Question & AnswerQ&A (Republic Act No. 8585)
The main purpose of Republic Act No. 8585 is to separate the Sangat National High School Extension in Barangay Pitalo, Municipality of San Fernando, Province of Cebu, from the Sangat National High School and convert it into an independent national high school named Pitalo National High School.
The Pitalo National High School is located in Barangay Pitalo, Municipality of San Fernando, Province of Cebu.
All personnel, assets, liabilities, and records of the Sangat National High School Extension are transferred to and absorbed by the Pitalo National High School.
The Department of Education, Culture and Sports (DECS) is responsible for issuing the necessary rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of RA 8585.
The initial funding shall be charged against the current year's appropriations of the Sangat National High School-Barangay Pitalo Annex.
The operational and maintenance funds shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.
RA 8585 took effect upon its approval and lapsed into law on March 2, 1998, without the signature of the President, following Article VI, Section 27(1) of the Philippine Constitution.
RA 8585 was approved by the House of Representatives on August 7, 1997, and by the Senate on December 8, 1997.
It means that the law became effective without the President's signature because the President neither signed nor vetoed the bill within the required period, as provided by the Constitution.
The law was approved by Senate President Ernesto M. Maceda, House Speaker Jose De Venecia Jr., and lapsed into law under President Fidel V. Ramos.