The document summarizes Philippine laws related to school administration and supervision from the early American colonial period to the 1970s. It describes laws that established the Philippine Commission to govern the country, established the Department of Public Instruction to oversee schools, and numerous acts that addressed issues like private school regulation, curriculum requirements, teacher hiring and salaries, finance, and students. The laws aimed to develop and standardize the education system under American and later Philippine rule.

1. Melchora Miriam S. Villena
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2. HISTORICAL SKETCH
The Administration and Supervision of the Philippines
government in the early part of American regime was
entrusted to the Philippine Commission appointed by
the president of the United States. The Second
Commission, headed by William H. Taft, was created
in 1901. To cooperate with militaries authorities in the
islands and to open the way for the establishment of
the civil government. All legislative function of the
military government were transferred to the Second
Philippine Commission.

3. LAWS RELATED TO SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION AND SUPERVISION
School laws give authority, purpose and direction to
school administrators, supervisors, and classroom
teachers. The legal enactments in this country which
has bearing on the status of school administration and
supervision are the following:

4. Laws Related to School Organization and Control
The Philippine Constitution – The most important legal basis of the
administration and supervision is found in certain provision of the
Philippine Constitution. Section 8 of Article XV state that “all educational
institutions shall be under the supervision of and subject regulation by the
states”.
Act No. 74 of the Philippine Commission – The administration of the
Philippine Government during the early part of the American occupation
was in the hands of the Philippine commission whose members were
appointed by the President of the United States. The commission on
January 21, 1901, passed Act No. 74, Section 1 of which established a
Department of Public Instruction, which has executive control and general
suppervision of all schools already established by the Military authorities

5. Commonwealth Act No. 180 – This Act is the present basic law governing
private education in this country. It amended act No. 2706 which provided for
the government regulation and suprvision of private schools, colleges and
universities.
Commonwealth Act No. 586 – This Act is known as the Educational Act of 1940
which provides the legal basis of the present six-year elementary course, the
double-single session, the school entrance ages, and national support of
elementary education.
Republic Act No. 896 – This Act is known as the Elementary School Act of 1953.
This new law restore Grade 7 VII which was aboloshed by the Education Act
1940.
Executive Order No. 94 – (Based on upon the Reorganization Act of 1947). This
law gives the Secretary of Education executive supervision over the Bureau of
Public School and the Bureau of Private Schools, the Bureau of Public libraries,
the Institute of national language, and the Philippine Historical Committee.
Republic Act No. 1124 – This Act created by the Board of Education, According
to this law, the Board of the National Education is a policy making body.

6. Republic Act No. 4272 – This Act reduced the number of members of the
Board under Republic Act No. 1124 from 15 members to 8 members. The
old Board of National Education of 15 members has been inoperative for
several years. It was only July 1967 that the new board of eight members
under the new law (R.A 4572) was reconstituted.
Republic Act No. 5447 – This law is otherwise known as Special Education
Fund Act. This law provides an annual additional tax of one percent of the
assessed value of real property tax.
Presidential Decree No. 1 – This decree made a thorough going revamp of
the executive branch of the government.
Presidential Decree No. 176 – This control and administration of all
educational institutions already established or here after to be established
in the Philippines shall be vested in the citizens of the Philippines.
Membership in governing bodies or boards of such educational institutions
shall be vested in the citizens of the Philippines.

7. Laws Related to Teaching Personnel
Commonwealth Act No. 117 – This Act places the public school teachers
under Civil Rules and Regulations as to their examination, appoinment,
tranfer, seperation, suspension, and reinstatement. This Act also protects
tenure of office.
Commonwealth Act No. 578 – This law recognizes supervisors, teachers,
and professors of public and recognized private schools as person in
authority.
Republic Act No. 660 – This Act amended Section 12 of the
Commonwealth Act 186. This Act provides for automatic retirement at the
age of sixty-five years, if the teacherhas completed fifteen years of service,
and if he is not, he shall allowed tp continue service until he has completed
fifteen years unless is otherwise eligible for disability retirement.
Republic Act No. 842 – This Salary Act of 1953 (Republic Act No. 842)
provides for a revised salary scale and automatic salary increases for public
school officials, teachers and other school personnel at the government.

