QuestionsQuestions (Republic Act No. 12007)
RA No. 12007 establishes the Progressive Senior High School, located in Progressive Village 3, Barangay Bayanan, City of Bacoor, Province of Cavite.
It is established under the supervision of the Department of Education (DepEd).
It is known as the Progressive Senior High School.
The Secretary of Education shall immediately include the operationalization of the school in the Department’s program, with funding to be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.
Funding shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.
Within ninety (90) days from the approval of the Act.
The school’s organization, administration, operations, and management.
Republic Act No. 9155 (Governance of Basic Education Act of 2001), Republic Act No. 10533 (Enhanced Basic Education Act of 2013), and other basic education-related laws.
It indicates that the IRR and school operations must align with and be consistent with those statutes and related education laws.
It must be published in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.
Fifteen (15) days after its publication.
It relies on the law’s enactment and effectivity provisions; the school is established by the Act, but effectivity occurs 15 days after publication per Section 4.
The Department of Education, through the Secretary of Education.
RA 12007 mandates that the school’s operationalization funding be included in the next annual GAA.
It requires prompt action by the Secretary of Education to reflect the school’s operationalization in DepEd’s program planning, subject to the funding inclusion in the GAA.
The Act originated in the House of Representatives and was passed by the House on August 16, 2023 and by the Senate on March 18, 2024.