Legal authority and implementing rules
- The Department of Education, Culture and Sports must issue the rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of the Act (Section 2).
Funding and appropriation requirement
- The amount necessary to implement the Act must be included in the General Appropriations Act for the year following its enactment into law, and in subsequent General Appropriations Acts as needed (Section 3).
Effectivity and constitutional rule
- The Act takes effect upon its approval (Section 4).
- The Act became lapsed into law on March 1, 1997, without the signature of the President, pursuant to Article VI, Section 27 (1) of the Constitution (March 01, 1997).