Republic of the Philippines
House of Representatives
| Quezon City, Metro Manila

| Eighteenth Congress
| First Regular Sessi
HOUSE BILLNO,.OL15

| Introduced by Representative Hector S. Sanchez

EXPLANATORY NOTE
Article XVI, Section 1, of the 1987 Constitution states that:

“Ihe State shall protect and promote the right of all citizens to qualily
education at all levels, and shall take appropriate steps to make such
education accessible fo all."

In Section 2 thereof, it further provides that:
“The State shall:

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

This bill seeks to convert the Baldoc Elementary School in Barangay Baldoc,
Municipality of Pandan in the Province of Catanduanes into an integrated school to
be known as the Baldoc Integrated School to pursue the sacred mandate of our
Constitution.

Baldoc Elementary School is one of the oldest and biggest schools in Pandan East
District, serving the sitios of Pinagtabawan, Pugsadan and Layug-Bunga in the
municipality of Pandan, Catanduanes for the past seventry-three (73) years.

To keep up with the rapid growth of population in the municipality, the proposed
conversion will help address the issue in student accommodation as welll as decongest
other secondary schools. It will also provide the school a chance to modemize its
facilis and give the faculty and students an opportunity to keep up with the trends
of education, staying true to the dictate of the highest law of the land to provide
quality education at all levels. \

In view of the foregoing, the immediate passage of this bill is eazpestly Sought.

HECTOR S. SANCHEZ


Republic of the Philippines
House of Representatives
Quezon City, Metro Manila

Eighteenth Congress
First Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 6115

Introduced by Representative Hector S. Sanchez

AN ACT CONVERTING THE BALDOC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN BARANGAY BALDOC,
MUNICIPALITY OF PANDAN, CATANDUANES INTO AN INTEGRATED SCHOOL TO BE
KNOWN AS THE BALDOC INTEGRATED SCHOOL AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

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

SECTION 1. Conversion into an integrated School. The Baldoc Elementary School in
Barangay Baldoc, Municipality of Pandan, Province of Catanduanes is hereby
converted into an integrated school to be known as the Baldoc Integrated School.

SECTION 2. Transfer of Assets and Liabilities. All personnel, assets, liabilities, and records
of the Baldoc Elementary School are hereby transferred to and absorbed by the
Baldoc Integrated School.

SECTION 3. Appropriations. The Secretary of Education shall immediately include in
the Department's program the operationalization of the Baldoc Integrated School,
funding of which shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

SECTION 4. implementation. The Secretary of Education shall formulate the rules and
regulations implementing the provisions of this Act within one hundred twenty (120)
days after its effectivity.

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,