Conversion of San Rafael High School to Science HS

To offer a secondary education program with a special focus on science subjects.
To prepare students for careers in science through specialized secondary courses.

Exercise powers akin to a board of directors of a corporation.
Approve budgeting and appropriation of funds for the school.
Approve employment contracts, academic ranks, compensation, and disciplinary removal of faculty and staff with due process.
Approve curricula, course of study, and rules of discipline as prepared by the Executive Council.
Provide fellowships, scholarships, stipends, and student allowances.
Approve issuance of graduation certificates or diplomas.
Establish general rules and regulations consistent with the school's scientific purpose.
Receive and administer donations, legacies, and gifts in trust.
Set criteria for student selection and admission, including competitive examinations.

Quorum requires a majority of the members holding office.
Meeting notices are served by the director or secretary.
Board members receive no compensation but are reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses associated with meetings or official functions.

The Board must file an annual detailed report on the school's progress, condition, and needs with the DOST before each school year.

The Science High School is headed by a director appointed per civil service laws.
Director's compensation is fixed by the Board.
Removal only for cause.
Duties include those typical of a public high school principal, plus those specified by the Act.

Comprises the director, heads of departments, and other ranking faculty members as designated.
Powers include:
- Screening and selecting students for admission.
- Selecting scholarship and stipend recipients.
- Developing curricula, courses of study, and disciplinary rules (subject to Board approval).
- Recommending students eligible for graduation.
- Exercising disciplinary authority over students through the director.
- Implementing Board policies and other prescribed functions.

Registrar serves as secretary to the Board and keeps prescribed records; appointed by the director with Board approval.
Treasurer is also appointed by the director with Board approval; subject to government auditing.

Faculty selection based on Board-established criteria including screening and competitive exams.
Faculty and academic personnel exempt from wage and position classification laws.
Administrative staff may be compensated at rates higher than those prescribed by such laws.

Legacies, gifts, and donations for the school or its student aid are tax exempt.
Such donations are deductible from donor gross income.
The school is exempt from all government taxes, fees, assessments, and charges.

All income and donations form the San Rafael National Science High School Fund.
The fund is exclusively used for purposes outlined in the Act and managed by the Board of Trustees.

Heads of bureaus/offices in national government and Region V may lend or transfer apparatus, supplies, and staff to the school upon request.
Detailed employees’ service time counts as official hours.
Additional compensation for detailed officers/employees may be approved by the Board.

DOST prescribes curricula and issues necessary rules for the school's conversion to a science high school.
Science and technology subjects introduced starting the school year after the Act's approval.

All personnel, assets, liabilities, and records of the original San Rafael National High School are transferred to and absorbed by the new Science High School.

Initial funding charged against current year's appropriations of the original high school.
Future funding to be included in the General Appropriations Act.

The Act takes effect upon approval.
It lapsed into law on June 6, 1997, following constitutional provisions for lapsed legislation.