Republic of the Philippines} MOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FRE! CEIVED
Quezon City

Seventeenth Congress

First Regular Seys
House Bill No: Tet

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BILLS AND INDEX
Introduced by REP. MERCEDES C7 SERVICE

EXPLANATORY NOTE

‘The 1987 Constitution in Article XIV, Section 2, Paragraph (2) mandates that “The state shall
establish and maintain a system of free public education in elementary and high schoo! levels.”

Barangay Tibolo in the Municipality of Sta, Cruz is located in a municipality called home by
one of the largest resident populations in the Province, It must be noted that transportation from this
barangay itself is only by motorized pedicabs or ‘habal-habal.” Likewise, only a small fraction ever
manage to go to high school due to the high incidence of poverty as the same is mostly crop
dependent and have been frequently victim to our extreme tropical weather, And sadly, there have
been recent instances of criminality therein such as theft robbery and rape, causing untold
psychological pressures on the residents traveling the long aforesaid distances. Without any existing
high schools therein, students are forced to enroll somewhere else just to obtain secondary education.

The nearest public high school therefrom is the Sta Cruz National High school, a schoo! in
the far of Poblacion, However, apart from high costs of education, the travelling distance from the
barangay to the city is roughly 100 kilometers making transportation expenses, board and lodging, and
other related expenses additional expenditures to the cost of sending children to high school which
could hardly be afforded by parents who are mostly plain laborers,

Further, the aforesaid National High School is already cramped up with students coming from
different municipalities of Davao del Sur thus undeniable that the school can no longer accommodate

anymore enrollees

It is now more timely than ever that Barangay Tibolo should have its own high school
through the enactment of this bill into Jaw.

Its for this reason that approval of this bill is earnestly sought.


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

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Seventeenth Congress

First Regular Spppgp

House Bill No:

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BILLS AND INDEX SERVICE
Introduced by REP, MERCEDES C. CAGAS

AN ACT
ESTABLISHING AND CREATING THE TIBOLO NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
(FIRST AND SECOND YEAR LEVELS) IN BARANGAY  TIBOLO,
MUNICIPALITY OF STA, CRUZ, DAVAO DEL SUR AND APPROPRIATING
FUNDS THEREFOR.

Be it enacted in the Senate and in the House of Representatives in Congress assembled.

SECTION 1, There shall be created the Tibolo National High School (First and
Second Year Levels) at Barangay Tibolo, Municipality of Sta. Cruz, Davao del Sur;

SECTION 2. Tibolo National High School (First and Second Year Levels) in the
Municipality of Sta, Cruz, Davao del Sur shall be established under the direct supervision of

the Department of Education.

SECTION 3. The amount necessary to catty out the provisions of this Act shall be
included in the General Appropriations Act of the year following its enactment into law and
thereafter.

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES