school is established under the supervision of the Department of Education, Culture and Sports (now under the Department of Education).
The Secretary of Education, Culture and Sports.
During the first school term after the effectivity of the Act.
The amount necessary to implement its provisions shall be included in the General Appropriations Act of the year following its enactment and thereafter.
It shall take effect upon its approval.
Section 27(1), Article VI of the Constitution.
It means the bill became law by operation of the Constitution after the President failed to sign it within the constitutionally allotted period, pursuant to Section 27(1), Article VI.
It is not an appropriation law per se; it directs that the necessary amount be included in the General Appropriations Act of the year following its enactment into law and thereafter.
Barangay La Union, Municipality of San Isidro, Province of Davao Oriental.
It clarifies the administrative authority responsible for oversight and operationalization of the school as part of the public education system.
Operationalization must occur during the first school term after the Act’s effectivity.
While Section 4 says it takes effect upon its approval, the “lapsed into law” note indicates it became law by constitutional lapse; the practical effectivity would be tied to the time it became law under the Constitution (and then to the first school term requirement).
Implementation is covered by Section 2 (Secretary’s duty and first school term). Fiscal matters are addressed by Section 3 (inclusion in the General Appropriations Act).
To expand educational infrastructure by establishing a high school in a specific barangay within a specified municipality and province and to provide for the necessary funding.
“Establishing” refers to the legal creation of the high school (Section 1), while “appropriating funds” in RA 7984 is not immediate cash authorization but a directive that required funds be included in future General Appropriations Acts (Section 3).