AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE GOVERNANCE AND DEFINING THE SCOPE OF THE PHILIPPINE SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL (PSHS) SYSTEM
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AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE GOVERNANCE AND DEFINING THE SCOPE OF THE PHILIPPINE SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL (PSHS) SYSTEM
Republic Act No. 9036
March 12, 2001
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Summary of Republic Act No. 9036:Strengthening the Governance and Defining the Scope of the Philippine Science High School (PSHS) System
- Ensures equal opportunity for every region to benefit from the PSHS System by allowing only one campus per administrative region. (Section 1)
- Integrates the existing PSHS campuses in Diliman, Nueva Vizcaya, Camarines Sur, Iloilo City, Leyte, Lanao del Norte, and Davao City into one system of governance and management. (Section 2)
- Defines the scope of the PSHS System to include the existing campuses and future campuses established under the Act. (Section 3)
- Prohibits the conversion of existing high schools into PSHS campuses. (Section 4)
- Places the PSHS System under the administrative supervision of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST). (Section 5)
- Establishes a Board of Trustees as the governing body of the PSHS System, with specific powers and responsibilities outlined. (Section 6)
- Appoints an Executive Director as the primary implementor of policies and guidelines set by the Board of Trustees, with a fixed term of six (6) years, renewable for another term. (Section 7)
- Introduces a Deputy Executive Director to be appointed by the Board for a term of six (6) years, renewable for another term, to perform duties assigned by the Executive Director. (Section 8)
- Establishes an Executive Committee composed of the Executive Director and Campus Directors. (Section 10)
- Includes separability, repealing, and effectivity clauses. (Sections 12-14)
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AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE GOVERNANCE AND DEFINING THE SCOPE OF THE PHILIPPINE SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL (PSHS) SYSTEM
Republic Act No. 9036
•March 12, 2001
Republic of the PhilippinesCONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINESMetro Manila
Eleventh CongressThird Regular Session
Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-fourth day of July, two thousand.
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9036 March 12, 2001
AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE GOVERNANCE AND DEFINING THE SCOPE OF THE PHILIPPINE SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL (PSHS) SYSTEM, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8496
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:
Section 1. A second paragraph is hereby added under Section 2 of Republic Act No. 8496, otherwise known as the Philippine Science High School (PSHS) System Act of 1997, to read as follows:
"The State shall also ensure that every region is given equal opportunity to benefit from the establishment of the PSHS System. Towards this end, only one (1) PSHS campus shall be established in each of the administrative regions of the country."
Section 2. Section 3, paragraph (a) of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:
"(a) Integrate the existing PSHS at Diliman, Nueva Vizcaya,...
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