HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
RECEIVED

Republie of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

REGISTRATION UNIT

HOUSE BILL NO, 1675 AND INDEX SERVICE

Introduced by HONORABLE STRIKE B, REVILLA

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Constitution, Article II, Section 17 states:

‘SECTION 17, The State shall give priority to education, science and
technology, arts, culture, and sports to foster patriotism and nationalism,
accelerate social progress, and promote total human liberation and
development

Further, Article 14, Section 1 mandates:

1, The State shall protect and promote the right of all citizens to
quality education at all levels and shall take appropriate steps to make such
education accessible to all.”

Moreover, the same Article, Section 2, paragraphs (1) and (2) provides:

“Sec. 2. The State shall:

(1) Establish, maintain, and support a complete, adequate, and
integrated system of education relevant to the needs of the people
and soci

(2) Establish and maintain a system of free public education in the
elementary and high school levels. x x x

It is the obligation of the State to provide a complete, adequate and integrated quality education

to the youth because of their vital role in nation-building. However, in the article of Secretary General

Romulo A. Virola of the National Statistical Coordination Board entitled, Statistics

on Philippine

Education: Good News and Bad News, Dr. Virola reported that the Philippines only spends 3.3% of its

Gross Domestic Product on public educational institutions for all levels of

ducation, which is lower

than 7.4% for Malaysia, 4.0% for Thailand and all WEI countries and 5.2% average for OECD
countries.

The Philippines has 15,114,208 elementary pupils and 5,928,042 secondary students enrolled

for SY 2014-2015. Bacoor City has 50, 852 elementary enrollees and 18,338 secondary student
cnrollees (DepEd FBEIS SY 2014-2015). Bacoor has a population of 520.216 (based on the 2010
Census of Population conducted by the National Statistivs Office), In Barangay Molino IV, the
population is 36,136. Recognizing the need to provide quality education in Barangay Molino IV, City
of Bacoor, the urgent passage of this bill is earnestly sought.

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REP. STRIKE B. REVILLA,
2" District, Cavite



Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Quezon City

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL No, 1675

Introduced by HONORABLE STRIKE B, REVILLA

AN ACT RENAMING BACOOR NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL GEORGETWON ANNEX TO,
CITY OF BACOOR NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL-GERORGETOWN ANDAPPROPRIATING
FUNDS THEREOF

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

Section 1. Renaming of Bacoor National High School Georgetown Annex: to City of Bacoor National
High School-Georgetwon. There is hereby renamed under the supervision of the Department of
Education, a national high schoo! in Barangay Molino IV, City of Bacoor, Province of Cavite, to be
known as the City of Bacoor National High School-Georgetown,

Sec. 2. Appropriations. The Secretary of Education shall immediately include in the Department's
program the operationalization of the City of Bacoor National High School -Georgetown, the funding
of which shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

See. 3, Implementation. The Secretary of Education shall issue rules and regulations that may be
necessary to carry out the purpose of this Act.

See, 4. ffectivity.-This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after publication in the Official Gazette

or two (2) newspapers of general circulation.

Approved,