Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

Nineteenth Congress
First Regular Session

~~ 4770

HOUSE BILL NO..

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE ADRIAN MICHAEL A. AMATONG

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill seeks to:’separate the Bucana Elementary School-Hatib
Asamuddin Extension from the Bucana Elementary School, and convert it into
an independent elementary school to be known as the Hatib Asamuddin
Elementary School.

Bucana Elementary School-Hatib Asamuddin Extension is located at
Barangay Bucana, in the Municipality of Siocon, a first-class municipality in
the Province of Zamboanga del Norte. Currently, it has 210 students from
Kinder to Grade 5, with more students expected to enroll in the succeeding
years.

The separation of Hatib Asamuddin Extension from Bucana Elementary
School is sought considering that it is the most accessible school for the
constituents of some parts of Barangays Latabon and Bucana in Siocon and
its nearby barangays. Moreover, since Bucana Elementary School already has
822 Grades 1-6 students, the conversion of Hatib Asamuddin Extension as an
independent elementary school will make education more accessible to
students, as the latter will be provided with more funds necessary for the
construction of classrooms and employment of permanent teaching and non-
teaching personnel.

It is also noteworthy that the separation of Hatib Asamuddin Extension
from its mother school and its establishment as an independent 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

~~ 4770

HOUSE BILL NO.

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE ADRIAN MICHAEL A. AMATONG

AN ACT SEPARATING
THE BUCANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL-HATIB ASAMUDDIN EXTENSION
IN BARANGAY BUCANA, MUNICIPALITY OF SIOCON,
PROVINCE OF ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE FROM THE
BUCANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, CONVERTING IT INTO
AN INDEPENDENT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO BE KNOWN AS
HATIB ASAMUDDIN ELEMENTARY 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 Bucana Elementary School-Hatib Asamuddin Extension in
Barangay Bucana, Municipality of Siocon, Province of Zamboanga del Norte is
hereby separated from the Bucana Elementary School and converted into an
independent elementary school to be known as the Hatib Asamuddin
Elementary School.

SEC. 2. All personnel, assets, liabilities and records of the Bucana Elementary
School-Hatib Asamuddin Extension are hereby transferred to and absorbed by
the Hatib Asamuddin Elementary School.

SEC. 3. The Secretary of Education shall immediately include in the
Department’s program the operationalization of the Hatib Asamuddin
Elementary School, the initial funding of which shall be charged against the
current year’s appropriation of the Bucana Elementary School-Hatib
Asamuddin Extension. Thereafter, the amount necessary for the continued
operation of the school shall be included in the annual General Appropriations
Act.

SEC. 4. The Secretary of Education shall issue the rules and regulations
necessary to carry out the provisions 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,