Implementing Rules by DepEd
- Section 2 vests the Secretary of Education, Culture and Sports with authority to issue rules and regulations.
- Section 2 requires the rules and regulations to be issued as may be necessary to carry out the purpose of the Act.
Funding Through General Appropriations Act
- Section 3 requires that the amount necessary to implement the Act be included in the General Appropriations Act.
- The required inclusion is for the year following its enactment into law.
- Section 3 further requires inclusion and thereafter, to sustain funding needs beyond the first year.
Date of Approval and Effectivity
- The Act is Republic Act No. 8396 with an enactment date of November 22, 1997.
- The Act provides that it shall take effect upon its approval (Section 4).
- The approval clause states it was lapsed into law on November 22, 1997, without the signature of the President, under Article VI, Section 27 (1) of the Constitution.
- The Act is shown as Approved, Lapsed into law on November 22, 1997 in accordance with Article VI, Section 27 (1) of the Constitution.