Legal basis and legislative design
- Republic Act No. 1948 is enacted to convert an existing junior high school into a national agricultural school.
- Section 1 establishes the conversion by legislative mandate for the school located in the Municipality of Lumbatan, Province of Lanao.
Purpose and school conversion
- Section 1 converts the Lumbatan Junior High School into a national agricultural school.
- The converted school is of the Central Luzon Agricultural School type.
- The converted national agricultural school is to be known as the Lanao National Agricultural School.
- Section 1 empowers the Secretary of Education to reorganize the school accordingly.
Scope and coverage of the school
- The conversion covers the Lumbatan Junior High School located in the Municipality of Lumbatan, Province of Lanao.
- The law applies specifically to transforming that school into the Lanao National Agricultural School.
Funding and appropriation requirements
- Section 2 appropriates PHP 200,000 for the operation and maintenance of the school.
- The appropriation is drawn out of funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
- The funds cover the school year nineteen hundred fifty-seven and fifty-eight.
- Section 2 requires that necessary additional funds be included in the annual General Appropriation Acts.
Administrative implementation authority
- Section 1 authorizes the Secretary of Education to reorganize the converted school in accordance with its new national agricultural school status.