QuestionsQuestions (MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 46)
RA 9955 aims to establish a national high school in Barangay Macasing, City of Pagadian, Province of Zamboanga del Sur, to be known as Macasing National Memorial High School, and to provide for its funding.
It is established in Barangay Macasing, City of Pagadian, Province of Zamboanga del Sur.
It is established under the supervision of the Department of Education (DepEd).
The school is known as Macasing National Memorial High School.
The Secretary of Education must immediately include the operationalization of the Macasing National High School in DepEd’s program.
Funding is included in the annual General Appropriations Act.
RA 9955 takes effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette.
RA 9955 was approved on January 15, 2010.
It requires publication in the Official Gazette; only after publication does the 15-day period begin.
Section 2 (Appropriations) states that the funding shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.
Section 1 (Establishment of a National High School).
Section 3 (Implementation).
Section 4 (Effectivity).
It provides legislative history (origin chamber), which can help students understand the bill’s passage through Congress, though the substantive legal obligations remain governed by the enacted law.
The bill was finally passed by the House of Representatives on September 2, 2008 and by the Senate on October 12, 2009.
It creates a statutory basis for the school’s establishment as a national high school and mandates DepEd supervision and budget inclusion through the General Appropriations Act.