Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

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EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

1980

House Bill No.

Introduced by Honorable FREDERICK W. SIAO

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill seeks to separate the Tomas Cabili National High School ~ Sta.
Elena Annex (TCNHS - Sta. Elena Annex) situated in Barangay Sta. Elena, Iligan
City, from its mother or administrative school, the Tomas Cabili National High
School (TCNHS), and converting it from an annex school into an independent
national high school to be known as the Sta. Elena National High School (SENHS)

The passage of this proposed measure is intended to address the need
for a more functional, independent and finandally stable secondary schooi
and to promote an accessible, affordable and quality education for all secondary
students in the above-mentioned Barangay and its adjacent Barangays. Indeed,
accessibility to quality and affordable education that extends to the poorest
of the poor has been one of the national government's thrusts in eradicating
poverty as itis henceforth provided by way of the passage of this bill

This bill was approved by the House Committee on Basic Education and
Culture during the Fifteenth (15") Congress as House Bill No. 3565 and was
refiled as House Bill No. 2336 during the Sixteenth (16"") Congress and refiled again as
House Bill No. 3571 during the Seventeenth (17") Congress.



Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

1980

House Bill No.

Introduced by Honorable FREDERICK W. SIAO

AN ACT
SEPARATING THE TOMAS CABILI NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL — sTA.
ELENA ANNEX (TCNHS - STA. ELENA ANNEX) FROM ITS MOTHER OR
ADMINISTRATIVE SCHOOL, THE TOMAS CABILI NATIONAL HTGH
SCHOOL (TCNHS), AND CONVERTING IT INTO AN INDEPENDENT
NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL TO BE KNOWN AS THE STA. ELENA NATIONAL
HIGH SCHOOL (SENHS) AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

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

Section 1. Separation and Conversion. The Tomas Cabili National High
School — Sta. Elena Annex (TCNHS -Sta. Elena Annex) in Barangay Sta. Elena
Iligan City, is hereby separated from the Tomas Cabili National High School
(TCNHS) and converted into an independent national high school to be known as
the Sta, Elena National High School (SENHS).

Sec. 2. Transfer of Assets and Liabilities. All personnel, assets,
liabilities and records of the Tomas Cabili National High School — Sta. Elena
Annex (TCNHS —Sta. Elena Annex) are hereby transferred to and absorbed by

the Sta. Elena National High School (SENHS).


Sec. 3. Appropriations. The Secretary of — Education shall
immediately include in the program of the Department of Education (Depéd)
the operationalization of the Sta. Elena National High School (SENHS), the
initial funding of which shall be charged against the current year’s appropriations
of the Tomas Cabili National High School (TCNHS). Thereafter, the amount
necessary for the continued operation of the school shall be included in the annual
General Appropriations Act.

Sec. 4, Implementation. The Secretary of Education shall issue the
necessary rules and regulations for the effective implementation of this Act

Sec. 5. Effectivity. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days
after its publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general
circulation.

Approved,