Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. _2261

Introduced by Representative GENARO M. ALVAREZ, JR.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill seeks to separate the Gil Montilla National High School -
Camindangan Annex in Barangay Camindangan, Sipalay City, Negros Occidental,
from its mother school, the Gil Montilla National High School, and convert it into a
separate and independent National High School to be known as the Camindangan
National High School.

Barangay Camindangan is one of the biggest and farthest barangay from the
city proper of Sipalay, and has a population of 7,264. Due to its mountainous terrain,
it takes several minutes or even hours to go to school. In 1987 an annex of the Gil
Montilla National High School, located 10 kilometers away, was established in
Barangay Camindangan. Today the said Annex has 987 enrolled students, 37
teachers and 17 classrooms. Being a barangay with a very large area, the said Annex
even opened extension campuses in some of the barangay’s sitios. It has been 32
years since the time the said Annex was established, yet it is still attached to its
mother school, It is burdensome for teachers and personnel to travel from their
mother school to its satellite extension schools and said annex has not received the
financial assistance it needs.

This proposed measure aims to do justice to the residerits‘and teachers by
establishing an independent national high school to cater their educational needs.
Considering the role of education in spurring development, this measure will
enhance the socio-economic development of the area and encourage the youth to
seek a different goal into achieving a career which is noble in intention and modern
in means and insights.

In this light, I am filing this bill to recognize and give life to the Constitutional
Right of every Filipino to quality education and make such education accessible to
all. Furthermore, given its importance, the bill is most respectfully submitted and
requested for early approval.

| ALVAREZ, JR.


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
___ Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. 2261

Introduced by Representative GENARO M. ALVAREZ, JR.

AN ACT SEPARATING THE GIL MONTILLA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL -
CAMINDANGAN ANNEX IN BARANGAY CAMINDANGAN, CITY OF SIPALAY,
PROVINCE OF NEGROS OCCIDENTAL FROM THE GIL MONTILLA NATIONAL HIGH
SCHOOL, CONVERTING IT INTO AN INDEPENDENT NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL TO BE
KNOWN AS CAMINDANGAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AND APPROPRIATING
FUNDS THEREFOR

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

SECTION 1. The Gil Montilla National High School - Camindangan Annex, in
Barangay Camindangan, City of Sipalay, Province of Negros Occidental is hereby
separated from the Gil Montilla National High School and converted into an
independent national high school to be known as Camindangan National High
School.

SEC. 2. All personnel, assets, liabilities and records of the Gil Montilla
National High School - Camindangan Annex are hereby transferred to and absorbed
by the Camindangan National High School.

SEC. 3, The Secretary of Education shall immediately include in the
Department's program the operationalization of the Camindangan National High
School, the initial funding of which shall be charged against the current year’s
appropriation of the Gil Montilla National High School - Camindangan Annex.
‘Thereafter, the amount necessary for the continued operation of the school shall be
included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

SEC. 4. Within one hundred twenty (12) days after the approval of this act,
the Secretary of Education shall formulate the rules and regulations implementing
the provisions of this Act.

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

Approved,
Republic of the Philippines