Department of Education program and funding
- Section 2 directs the Secretary of Education to include the school’s operationalization in the Department’s program immediately.
- Section 2 requires that the school’s funding be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.
Implementing rules within 120 days
- Section 3 requires the Secretary of Education to formulate the rules and regulations implementing the Act.
- The rules and regulations must be formulated within one hundred twenty (120) days after its effectivity.
Effectivity and publication requirement
- Section 4 provides that the Act takes effect fifteen (15) days after its publication.
- Publication must be in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.
Enactment and approval timeline
- The Act was passed by the House of Representatives on August 9, 2017.
- The Act was passed by the Senate on December 11, 2017.
- The Act was approved on March 14, 2018.