Learning log # 4 Educational laws( Executive orders, Commonwealth Act, Republic acts, Presidential

decrees,
Name : George Lito Quibol Instructor; DR. Maria Gloria Lugo
Executive Orders
Executive Order #17
WHEREAS, Section 2, Article III of the Freedom Constitution provides that "all elective
and appointive officials under the 1973 Constitution shall continue in office until otherwise
provided by proclamation or executive order upon the designation or appointment and
qualification of their successors, if such appointment is made within the period of one year from
February 25, 1986";
WHEREAS, in order to obviate unnecessary anxiety and demoralization among the deserving
officials and employees, particularly in the career civil service, it is necessary to prescribe the
rules and regulations for implementing the said constitutional provision to protect career civil
servants whose qualifications and performance meet the standards of service demanded by the
New Government, and to ensure that only those found corrupt, inefficient and undeserving are
separated from the government service;

Executive order# 134
:DECLARING AUGUST THEREAFTER AS INTERNATIONAL
HUMANITARIAN LAW DAY
WHEREAS, the Philippines adheres to the principles of human rights and humanitarian laws
enshrined in international human rights treaties and instruments to which it is a State Party;

WHEREAS, human rights laws apply both in times of peace and during armed conflict, while
International Humanitarian Law, or the laws of armed conflict, apply only during times of war or
armed conflict.

Executive order # 263
adopting community-based forest management as the national strategy to ensure the
sustainable development of the country's forest land resources and providing mechanisms
for its implementation.
The purpose of this Executive Order is to entrust the responsibility for forest rehabilitation,
protection, and conservation to the community of stakeholders by adopting community-based
forest management (CBFM) as the national strategy to achieve sustainable forestry. A CBFM
Steering Committee shall be established and shall be in charge of formulating and developing
policy guidelines that will create incentives and conditions necessary to effectively carry out
community-based forest management strategies.







Executive Order # 202

CREATING THE LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND
REGULATORY BOARD
is the executive department of the Philippine government responsible for the maintenance and
expansion of viable, efficient, and dependable transportation and communications systems as
effective instruments for national recovery and economic progress.

The department is responsible for the country's land, air, sea and communications infrastructure.
WHEREAS, the Department of Transportation and Communicatios is
vested with, among others, quasi judicial powers and functions pursuant to
Executive Order No. 125, as amended

Executive Order #14
WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 14 dated May 7, 1986 was issued vesting in the
Sandiganbayan original and exclusive jurisdiction over all criminal and civil suits filed by
the Presidential Commission on Good Government;
WHEREAS, there is a need to further clarify such Executive Order with respect to the scope and
meaning of certain provisions therein;
Education Act
Education act#1940
Known as the Educational Act of 1940, that provides the legal basis of the
present six-year elementary course, the school entrance ages, and national support
of elementary education. The same Act fixed the school entrance age at seven years
and required compulsory attendance in the primary grades for all children enrolling
in grade 1, adoption of the single-session, one class in the morning and another in
the afternoon under one teacher to accommodate more children, and the support of
public elementary education by the national government.

Commonwealth Acts
Commonwealth Act #117
an act to amend sections one, three, seven, eight, ten, seventeen, and twenty-
one of act numbered twenty-eight hundred and thirty-three as amended by acts
numbered twenty-nine hundred and twenty-six, thirty hundred and twenty-six,
thirty-six hundred and five, and thirty-seven hundred and sixty-one, regarding
income tax

Commonwealth Act #80
- established the Office of Adult Education (vocational training in an effort to
eliminate illiteracy)


Commonwealth Act #587
- conferred the status of PERSONS IN AUTHORITY upon teachers (teachers,
professors, and persons charged with the supervision of public or duly recognized
private schools, colleges, and universities, shall be deemed persons in authority.)

