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RA 5261 Section 85

The Bureau of Public Schools—Superintendent of City Schools.

Section 85

SEC.85.The Bureau of Public Schools—Superintendent of City Schools.—The Director of the Bureau of Public shall exercise the same jurisdiction and powers in the city as elsewhere in the Philippines, and the city superintendent of schools shall have all the powers and duties in respect to the schools of the city as are vested in division superintendent in respect to schools of their divisions. The city superintendent of schools shall receive a salary fixed by law: Provided, That salaries of the city superintendent, supervisors, principals, teacher and other operational expenses of the primary, intermediate, second­ary and other public schools in the city, except those established by the city itself, shall be borne by the National Government. The clerical force and assistants and laborers in the office of the city superintendent of schools shall be appointed by the City Mayor in accordance with the Civil Service Law, and their salaries shall be paid by the city as well as the office expenses for supplies and materials incident to the operation of said office. Any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, the city is hereby constituted as a separate school division.

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CitationRA 5261 Section 85 (LawPlayer, data as of July 4, 2026)

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

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