Mandatory Flag Ceremony in Schools

Section 1 requires all educational institutions to observe a daily flag ceremony.
The flag ceremony must be simple and dignified.
The flag ceremony must include the playing or singing of the Philippine National Anthem.
Section 1 makes the daily flag ceremony a continuing obligation for covered institutions.

Section 2 authorizes and directs the Secretary of Education to issue (or cause issuance of) rules and regulations.
Section 2 requires these rules and regulations for the proper conduct of the flag ceremony.
Compliance for purposes of penalties under Section 3 is tied to observance in accordance with rules and regulations issued by the Secretary of Education.

Section 3 provides that failure or refusal to observe the required flag ceremony subjects the educational institution concerned and its head to public censure.
Section 3 requires proper notice and hearing before public censure.
Section 3 requires publication of the public censure at least once in a newspaper of general circulation.
Section 3 provides that, upon failure to observe for the second time, the Secretary of Education shall, after proper notice and hearing, cause the cancellation of the recognition or permit of the private educational institution responsible for the failure.

Section 3 makes notice and hearing a required procedural step before any public censure is imposed.
Section 3 likewise makes notice and hearing a required procedural step before cancellation of recognition or permit for a second failure.
Section 3 treats a second time failure as the condition that triggers cancellation for a private educational institution.
Section 3 makes the administrative consequences attach both to the educational institution and to its head for failure or refusal to observe the flag ceremony.