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Commonwealth Act No. 587 (CA 587) — An Act Appropriating Nine Million Five Hundred Thousand Pesos for Primary and Intermediate Schools.

Commonwealth Act No. 587 (CA 587) — An Act Appropriating Nine Million Five Hundred Thousand Pesos for Primary and Intermediate Schools.

Commonwealth Act No. 587 · Commonwealth Act · Approved August 7, 1940 · 2 sections

Data as of July 4, 2026 · Compiled from an official source version. Later amendments or repeals may not be reflected; the official text prevails. · Read the official text ↗

Section 1

SECTION 1. There is appropriated out of any funds in the Philippine Treasury not otherwise appropriated the sum of nine million five hundred thousand pesos for the maintenance and operation of existing intermediate classes, for the opening of new classes in the intermediate grades in all the municipalities and municipal districts and for the opening of new primary classes throughout the Philippines, during the school year 1940-1941. Any part of the amount herein appropriated may, with the approval of the President, be also available for aid to such chartered cities as may not be financially able to provide folly for the support of intermediate education.

Section 2

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval. Approved, August 7, 1940.

Source: Supreme Court E-Library, Republic of the Philippines. Philippine laws are public documents (works of the government).

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