Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

Nineteenth Congress
First Regular Session

wo, 112

HOUSE BILL NO.

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE ADRIAN MICHAEL A. AMATONG

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill seeks to convert the Sas Elementary School and the Gutalac
National High School-Sas Extension into an integrated school, to be known as
the Sas Integrated School.

Sas Elementary School and Gutalac National High School-Sas Extension
are located at Barangay Sas in the Municipality of Gutalac, a second-class
municipality in the Province of Zamboanga del Norte. Currently, Sas
Elementary School has 141 students from Grades 1-6. On the other hand,
Gutalac National High School-Sas Extension, which holds classes at the Sas
Elementary School, has 79 students from Grades 7-8.

The conversion of Sas Elementary School and the Gutalac National High
School-Sas Extension is sought considering that they are eight (8) kilometers
away from the nearest high school. Thus, students who finished Grades 1-6
from Sas Elementary School need not go to other far high schools for their
junior high school education. Moreover, the conversion of Sas Elementary
‘School and Gutalac National High-School Sas Extension into an integrated
school will provide them with more funds necessary for the construction of
classrooms and employment of permanent teaching and non-teaching
personnel.

It is also noteworthy that the conversion of Sas Elementary School and
Gutalac National High School-Sas Extension into an integrated school is
recommended by the Schools Division Office of Zamboanga del Norte.

In turn, this measure will uphold the State’s mandate under the
Constitution to “protect and promote the right of all citizens to quality
education at all levels” and to “take appropriate steps to make such education
accessible to all.”

In view of the foregoing, the approval of this bill is earnestly sought.

ADI A. AMATONG


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

Nineteenth Congress
First Regular Session

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HOUSE BILL NO.

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE ADRIAN MICHAEL A. AMATONG

AN ACT
CONVERTING SAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND
GUTALAC NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL-SAS EXTENSION
IN BARANGAY SAS, MUNICIPALITY OF GUTALAC, PROVINCE OF
ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE INTO AN INTEGRATED SCHOOL TO BE KNOWN
AS THE SAS INTEGRATED SCHOOL,
AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

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

SECTION 1. The Sas Elementary School and the Gutalac National High
School-Sas Extension in Barangay Sas, Municipality of Gutalac, Province of
Zamboanga del Norte, are hereby converted into an integrated school, to be
known as the Sas Integrated School.

SEC. 2. All personnel, assets, liabilities, and records of Sas Elementary School
and Gutalac National High School-Sas Extension are hereby transferred to and
absorbed by the Sas Integrated School.

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

SEC. 4. The Secretary of Education shall formulate the necessary rules and
regulations to carry out the purpose of this Act within ninety (90) days after its
effectivity.

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,