School operationalization and funding
- Section 2 directs the Secretary of Education to immediately include the operationalization of Catalotoan National High School in the Department’s program.
- Section 2 provides that the school’s funding shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.
Implementing rules and regulations
- Section 3 requires the Secretary of Education to issue the rules and regulations necessary to carry out the purpose of the Act.
- Section 3 empowers the Secretary to set the implementing framework for establishing and running the school in accordance with the Act’s purpose.
Effectivity and publication rule
- Section 4 provides that the Act takes effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette.
- Section 4 establishes publication as the trigger for the 15-day effectivity countdown.
Basic Act details and approval dates
- The Act is Republic Act No. 9894.
- The Act is titled “AN ACT ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF SAGNAY, PROVINCE OF CAMARINES SUR TO BE KNOWN AS CATALOTOAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR.”
- The Act is approved on December 31, 2009.