Core training and development role
- Section 2 directs the Rizal National Science High School to primarily provide science and technology training.
- Section 2 limits the training to what is authorized by the Department of Education, Culture and Sports, in coordination with the Department of Science and Technology.
- Section 2 requires that the training be consistent with the goals for local, regional and national development.
Supervision, coordination, and rules
- Section 3 places the school under the direct supervision of the Department of Education, Culture and Sports.
- Section 3 requires supervision to operate in coordination with the Department of Science and Technology.
- Section 3 commands both departments to issue the rules and regulations necessary to carry out the purpose of the Act.
Funding requirement through appropriations
- Section 4 requires that the amount necessary to carry out the Act be included in the General Appropriations Act of the year following the Act’s enactment.
- Section 4 requires that funding inclusion continue in the General Appropriations Act thereafter.
Effectivity and publication rule
- The Act is Republic Act No. 8724.
- The Act was approved July 26, 1998.
- The Act takes effect upon its approval under Section 5.
- The Act lapsed into law on July 26, 1998, without the signature of the President, under Article VI, Section 27(1) of the Constitution.
Enactment timeline in Congress
- Republic Act No. 8724 originated in the House of Representatives.
- The House of Representatives finally passed the Act on January 19, 1998.
- The Senate finally passed the Act on November 17, 1997.