E. Legal Basis of School Administration and Supervision

LEGAL BASIS OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION AND SUPERVISION
HISTORICAL SKETCH
- American regime- The Administration and Supervision of the Philippine Government was
entrusted to the Philippine Commission.
-1901 The Second Philippine Commission was created and it was headed by William H. Taft
-All legislative function of the military government were transferred to the Second Philippine
Commission
EDUCATION AS A STATE FUNCTION

-School laws give authority, purpose and direction to school administrators, supervisors and
classroom teachers.
LAWS RELATED TO SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION AND SUPERVISION

-School laws give authority, purpose and directions to school administrators, supervisors, and
classroom teachers. The legal enactments in this country which has bearing on the status of school
administration and supervision.
LAWS RELATED TO TEACHING PERSONNEL

1. Commonwealth Act. No. 117
- This act places the public school teachers under civil Rules and Regulations as to their
examination, appointment, transfer, separation, suspension and reinstatement.
2. Commonwealth Act. No.578
- This law recognizes supervisors, teachers and professors of public and recognized private
schools as person in authority.
- This Act mended Section 12 of the Commonwealth Act
4. Republic Act. No. 842
- Salary Act 1953 provides for a revised salary scale & automatic salary increases for public
school officials, teachers and other school personnel at the government

- This law provides that civil service eligibility shall be permanent and shall have no limit
- This act states that the bar examination and the board examination are considered to be
equivalent to the first grade regular examination
- This act states that regular and promotional teacher civil service examination be given at least
once every two years
- known as the Teacher’s Meeting Law. This meeting provides that the teachers meeting shall
not be called on Saturday.
-Known as the Provincial Salary Act. This law raised the salaries of field school superintendents.
- It prescribed the legal hours of labor to 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, or 40 hours a week.
- known as the public school teacher salary standardized act
LAWS RELATED TO SCHOOL CURRICULUM

- The act provide for the inclusion of Spanish as a course or subject in all high schools, private or
public in the Philippines
- This act made the teaching of Spanish obligatory in all courses of public and private colleges
and universities in the Philippines
- This act requires that courses on the life, works and writings of Jose Rizal, particularly his novel
Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo shall be included in the curricular of all private and public school
colleges and universities.
- This act states that all student enrolled in the courses in the law, commerce, Foreign Service,
liberal arts and education are required to complete at least 24 units of Spanish
- This department order increased time allotment for language and 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
- The act states the students seeking admission to medical school must have a Bachelor’s Degree
in Science or in Arts
-An act enhancing the Philippine Basic stem ny Strengthening its curriculum and increasing the
number of years for basic education
LAWS RELATED TO STUDENTS OR PUPILS

- Schools, colleges and universities having an enrolment of 300 or more must employ a part or
full time physician who conduct an annual physical examination of their students
-An act providing for state scholarship in science, arts and letters and for poor and deserving
students, creating state scholarship council to integrate, systematize administer and implement all
program of scholarship and appropriate funds thereof
-The collection of contribution for Anti-Tuberculosis. Parent-Teacher Association, school athletic

meets, medical and dental service school children and teachers and public primary or intermediate and
high school is prohibited
Known as the “Tuition Fee Law”
5. Presidential Decree No. 146
- Known as the National College Entrance Examination was promulgated to regulate the
admission of students to all four-year or to five-year degree programs to improve the quality of higher
education
LAWS RELATED TO FINANCE AND SUPPORT

-This act nationalized the support of the elementary school except chattered cities
- This act authorizes all vocational school to collect tuition fees and receive contributions from
private person and contract loans from the government and private banks and other financial
institutions
- This law exempt from amusement tax all athletic meets, school program and exhibitions and
other educational activities conducted by public schools
OTHER LAWS AFFECTING SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION AND SUPERVISION

1. Executive Order No. 58- 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.
2. 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.
3. Republic Act. No. 1147- this act provides for holding of regular promotional teachers, civil service
examination at least once every two years
4. Republic Act. No. 1265- this act makes flag ceremony compulsory in all educational institutions.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. Department Order No. 1, 1957- this program is otherwise known has the 2-2 plan.
8. Department Order No. 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 students, 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.
9. Department Order No. 30, 1972- this prescribed the use of Identification cards by all students, faculty
and staff members in each situation.
10. Department Order No. 33, 1972- the standard operating procedure screening university personnel
were spelled out in this order.
11. Department Order No. 32, 1972- this order granted academic freedom to faculty members under
certain conditions.
12. Department Order No. 1972. The major point this order is to stimulates students and faculty
members of colleges and universities to have built a New Society within the context of the Decree issue
in the proclamation 1081.

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LEGAL BASIS OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION AND SUPERVISION

EDUCATION AS A STATE FUNCTION

LAWS RELATED TO SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION AND SUPERVISION

LAWS RELATED TO TEACHING PERSONNEL

2. Commonwealth Act. No.578

3. Commonwealth Act. No. 660

- This Act mended Section 12 of the Commonwealth Act

4. Republic Act. No. 842

5. Republic Act. No. 1079

6. Republic Act. No. 1080

7. Republic Act. No. 1147

8. Republic Act. No. 4461

9. Republic Act. No. 447

10. Republic Act. No. 1880

11. Republic Act. No. 5168

- known as the public school teacher salary standardized act

LAWS RELATED TO SCHOOL CURRICULUM

2. Republic Act. No. 709

3. Republic Act. No. 1425

4. Republic Act. No. 1881

6. Republic Act. No. 5946

7. Republic Act. No. 10533

LAWS RELATED TO STUDENTS OR PUPILS

2. Republic Act. No. 4090

3. Republic Act. No. 4725

-The collection of contribution for Anti-Tuberculosis. Parent-Teacher Association, school athletic

4. Republic Act. No. 6139

Known as the “Tuition Fee Law”

5. Presidential Decree No. 146

LAWS RELATED TO FINANCE AND SUPPORT

3. Republic Act. No. 1284

OTHER LAWS AFFECTING SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION AND SUPERVISION

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