8. Republic Act No. 1079 – This law provides that civil service eligibility shall
be permanent and shall have no limit.
Republic Act No. 1080 – This Act states that the bar examination and the
board examination which review the candidates to have four years of
college training and two years for experience are considered equivalent to
the first grade regular examination.
Republic Act No. 1147 – This Act that regular and promotional teacher civil
service examinations be given at least once two years.
Republic Act No. 4461 – This Act is known as the Teachers’ Meeting Law.
This law provides that the teachers meeting shall not be called on
Saturdays. This concept is based on the contention of teachers that
Saturdays is not a working day as observed by the government employees.
Republic Act No. 447 – This Act is known as the Provincial Salary Act. This
law raised the salaries of field school superintendents above the level of
the salaries of Division Chiefs in the Central Office who had served in the
field as superintendent of schools and who are supposed to have higher
category than the field superintendents.

9. Republic Act No. 1880 – This Act amended Sections 562 and 564 of the
revised administrative code. It prescribed the legal hours of labor to 8
hours a day, 5 days a week, or 40 hours a week. It also states that
government employees may be allowed 5 hours of service from April to
June 15 inclusive upon the discration of the President of the Republic.
Republic Act No. 5168 – This is known as the public school teacher salary
standardized act.
Republic Act No. 6040 – This act amended section 24 of civil service act
1959.
Republic Act No. 6110 – This is called the Omnibus Tax Law.
Republic Act No. 6111 – This is act is otherwise known as Philippine
Medical Care Act of 1969, was approved on August 4, 1969. Primarily to
extend medical care to all resident in an evolutionary way within our
economic means and capability as a nation.
Republic Act No. 6362 – This act amended R.A 5168 otherwise known as
the Public School Teacher Salary Standardization Act and Appropriating
Fund therefore

10. Laws Related to School Curriculum
Department Order No. 1955 – The secretary provides that religions
instruction maybe schedule during the school session in such a way
as to enable the teacher in religion to teach in the public school
building for more 30 minutes period a day, three times a week, to
different groups of pupils in the same school. Provided no pupils is
given instruction under this arrangement for more than the
maximum lenght of time allowed by law.
Republic Act No. 343 – This act provide for the inclusion of Spanish
as a course or subject in all high schools, private or public of the
Philippines.
Republic Act No. 709 – This act made the teaching of Spanish
obligatory in all courses of public and private colleges and
universities in the Philippines.
Republic Act No. 1425 – This act requires that courses on the life,
works and writings of Jose Rizal, particulary his novel Noli Me
Tangere and El Filibusterismo shall be included in the curricula of all
private and public schools colleges and universities.

11. Republic Act No. 1881 – This act states that all students enrolled in the
courses in law, commerce, foreign service, liberal arts and education are
required to complete at least 24 uniots of Spanish.
Republic Act No. 5181 – This act replaced republic act no. 707 as amended
by R.A no. 1881.
Department Order No. 19, 1970 – This department order increased time
allotment for language arts from 30 to 40 minutes in grade 1 and 2 from 40
to 60 minutes in grade 3 and 4 from 60 to 80 minutes in the intermediate
grades.
Republic Act No. 5946 – This law amended the Medical Act of 1959. The
acts state that the students seeking admission to medical school must have
a Bachelor Degree in Science or in Arts.
Presidential Decree No. 6-A – This decree is known as Educational
Development Decree of 1972.

12. Laws Related to Students or Pupils
Commonwealth Act no. 80 - this act provided for organization of the office
of adult education under director of adult education, who was appointed
by the president with consent of the commission on appointment.
Republic Act no. 124 - this law requires private school, colleges and
universities having an enrollment of 300 or more to employ a part or full
time physician who conduct an annual physical examination of their
students.
Republic Act no. 896 - this provides for compulsory education of 7 years
and made it mandatory on the part of parents to enroll their children in
public schools upon attaining 7 years of age.
Republic Act no. 4206 - this law prohibits the collection of contribution for
the red cross, Anti-Tuberculosis, PTA’s school athletic meets, medical and
dental service or any other projects or purpose whether voluntary or
otherwise from school children of public primary of intermediate schools.
Republic Act no. 4090 - an act providing for state scholarship in science,
arts and letters and for poor and deserving students, creating a state
scholarship council to integrate, systematize, administer and implement all
program of scholarship, and appropriate funds thereof.

13. Republic Act no. 4725 - this act amended Republic no. 4206 the collection
of contribution for Anti-Tuberculosis, Parent, Teacher Associations, School
athletic meets, medical and dental service school children and teachers of
public primary of intermediate and high school is hereby prohibited.
Republic Act no. 6139 - this act is known as the “Tuition Fee Law”.
Presidential Decree no. 146 - this Decree is known as the National College
Entrance Examination was promulgated with no other purpose but to
regulate the admission of students to all four year or to five year degree
programs in the country so, as to improve the quality of higher education
and to distribute students among different courses, thus meeting the
manpower needs of the country.

