Question & AnswerQ&A (Republic Act No. 8570)
The main purpose of Republic Act No. 8570 is to establish a national high school in Barangay Sta. Cruz, Municipality of Dumalag, Province of Capiz.
The national high school will be established under the supervision of the Department of Education, Culture and Sports.
The Secretary of Education, Culture and Sports is mandated to take the necessary steps for the establishment of the school to ensure it becomes operational during the first school term after the Act's effectivity.
The school should be made operational during the first school term after the effectivity of this Act.
The necessary funds to carry out the provisions of the Act shall be included in the General Appropriations Act of the year following its enactment and thereafter.
The Act took effect upon its approval, effectively on February 27, 1998, when it lapsed into law without the signature of the President.
It means that the law automatically became effective after a certain period without the President’s endorsement, pursuant to Article VI, Section 27 (1) of the Constitution of the Philippines.
The Act was signed by Ernesto M. Maceda, President of the Senate, Jose De Venecia Jr., Speaker of the House of Representatives, Lorenzo E. Leynes Jr., Secretary of the Senate, and Roberto P. Nazareno, Secretary General of the House of Representatives.
The national high school is to be established specifically in Barangay Sta. Cruz, Municipality of Dumalag, Province of Capiz.
No, this Act does not specify any penalties for non-compliance; it mainly focuses on the establishment and funding of the school.