Republic Act No. 4456

: RA 4456 provides for uniform lesson plans in public schools and authorizes the appropriation of funds to carry out that purpose.
: The Board of National Education is empowered to prescribe a uniform lesson plan in public schools.
: It must be upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Education.
: The uniform lesson plan shall be printed and distributed free to all public school teachers.
: The uniform lesson plan must be printed and distributed free to all public school teachers.
: The sum of two hundred thousand pesos is authorized to be appropriated.
: From any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
: For the fiscal year nineteen hundred sixty-six.
: Such sums as may be necessary for the same purpose in subsequent years shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.
: It authorizes a specific appropriation for 1966 and requires that necessary sums in subsequent years be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.
: It takes effect upon its approval.
: RA 4456 was approved on June 19, 1965.
: First, it establishes a mechanism for prescribing uniform lesson plans in public schools; second, it authorizes an appropriation of funds to implement the law.
: The text states the Board may prescribe a uniform lesson plan upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Education, indicating discretion (“may”) rather than a mandatory duty.
: All public school teachers.