14. Laws Related to Finance and Support
Commonwealth Act no. 586 - section 7 of this act nationalized the support
of the elementary school except chartered cities.
Republic Act no. 364 - this act authorizes all vocational school to collect
tuition fees and received contributions from private persons and contract
loans from the government and private banks and other financial
institutions and to create a special trusts fund for each school.
Republic Act no. 1284 - this law exempt from amusement tax all athletics
meets, school program and exhibitions, and other educational activities
conducted by public schools, by amending the National Internal Revenue
Code.
Republic Act no. 5447 - this act is otherwise known as Special Educational
Fund Act.

15. Other Laws Affecting School Administration and Supervision
Executive Order no. 56 - this act authorizes the Director of the Bureau of
the private schools to call upon the members of the government
examination boards for technical advice.
Republic Act no 139 - this act is the present basis for the selection and
adaptation of textbooks to be used in public and private schools.
Republic Act no. 1147 - this act provides for holding of regular and
promotional teachers, civil service examination at least once every two
years.

16. Republic Act no. 1265 - this act makes flag ceremony compulsory in all
educational institutions.
Republic Act no. 1880- an act amending section 562 and 564 of the
Revised Administrative which prescribes the legal hours of labor, eight
hours a day, five days a week or forty hours a week.
Republic Act no. 416 - the law converted the present Philippine Normal
School into Philippine Normal College conferring the Degree of Bachelor
Science in Elementary Education and Master of Arts in Education.

17. Department Order 1, 1957 - this program is otherwise known
has the 2-2 plan.
Department Order 27, 1972 - this order gives the heads of the
Institution Authority to expels, dismiss, suspend indefinitely, or
cause the expulsion, dismissal, or suspension of any faculty
members, employees and student, who after investigation
were found to have been engaged or were engaged in
supervision or similar illegal activities or were known to be
active member subversive organizations and activities.
Department Order no. 30, 1972 - this prescribed the use of
identification cards by all students, faculty and staff members
in each institution.

18. Department Order no. 33, 1972 - the standard operating
procedure screening university personnel were spelled out in
this order.
Department Order no. 32, 1972 - this order granted academic
freedom to faculty members under certain conditions.
Department Oder no. 1972 - the major point this order is to
stimulates students and faculty members of colleges and
universities to have build a New Society within the context of
the Decree issue in the proclamation of 1081.

19. Circulars Which Affects Administration and Supervision
B.P.S. Circular no. 1, 1946 - discharged Filipino veterans who had been active in
service with the US and Military forces and who meet certain requirements
prescribed by law are eligible for education or training under Public Law 348 in
any approved school, colleges, universities or other institution of learning.
B.P.S. Circular no. 32, 1952 - this circular states that a public school teacher
must have rendered at least 2 years of satisfactory service before he can teach
in private schools.
B.P.S Circular no. 4, 1956 - (requiring Mathematics Subjects and Physics in the
secondary course)
Memorandum No. 38, s. 1957 (Implementation of Section 85 of the National
Defense Act) – In order to further improve the citizenship training of school
children through the medium of Preparatory Military Training (P.M.T.) among
high school students.

20. Memorandum No.87, s. 1958 (Permission of the government officials to
teach in private Schools During Summer Sessions) – No private school may
employ any government official, who has no such permit granted by the
Department Head.
B.P.S. Circular No.1, s.1958 (Requirements for the admission to the Law
Course) In order to avoid enrolling student who are not qualified, entrance
certificates should be required of them before enrollment.
B.P.S. Circular No. 5,s.1960 (Making Boy Scout as Circular Requirement) –
Boy Scouting is a circular activity in both public and private schools.
B.P.S. Circular No. 7, s.1960(The New Four –Year Curriculum Leading to the
Degree of Bachelor of Arts (A.B.) or Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Required for
the admission to the College of Medicine)

21. • Memorandum No.37, s. 1960 (Admission Requirement to Nursing and
Pharmacy Courses.)
• Memorandum No. 46,s. 1960(Prescribing Preparatory Military Training and
Health and Physical Education as separate subjects.)
• B.P.S. Circular No.22,s.1960- Merit and Seniority Ranking
• Memorandum No.57, s. 1963- Greater stress on Correct Moral, and Ethical
Conduct.
• B.P.S. Circular No.21, s.1964 – Pupils Welfare
• B.P.S. Circular No.30, s. 1964 Reshuffle of School official in the field
• Memorandum No.116, s. 1965- Courtesy
• B.P.S. Circular No.36, s. 1965- Lobbying Prohibited in the Hall of Congress
and Offices.

22. GOD BLESS!
Presented to:
Dr. Christopher Chua