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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. 3580
Introduced by REPRESENTATIVE LEONARDO L. BABASA, JR.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill seeks to carry out this duty through the establishment of a National High
School in Barangay Balongbalong, Municipality of Pitogo, Province of Zamboanga del
Sur.

Section 1, Article XIV of the Philippine constitution provides for the right of all citizens
to quality education at all levels and that appropriate steps should be taken by the
government to make such education accessible to all. The State shall establish and
maintain a system of free public education in the high school level, to protect and
promote the right of the citizens to quality education and to take appropriate steps to
make education accessible to all.

Located in a fifth-class municipality, Barangay Balongbalong has a considerable
number of elementary graduates who are unable to pursue secondary education
because of the geographic constraint and limited number of high schools in the
vicinity. This hampers the residents’ right to accessible education that in turn deprives
the barangay the opportunity to progress its community and improve the quality of the
residents’ lives in diverse facets of development.

Education provides citizens a better life by honing knowledge, skills and values that
will support the country’s economic growth and will make the country progressive.
Most significantly, education aids in cutting the cycle of poverty across generations.

The creation of a National High School makes secondary education available to the
barangay and would result to more educated Filipinos who would then have better
prospects to improve their living standards. This bill recognizes the need to rationalize
the creation of this school to help create economic opportunities and strengthen
national economy.

It is therefore recommended that the foregoing bill be approved.



Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL No,__3580

Introduced by REPRESENTATIVE LEONARDO L. BABASA, JR.

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL IN BARANGAY
BALONGBALONG, MUNICIPALITY OF PITOGO, PROVINCE OF
ZAMBOANGA DEL SUR TO BE KNOWN AS BALONGBALONG 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. There shall be established, under the supervision of the Department
of Education (DepEd), a National High School in Barangay Balongbalong,
Municipality of Pitogo, Province of Zamboanga del Sur to be known as Balongbalong
National High School.

Section 2. The amount necessary for the implementation of this Act shall be
charged to the appropriation of the DepEd under the current General Appropriations
Act. Thereafter, the sum needed for its operation and maintenance shall be included
in the annual General Appropriations Act.

Section 3. The Secretary of Education shall issue such rules and regulations as
may be necessary to carry out the purpose of this Act.

Section 4. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the
Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.

Approved.