Republic Act No. 8570, enacted on February 27, 1998, establishes a national high school in Barangay Sta. Cruz, Dumalag, Capiz, under the supervision of the Department of Education, Culture and Sports. The Act mandates that the Secretary of Education take steps to ensure the school's operation by the first school term after its enactment. Funding for the school will be included in the General Appropriations Act for the year following the law's approval. The Act took effect immediately upon approval and was published in the Official Gazette on July 20, 1998.
February 27, 1998 *
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8570
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL IN BARANGAY STA. CRUZ, MUNICIPALITY OF DUMALAG, PROVINCE OF CAPIZ, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
SECTION 1. There shall be established, under the supervision of the Department of Education, Culture and Sports, a national high school in Barangay Sta. Cruz, Municipality of Dumalag, Province of Capiz.
SECTION 2. The Secretary of Education, Culture and Sports shall take the necessary steps for the establishment of the school so as to make it operational during the first school term after the effectivity of this Act.
SECTION 3. The amount necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act shall be included in the General Appropriations Act of the year following its enactment into law and thereafter.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
* Lapsed into law on February 27, 1998, without the signature of the President, in accordance with Article VI, Section 27(1) of the Constitution.
Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 94 No. 29, 24 Supp., on July 20, 1998.