Support of Primary and Intermediate Education
Commonwealth Act No. 381, enacted on August 23, 1938, mandates the National Government to support public primary education (Grades One to Four) while requiring Manila to maintain its school funding levels. Intermediate education funding is the responsibility of chartered cities, municipalities, and municipal districts, which can utilize real estate taxes and other revenue sources. If a municipal district is unable to support its intermediate schools, the President may authorize financial aid from the National Treasury. Additionally, local governments can levy a school tax to enhance funding for intermediate education. The Act is effective from the 1939-1940 school year, with provisions for continued aid if local governments face financial difficulties.
Quick Answers
- What is Support of Primary and Intermediate Education about?
- Commonwealth Act No. 381, enacted on August 23, 1938, mandates the National Government to support public primary education (Grades One to Four) while requiring Manila to maintain its school funding levels. Intermediate education funding is the responsibility of chartered cities, municipalities, and municipal districts, which can utilize real estate taxes and other revenue sources. If a municipal district is unable to support its intermediate schools, the President may authorize financial aid from the National Treasury. Additionally, local governments can levy a school tax to enhance funding for intermediate education. The Act is effective from the 1939-1940 school year, with provisions for continued aid if local governments face financial difficulties.
- What type of law is Commonwealth Act No. 381?
- Support of Primary and Intermediate Education (Commonwealth Act No. 381) is a Philippine Statutes enacted by the Congress of the Philippines.
- When was Support of Primary and Intermediate Education enacted?
- Support of Primary and Intermediate Education (Commonwealth Act No. 381) was enacted on Aug 23, 1938.
- What is the citation for Support of Primary and Intermediate Education?
- Support of Primary and Intermediate Education, Commonwealth Act No. 381, Aug 23, 1938 (Philippines)
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Commonwealth Act No. 381
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Commonwealth Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
August 23, 1938
COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 381
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE SUPPORT OF PRIMARY AND INTERMEDIATE EDUCATION AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
SECTION 1. Public primary education (Grade One to Grade Four, inclusive) shall be supported by the National Government: Provided, That the City of Manila shall continue to appropriate for school purposes, including the construction of primary school buildings not less than the average amount appropriated for school purposes for the last three years: And provided, further, That sites for primary schools shall be acquired by the municipal, municipal district or city governments through purchase or donation. ETAICc
SECTION 2. Instruction in the intermediate grades shall be supported by the chartered cities, municipalities, and municipal districts with the funds derived from the real estate tax, from the internal revenue allotment, and from other sources of revenue that now or may hereafter accrue to the regular municipal school fund: Provided, That, upon certification of the Secretary of Finance that a municipal district is unable to support its intermediate schools and an appropriation is available for the purpose, the President may authorize the granting to such municipal district of the necessary aid from the National Treasury.
SECTION 3. To provide additional funds either for the improvement or the extension of intermediate instruction, the chartered cities, municipalities, and municipal districts are hereby empowered to levy a school tax of not more than two pesos per capita on all inhabitants of both sexes from the age of eighteen to sixty, inclusive.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect at the beginning of the school year nineteen hundred and thirty-nine-nineteen hundred and forty: Provided, That in case of inability of any chartered city, municipality, or municipal district, due to a justifiable cause, to provide the full amount required for the support of its intermediate schools or classes, the National Government may continue to grant the necessary financial aid but only up to the end of the school year nineteen hundred and thirty-nine-nineteen hundred and forty.
Approved, August 23, 1938.
Cite This Law
Support of Primary and Intermediate Education, Commonwealth Act No. 381, Aug 23, 1938 (Philippines)
Support of Primary and Intermediate Education, Commonwealth Act No. 381 (Phil. 1938)
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