FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session 
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SENATE 
S.B. No. 2471 
Introduced by Senator Edgardo J. Angara 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
The Cabangahan National High School-Cordova Annex started more than a decade ago 
with just 198 enrollees. At present, it has become the bastion of learning in the Municipality of 
Cordova, Province of Cebu, giving the town's youth access to free secondary education. 
In recent years, the Cordova Annex has experienced a surge in enrolment. With its 
growing student population, however, comes the pressing need for the school to cope up with 
more faculty and staff, better facilities and upgraded books and instructional materials to 
maintain, if not improve, its level of instruction for the students' advancement and academic 
excellence. 
The resources of the school are now found to be inadequate to meet its growing needs 
especially that it is only an extension of the Cabangahan National High School in the 
Municipality of Consolacion. Its meager budget cannot even support its present popUlation of 
more than a thousand students. It is to be expected that its enrollment will increase further with 
the ever rising cost of private education . 
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Converting the school into a separate national high school independent from its mother 
school would certainly provide a regular source of funds for the school to meet its growing 
needs. Therefore, the necessary personnel complement, improved facilities and updated 
instructional materials will be ensured which would surely enhance the quality of the school's 
instruction. 
Section 2, Article XIV of the Constitution declares the State's policy and obligation to 
establish and maintain a free public school system in the elementary and secondary levels. 
Hence, the approval of this measure will not only give meaning and spirit to this constitutional 
mandate but will also bring about development at the grassroots level. 
In view of these premises, therefore, the early approval of this measure is earnestly 
sought. 


FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session 
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SENATE 
S.B.No. 2471 
Introduced by Senator Edgardo J. Angara 
AN ACT 
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SEPARATING THE CABANGAHAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL - CORDOVA 
ANNEX IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF CORDOVA, PROVINCE OF CEBU 
FROM THE CABANGAHAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, CONVERTING IT 
INTO AN INDEPENDENT NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL TO BE KNOW AS THE 
CORDOVA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS 
THEREFOR 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
Section 1. Separation and Conversion into a National High School. - The 
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Cabangahan National High School - Cordova Annex in the Municipality of Cordova, 
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Province of Cebu is hereby separated from the Cabangahan National High School and 
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converted into an independent national high school to be known as the Cordova National 
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High School. 
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Section 2. Transfer of Assets and Liabilities. - All personnel, assets, liabilities 
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and records of the Cabangahan National High School - Cordova Annx are hereby 
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transferred to and absorbed by the Cordova National High School. 
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Section 3. Appropriations. - The Secretary of Education shall immediately 
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include in the Department's program the operationalization of the Cordova National High 
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School, the initial funding of which shall be charged against the current year's 
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appropriations of the Cabangahan National High School - Cordova Annex. Thereafter, 
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the amount necessary for the continued operation of the school shall be included in the 
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Annual General Appropriations Act. 
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Section 4. Implementation. - The Secretary of Education shall issue rules and 
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regulations that may be necessary to carry out the purpose of this Act. 
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Section 5. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its 
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publication in the Official Gazette. 
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Approved,