Lengthen School Calendar to 220 Class Days

Section 1 mandates that the school calendar for each year beginning school year 1995-1996 must be lengthened to not more than two hundred twenty (220) class days.
Section 1 requires that the count includes class days that may be subsequently suspended due to natural or man-made calamities.
Section 2 preserves the existing daily instructional structure by preventing reductions in daily class hours to offset the added days.
Section 4 directs that implementation rules must ensure the prescribed class days are devoted to the attainment of learning objectives.

Section 1 states that any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, the school calendar for each year beginning school year 1995-1996 shall be lengthened to not more than 220 class days.
Section 1 requires that the 220 class days are inclusive of class days that may be subsequently suspended due to natural or man-made calamities.
Section 1 provides that the increase in school days shall not be a basis for additional pay for teachers who are paid salaries for the entire twelve (12) months of a school year.
Section 1 provides that the salary protection in the prior rule does not apply to teachers whose salaries and hours of work are governed by existing Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBAs), or whose salaries and hours are computed by the number of hours they actually teach.

Section 2 requires that the total number of class hours per day under the present system shall not be reduced.
Section 2 prohibits reducing class hours to compensate for the increase in class days.

Section 3 provides that the school year shall start on the first Monday of June but not later than the last day of August.
Section 3 requires the Secretary of Education, Culture and Sports to determine the end of the regular school year, taking into consideration Christmas and summer vacations and the peculiar circumstances of each region.
Section 3 authorizes the Secretary of Education, Culture and Sports to authorize the holding of Saturday classes for elementary and secondary levels for both public and private schools.

Section 4 directs the Secretary of Education, Culture and Sports to issue, within ninety (90) days after the approval of Republic Act No. 7797, the necessary rules and regulations to implement the Act.
Section 4 requires the implementing rules to ensure that the total class days prescribed in the Act are devoted to the attainment of learning objectives.
Section 4 requires the DECS to submit to the Committees on Education, Arts and Culture of both Houses of Congress copies of the implementing rules and guidelines within thirty (30) days after its promulgation.

Section 5 provides that all laws, Presidential decrees, executive orders, rules and regulations, or parts thereof inconsistent with Republic Act No. 7797 are repealed or modified accordingly.
Section 6 provides that Republic Act No. 7797 takes effect upon its approval (August 25, 1994).