RIZAL LAWS Flashcards
When and who proposed a Senate Bill No. 438 and submitted it to the Senate of Committee on Education?
April 3, 1956 & Senator Claro M. Recto
” An Act to Make Noli Me Tangere and EL FIlibusterismo Compulsory Reading Matter in All Public and Private Colleges and Universities and for other Purposes”
Senate Bill No. 438 / NOLI-FILI BILL
When and Who
- The Chairman Committee on Education
- He sponsored the Noli-Fili Bill in the Senate and presented it to the Upper House
April 17, 1956 & Jose P. Laurel
CATHOLIC GROUPS WHO ORGANIZED OPPOSITION TO THE BILL:
-Catholic Action of The Philippines
-Congregation of the Mission
-Knights of Columbus
-Catholic Teachers Guild
When and Who
filed a similar bill called House BIll NO. 5561 to the House of Representative. Unfortunately, House Bill No. had also been opposed contending against its constitutionality and religiosity.
April 19, 1956 & Congressman Jacobo Z Gonzales
The Enactment of Rizal Law
- Senator Laurel proposed a substitute bill with a few tweaks to appease the opposition which is the?
- instead of Noli Me Tangere and El FIlibusterismo the new substitute bill now includes a wider ranges of works and writings by Jose Rizal
- Reading is now optional . If a student does not want to readf the two novels they can request for an exemption.
- The implementation of reading unexpurgated versions of Noli me Tangere and El Filibusterismo will only be for college or university students.
Unexpurgated- orginal version of the context. Not censored or edited.
Expurgated - remove or censor offensive—objectionable content.
When
- Senate Bill no. 438 and House Bill No. 5561 were both unanimously approved on the second reading and in tghe Lower House
May 12, 1956 and May 14, 1956
-The bill was signed into the law by President Ramon Magsaysay, giving birth to the Republic Act of 1425 or the Rizal Law
June 12,1956
This convey at the rizal law element?
WHEREAS, today, more than any other period of our history, there is a need for a re-dedication to the ideals of freedom and nationalism for which our heroes lived and died;
-The rationale for passing the Rizal Law is that there is a concern that the Filipino identity is waning
This convey at the rizal law element?
WHEREAS, it is meet that in honoring them, particularly the national hero and patriot, Jose Rizal, we remember with special fondness and devotion their lives and works that have shaped the national character;
-According to Jose P. Laurel, the purpose of enacting the Rizal Law is to educated the young generation of the Philippines about the ideals and principles for which Rizal sacrificed his life.
This convey at the rizal law element?
WHEREAS, the life, works and writing of Jose Rizal, particularly his novels Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo, are a constant and inspiring source of patriotism with which the minds of the youth, especially during their formative and decisive years in school, should be suffused;
-By reading and studying Rizal’s life, teachings, and writings , the youth will gain confidence, direction, courage and determination to contribute to the progress of our nation.
This convey at the rizal law element?
WHEREAS, all educational institutions are under the supervision of, and subject to regulation by the State, and all schools are enjoined to develop moral character, personal discipline, civic conscience and to teach the duties of citizenship: Now, therefore,
The fourth section of the law clarifies it will not change a specific section of the Administrative Code that prohibits public school teachers from discussing religous doctrines.
This convey at the rizal law element?
SECTION 5. The sum of three hundred thousand pesos is hereby authorized to be appropriated out of any fund not otherwise appropriated in the National Treasury to carry out the purposes of this Act.
The fifith section of the law authorizes the unallocated funds to be used to implement the act.
This convey at the rizal law element?
SECTION 6. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
The last section of the law states that the act will immediately take effect
