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Introduced by Representative Divina Grace C. Yu

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Universal access to quality education is not a privilege- it is a basic human right,
regardless of gender, socio-economic background or circumstances.

No less than our 1987 Constitution provides that the State shall protect and promote the
right of all citizens to quality education at all levels and shall take appropriate steps to
make education accessible to all.

It is for this reason that this bill seeks to separate the Dulop National High School- Bag-
ong Valencia Extension in Barangay Bag-ong Valencia, Municipality of Dumingag from
Dulop National High School and convert it into an independent school to be known as
Bag-ong Valencia Agricultural National High School.

Dulop National High School-Bag-ong Valencia Extension has been operating for almost
eight (8) years now and since its operation, it has been duly noted that the enrollees
gradually increase every year.

Since Barangay Bag-ong Valencia is almost twelve (12) kilometers away from the nearest
public secondary school, separation of the school from its mother school would certainly
ensure a better-funded, better-managed and independently operated national high
school.

In view of the foregoing, the approval of this measure is earn‘



Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City
EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. £175 _

|_Introduced by Representative Divina Grace C. Yu

AN ACT SEPARATING THE DULOP NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL - BAG-ONG
VALENCIA SION IN BARANGAY BAG-ONG VALENCIA, MUNICIPALITY OF
DUMINGAG, PROVINCE OF ZAMBOANGA DEL SUR FROM THE DULOP
NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, CONVERTING IT INTO AN INDEPENDENT
NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL TO BE KNOWN AS_ BAG-ONG VALENCIA
AGRICULTURAL NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS
THEREFOR

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in the Congress assembled:

SECTION 1. The Dulop National High School — Bag-ong Valencia Extension in Barangay Bag-
ong Valencia, Municipality of Dumingag, Province of Zamboanga del Sur is hereby separated
from the Dulop National High School and converted into an independent national high school to.
be known as Bag-ong Valencia National High School.

SECTION 2. All personnel, assets, liabilities and records of the Dulop National High School ~
Bag-ong Valencia Extension are hereby transferred to and absorbed by the Bag-ong Valencia
Agricultural National High School.

SECTION 3. The Secretary of Education shall immediately include in the Department's
program the operationalization of the Bag-ong Valencia Agricultural National High School, the
initial funding of which shall be charged against the current year’s appropriation of the Dulop
National High School-Bag-ong Valencia Extension. Thereafter, the amount necessary for the
continued operation of the school shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

SECTION 4, The Secretary of Education shall formulate the rules and regulations implementing
the provisions of this Act.

SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official
Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,