Commonwealth Act #586
- Education Act of 1940-compulsory completion of elementary, compulsory
enrollment of children in public school upon reaching 7 years old

Republic Acts
Republic act no. 416
Republic act no. 416 - an act for the purpose of converting the present
Philippine normal school into the Philippine normal college, conferring the degrees
of bachelor of science in elementary education and master of arts in education,
providing for a board of trustees, defining the board's responsibilities and duties,
providing professional and technical instruction, and for other purposes

Republic Act No. 134
An act to amend sections one, two and two-a of commonwealth act
numbered one hundred and eight, entitled "an act to punish acts of evasion of the
laws on the nationalization of certain rights, franchises or privileges," as amended,
and to insert between sections three and four thereof a new section to be known as
section three-a

Republic Act #139
An act to amend certain sections of act numbered twenty-nine hundred and
fifty-seven, entitled "an act creating a board to have charge of the selection and
approval of the textbooks to be used by the colleges and schools of the
government, and for other purposes," as amended by act numbered thirty-one
hundred and eighty-five, thirty-four hundred and two, and thirty-seven hundred
and seventy-two

Republic Act # 4670
THE MAGNA CARTA FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS

Title Definition. This Act shall be known as the "Magna Carta for
Public School Teachers" and shall apply to all public school teachers except those
in the professorial staff of state colleges and universities.

Republic Act # 6054
An act to institute a charter for barrio high schools
whereas, by constitutional mandate, the government is committed to the
establishment and maintenance of a complete and adequate system of public
education;
Republic Act #1124
An act creating a board of national education charged with the duty of
formulating general education policies and directing the educational interests of the
nation
Republic Act #1968
An act granting the municipality of Sibalom, province of antique, a franchise
for an electric light, heat and power system
Republic Act # 4007
An act amending section sixteen hundred eighty-six of the revised
administrative code, as amended by republic act numbered twelve hundred
seventy-seven.
Sec. 1686. Additional counsel to assist fiscal. The Secretary of Justice may appoint any lawyer in
the government service, or a competent person not in the public service, temporarily to assist a fiscal or
prosecuting attorney in the discharge of his duties, and with the same authority therein as might be
exercised by the Solicitor General: Provided, That if the person to be appointed in the public service is
outside the jurisdiction of the Department of Justice, such appointment may only be made with the
consent of the Department Head concerned: Provided, further, That after a special counsel who is not in
another government service is appointed or designated to assist the provincial or city fiscal in the
prosecution not of a specified case or cases but of cases in general in connection with the regular
discharge of said provincial or city fiscal's duties, and shall have continuously and efficiently served as
such for at least four years, he shall be deemed to have been permanently appointed, and he may be
removed or separated from the service only for cause as provided in the Civil Service Law, rules and
regulations
Republic Act # 6132
An act implementing resolution of both houses numbered two as
amended by resolution of both houses numbered four of the congress of
the Philippines calling for a constitutional convention, providing for
proportional representation therein and other details relating to the
election of delegates to and the holding of the constitutional convention,
repealing for the purpose republic act four thousand nine hundred
fourteen, and for other purpose
Provided that delegates to a constitutional convention would
be chosen in a special election by the national legislative
district level.

Republic Act # 7797
An act to lengthen the school calendar from two hundred (200)
days to not more than two hundred twenty (220) class days.

Republic Act #7836
Philippine Teachers Professionalization Act of 1994
An act to strengthen the regulation and supervision of the practice of
teaching in the Philippines and prescribing a licensure examination for
teachers and for other purposes.

Republic Act # 7877
Also known as the anti-sexual harassment act of 1995. which is
titled an act declaring sexual harassment unlawful in the employment,
education or training environment, and for other purposes. r.a. 7877 is a
consolidation of house bill no. 9425 and senate bill no. 1632, and signed
into law by president Fidel v. Ramos on 14 February 1995. this law
declares all forms of sexual harassment in the employment, education or
training environment as unlawful

Republic Act # 8525
An act establishing an "adopt-a-school program," providing
incentives therefor, and for other purposes
an adopting private entity (APE) must enter into a Memorandum of Agreement
(MOA) with a public school. The MOA must be for at least two years and shall
contain the terms of the adoption. Under such a MOA, the APE may provide
training to a schools faculty or construct or upgrade school facilities. It may also
donate educational materials to public schools, whether elementary, secondary or
tertiary, within the twenty poorest provinces in the country. In return, the law
allows the APE to have its name displayed below the name of the adoptee school
apart from an additional deduction to gross income equivalent to half of the
expenses incurred and representation in the local school board.

