REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3479 - AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF TWENTY-FOUR MILLION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY-SIX THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED PESOS FOR THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF AT LEAST SEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED ADDITIONAL CLASSES IN PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY-TWO TO NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY-THREE

Section 1.    In addition to the appropriations for the operation and maintenance of public elementary schools in the General Appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and sixty-three, there is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of twenty-four million three hundred fifty-six thousand four hundred pesos, for the operation and maintenance of at least seven thousand five hundred additional classes in public elementary schools during the school year nineteen hundred and sixty-two to nineteen hundred and sixty-three which shall be distributed in accordance with the itemized schedules appended to his Act among the different school divisions in such proportion provided for in the General Appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and sixty-two to nineteen hundred and sixty-three for the same purpose. A quarterly report of the opening of these classes shall be made to Congress and a copy of such report furnished each member thereof.

Sec. 2.    Teachers appointed under this Act must be residents of the municipality where the position is allotted: Provided, That in the absence of local applicants who are qualified, those who are residents of the province or school division shall be preferred next. Appointments made in violation of this provision shall be null and void, and shall subject the offending party to a prosecution and such act shall be considered a penal offense and the party responsible for such act shall, upon conviction, be punished with imprisonment of not less than thirty days nor more than six months and a fine of not more than one thousand pesos and shall be perpetually disqualified to hold any public office.

Sec. 3.    This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved: June 16, 1962.  

APPENDIX
Distribution of the 5,000 Additional Classes Incorporated in the Presidential Budget and the Additional 7,500 Positions

        No. of         Distribution
        Children who
        should be    No. of
    School Division    provided with    Positions needed
        additional        5,000    7,500
        positions        positions    positions

Abra    2,163    74    28    46
Agusan    4,092    98    37    61
Aklan    4,633    110    40    70
Albay    11,730    253    106    147
Antique    4,865    117    44    73
Bataan    2,763     69    25    44
Batanes    80    2    1    1
Batangas    11,612    339    130    209
Benguet-Baguio    2,961     107     40     67
Biak (Mt. Province)    5,736    137     53     84
Bohol    12,989    212    109    103
Bukidnon    4,426    145     55    90
Bulacan    10,643     254     98    156
Cagayan    9,387    225     86    139
Camarines Norte    3,315     79    30    49
Camarines Sur    17,471    313    148    165
Capiz    5,991    118    55    63
Catanduanes    3,137    79    30    49
Cavite    5,636    136    50     86
Cebu    26,997    373    183    190
Cotabato I    9,410    226    87    139
Cotabato II    8,749    211    81    130
Cotabato III    6,115    145    56    89
Davao    14,471    344    132     212
Ilocos Norte    5,089    96     46    50
Ilocos Sur    6,663     143    61    82
Iloilo    16,490    314    151    163
Isabela    8,979    216    83    133
Laguna    7,782    183    72    111
Lanao del Norte    5,143    155    52    103
Lanao Del Sur    7,203    163    66    97
La Union    5,181    126    48     78
Leyte    19,241     335    167    168
Marinduque    2,360     60    22    38
Masbate    5,738    154    59    95
Misamis Occidental    4,164    98    37    61
Misamis Oriental    5,269    129     48    81
Negros Occidental    24,166    381    192    189
Negros Oriental     12,122    243    103    140
Nueva Ecija    10,313     245     94    151
Nueva Vizcaya    2,610    98    37    61
Occidental Mindoro    1,696    55    20    35
Oriental Mindoro    4,823    117    44    73
Palawan    3,489    93    35    58
Pampanga    11,561    228    106    122
Pangasinan    17,952     403(a)    166    237
Quezon I    791    22    7    15
Quezon II     10,275    258     92    166
Rizal      13,528      355(b)     159    196
Romblon     2,560     74    28    46
Samar I     6,297    145    57    88
Samar II    6,723     154    63    91
Samar III    5,040    114    46    68
Sorsogon    7,159    142    66    76
Southern Leyte    4,309    102    39    63
Sulu    8,430    185    60    125
Surigao del Norte    3,904    93    35     58
Surigao del Sur     3,638    88    33    55
Tarlac    7,929     143    69    74
Zambales    3,674     88    33    55
Zamboanga del Norte    5,923    148    55    93
Zamboanga del Sur    10,720    289     100    189
    Cities
Bacolod    1,642    59    22    37
Baguio    870    30     11    19
Basilan    3,421    83    31    52
Butuan    1,372    35    12     23
Cabanatuan    897    19    7     12
Cagayan de Oro    847    20     7    13
Calbayog    1,252    23    10    13
Caloocan    —     101    36    65
Cavite    723    19    7    12
Cebu     4,167    106    37    69
Cotabato    661    15    5    10
Dagupan    1,007    26    9    17
Danao    969    25    9    16
Davao    2,743    116    44    72
Dumaguete    1,042    24    9    15
Gingoog    955    24    9    15
Iligan    928    26    9    17
Iloilo    2,078    49    19     30
Lapulapu    1,433    36    12    24
Lipa    847    30    11    19
Lucena     744    19    7    12
Manila    4,000    145    80    68
Marawi     1,119    25    9    16
Naga    942    19     7    12
Ormoc    981    19     7    12
Ozamiz    478    26    10    16
Pasay    2,170    49    19    30
Quezon    6,637    168    61    107
Roxas    775    18    7    12
San Carlos    2,775    59    22    37
San Pablo    577    40     14    26
Silay    1,117    25    9     16
Tacloban    966    25    9    16
Tagaytay    —     2    1    1
Toledo    1,247    30    11    19
Trece Martires    —     —     —     —
Zamboanga    2,056     59    21    38
Phil. Unesco
    (Bayambang and
    Bautista)    —     38    22    16
School for the
    Deaf and the
    Blind    —     8    8    —
Welfareville    —     5     5    —
General Office    —     250     —     250(c)
        —     —     —     —
Total    526,934    12,500    5,000    7,500
        ======    ======    ======    ======
(a)    Allotment for Pangasinan has been reduced by 38 and given to Bayambang and Bautista.

(b)    Allotment for Rizal has been reduced by 99 and allotted to new City of Caloocan.  
(c)    To be allotted to divisions where the enrollment will be increased by children of immigrants as in Agusan, Biak, Bukidnon, Cagayan, Cotabato I, Cotabato II, Cotabato III, Davao, Isabela, Lanao del Norte, Lanao del Sur.