CA 51 (The Charter of the City of Davao) Section 38

The Bureau of Education.

Section 38

SEC. 38. The Bureau of Education.—The Director of Education shall exercise the same jurisdiction and powers in the city as elsewhere in the Philippines, and the division superintendent of schools for the Province of Davao shall have all the powers and duties in respect to the schools of the city as are vested in division superintendents in respect to the schools of their divisions. A city school board of six members, two of whom shall be women, and who shall serve without salary, shall be selected and removed in the same manner, and shall have the same powers and duties, as local school boards in municipalities. The City Council shall have the same powers in respect to the establishment of schools in Davao as are conferred by law on municipal councils.

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