QuestionsQuestions (Republic Act No. 9081)
Republic Act No. 9081 is entitled an “Act Establishing a National High School in Barangay Limaong, City of Zamboanga to be Known as Limaong National High School and Appropriating Funds Therefor.” Its purpose is to establish a national high school in Barangay Limaong, City of Zamboanga.
Section 1 provides that the national high school shall be established under the supervision of the Department of Education, Culture and Sports (now under the Department of Education).
It will be located in Barangay Limaong, City of Zamboanga.
The school will be known as “Limaong National High School.”
The Act expressly establishes it as a national high school under the supervision of the Department of Education, Culture and Sports.
No. Section 2 states that the amount necessary to carry out the provisions of the Act shall be included in the General Appropriations Act of the year following its enactment, indicating that funding is provided through later appropriation, not a specific amount in the Act.
They will be included in the General Appropriations Act of the year following its enactment into law.
It means that Congress will allocate the needed funds through the annual budget process; RA 9081 authorizes and directs that such appropriation be made in the GA A rather than automatically funding the project.
It implies that funding (and consequently implementation that depends on budget release) will occur beginning in the General Appropriations Act of the year after the law’s enactment.
Section 3 provides that the Act shall take effect upon its approval.
RA 9081 was approved on April 8, 2001. Under Section 3, it took effect upon its approval, meaning the effectivity date is the approval date.
The law mandates that the school be established under the supervision of the Department of Education, Culture and Sports, establishing administrative oversight by the national department.
Section 1 controls because it expressly establishes a “national high school” and names it Limaong National High School.
RA 9081 creates/establishes the institution (Section 1), while Congress, through the General Appropriations Act, later appropriates the necessary amount (Section 2).
It is substantive in creating the school, and directive in budgeting by requiring the needed funds to be placed in the next year’s General Appropriations Act.
It is an education-related special law that establishes a public educational institution and directs funding through appropriations.