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AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE SECRETARY OF EDUCATION TO POSTPONE THE START OF SCHOOL YEAR IN CASE OF A DECLARATION OF A STATE OF EMERGENCY, STATE OF CALAMITY OR SIMILAR OCCURRENCE, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7977, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS 'AN ACT TO LENGTHEN THE SCHOOL CALENDAR FROM TWO HUNDRED (200) DAYS TO NOT MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED TWENTY (220) CLASS DAYS'
Short Title
AMENDING R.A. NO. 7977 (AN ACT TO LENGTHEN THE SCHOOL CALENDAR)
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Date filed
April 27, 2020
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63
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Committee Report No.
87
Legislative History
Entitled: AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE SECRETARY OF EDUCATION TO POSTPONE THE START OF SCHOOL YEAR IN CASE OF A DECLARATION OF A STATE OF EMERGENCY, STATE OF CALAMITY OR SIMILAR OCCURRENCE, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7977, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS ‘AN ACT TO LENGTHEN THE SCHOOL CALENDAR FROM TWO HUNDRED (200) DAYS TO NOT MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED TWENTY (220) CLASS DAYS’ [ FIRST REGULAR SESSION, 18TH CONGRESS ] [ 2020 ] 4/27/2020 Introduced by Senator JOEL VILLANUEVA; 5/4/2020 Read on First Reading and Referred to the Committee on BASIC EDUCATION, ARTS AND CULTURE; 5/26/2020 Returned and submitted by the Committee on BASIC EDUCATION, ARTS AND CULTURE per Committee Report No. 87, recommending that it be substituted by SBN-1541; 5/26/2020 Committee Report Calendared for Ordinary Business; 5/26/2020 SUBSTITUTED BY SBN-1541 UNDER COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 87, WHICH BECAME REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11480 ON JULY 17, 2020.