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SENATE
S.B. No. 482
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Introduced by SENATOR WIN GATCHALIAN
AN ACT
SEPARATING THE VITALI NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL - SINOROPAN 
ANNEX IN BARANGAY LICOMO, ZAMBOANGA CITY FROM THE VITALI 
NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, CONVERTING IT INTO AN INDEPENDENT 
NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL TO BE KNOWN AS SINOROPAN NATIONAL 
HIGH SCHOOL, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
EXPLANATORY NOTE
The term access to education refers to the ways in which educational 
institutions and policies ensure that students have equal and equitable 
opportunities to take full advantage of their education.1 In the Philippines, the 
1987 Constitution guarantees the right to quality basic education and that 
the State shall take appropriate steps to make such education accessible to 
all.2
A school annex is created to serve as a band-aid solution to provide 
access to meet the education needs of the community while waiting for a more 
permanent solution, such as the establishment cf an independent school in
1 https; / / www.edglossaiy.org/access/
2 Article XIV, Section 2, 1987 Constitution


the said community. It is an existing public school campus that is fully 
dependent on its mother school but located in another school site, however, 
the administration, management and control rests with the mother school.3
This existing school annex has four feeder schools with a total of 253 
enrollees and has a total of 9 teachers, 7 of which are borrowed from the 
mother school. Based on the growing number of students from the 4 
catchment primary schools, high school enrollees will continue to increase in 
the coming years. Prior to the establishment of the Vitali National High 
School-Sinoropan Annex, students spent a huge portion of their time 
travelling to and from their school, which is one of the reasons why some 
students dropped out of school. The establishment of an independent high 
school in the said location will benefit approximately five adjacent barangays 
in the said district, meeting the needs of the community.4
This bill seeks the separation of the Vitali National High School- 
Sinoropan Annex from its mother school to become a separate and 
independent school which would entitle the school to have its own budget, 
therefore maximizing the educational services being offered to its students.
In view of the foregoing, I earnestly seek the support of this Congress 
for the approval of this bill.
3 DepEd Order No. 40, series of 2014 or the Revised Guidelines on the Establishment, 
Merging, Conversion, and Naming/Renaming of Public Schools, and Separation of School 
Annexes in Basic Education
4 Transcript of the House of Representatives’ Committee Hearing dated November 11, 2021


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SENATE 
S.B. No. 482
RuCEi\/::D BY:
Introduced by SENATOR WIN GATCHALIAN
AN ACT
SEPARATING THE VITALI NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL - SINOROPAN 
ANNEX IN BARANGAY LICOMO, ZAMBOANGA CITY FROM THE VITALI 
NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, CONVERTING IT INTO AN INDEPENDENT 
NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL TO BE KNOWN AS SINOROPAN NATIONAL 
HIGH SCHOOL, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled:
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Section 1. The Vitali National High School — Sinoropan Annex in 
Barangay Licomo, Zamboanga City is hereby separated from the Vitali 
National High School and converted into an independent national high school 
to be known as Sinoropan National High School.
Sec. 2. All personnel, assets, liabilities and records of the Vitali National 
High School - Sinoropan Annex are hereby transferred to and absorbed by 
the Sinoropan National High School.
Sec. 3. The Secretary of Education shall immediately include in the 
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School, the initial funding of which shall be charged against the current year’s 
appropriation of the Vitali National High School — Sinoropan Annex. 
Thereafter, the amount necessary for the continued operation of the school 
shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.
Sec. 4. Within sixty (60) days after the approval of this Act, the 
Secretary of Education shall promulgate 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,