Republic Act# 8546
An Act Declaring The Site Of Biak-Na-Bato In The Province Of Bulacan A
Historical Shrine And Tourist Spot, And Appropriating Funds Therefore.


Republic Act # 8491
An act prescribing the code of the national flag, anthem, motto, coat-of-arms
and other heraldic items and devices of the Philippines.

Republic Act #8391
An act creating the Canumay national high school in Valenzuela, metro
Manila, by separating the Canumay annex from the Valenzuela municipal high
school, and providing funds therefore.

Republic Act # 8049
An act regulating hazing and other forms of initiation rites in fraternities,
sororities, and other organizations and providing penalties therefor

Presidential Decree
Presidential Decree 6-A
September 29, 1972
Authorizing the undertaking of educational development projects,
providing for the mechanics of implementation and financing
thereof, and for other purposes
This Decree shall be known as the "Educational Development Decree
of 1972."

Declaration of Policy. - It is hereby declared to be the policy of the
government to ensure, within the context of a free and democratic
system maximum contribution of the educational system to the
attainment of the following national development goals:

Presidential Decree 25 series 1974
Requiring all persons, natural or juridical, owning or administering
real property, including the improvements thereon, to file sworn
statement of the true value of such property





Presidential Decree 1006
Providing ng for the professionalization of teachers, regulating
their practice in the Philippines and for other purposes

WHEREAS, the Constitution provides that "All educational institutions
shall be under the supervision of; and subject to regulation by, the
State", and requires that "the State shall establish and maintain a
complete, adequate and integrated system of education relevant to the
goals of national development";

Batas Pambansa
Batas Pambansa 232 act 1982
An Act Providing For the Establishment And Maintenance Of An
Integrated System Of Education
GENERAL PROVISIONS; Education Act of 1982
THE EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY
THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS
THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, CULTURE AND SPORTS
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

DECS Orders

DECS ORDER No. 26, s. 1996
Institutionalization of SPED Programs in All Schools

DECS ORDER NO. ... NO. 48, S. 1990
(Educational Service Contracting and Tuition Fee Supplement
at the Secondary Level)

DECS 0 R D E R No. 107, s. 1989
Standards for the organization and operation of preschools
and kindergarten Level.

DECS ORDER NO. 13, S. 1998
Revised Rules and Regulation on the Teaching of Religion in
Public Elementary and Secondary Schools
DECS ORDER NO. 1,S. 1999
Transfer of Administrative Authority Over Elementary and
Secondary Schools to the Province of Camarines Norte from the
Province of Quezon

DECS ORDER NO. 1O7, s. 1999
(Registration and Testing Centers for the No formal Education
accreditation and Equivalency (NFE A&E) System

DECS Order No. 54, s. 1995
War On Waste
-SOCIAL RECONSTRUCTIONISM/ PROGRESSIVISM

DECS Order No. 40, s. 1995
Promoting culture and arts in schools PERENNIALISM

DECS Order No. 33, s 1996
Reiterating the implementation of RA 1425 mandating the
inclusion of Rizals life, works, and writing, teaching and virtues as
a course.
-IDEALISM

DECS Order No. 67. s. 1997
Implementation of the
Revitalized Homeroom Guidance Program (RHGP)
- PROGRESSIVISM

DECS Order No. 65, s 1998
Revised guidelines on the selection of honor students in private and
public secondary schools - SOCIAL
RECONSTRUCTIONISM/EXISTENTIALISM




DECS Order No. 106, s. 1998
Revised rules
exemption of Scouts from Citizen's Army Training (CAT) -
SOCIAL RECONSTRUCTIONISM

DECS Order No. 57, s. 1998
Clarification on the changes in the (Sequencing) Social Studies
program
SOCIAL RECONSTRUCTIONISM/PROGRESSIVISM