Coverage, supervision, and implementing rules
- Section 1 places implementation under the supervision of the Department of Education, Culture and Sports.
- Section 2 requires the Department of Education, Culture and Sports to promulgate the necessary rules and regulations.
- Section 2 mandates those rules and regulations to enable effective implementation of the Act.
Funding and appropriation requirement
- Section 3 requires that the amount necessary to carry out the Act’s provisions be included in the General Appropriations Act.
- Section 3 sets the timing for inclusion in the General Appropriations Act of the year following its enactment into law.
- Section 3 continues the appropriation inclusion requirement in subsequent years thereafter.
Effectivity and constitutional lapse
- Section 4 provides that the Act takes effect upon its approval.
- The Act became effective by legislative lapse on April 22, 1995, without the President’s signature.
- Effectivity upon lapse is recognized pursuant to Sec. 27(1), Article VI of the Constitution.