Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

5364

HOUSE BILL NO.

Introduced by HON. LORNA P. BAUTISTA-BANDIGAN

Article 14 of the Philippine Constitution states that “The State shall protect
and promote the right of all citizens to quality education at all levels, and shall take
appropriate steps to make such education accessible to all. Provide adult citizens,
the disabled, and out-of-school youth with training in civics, vocational efficiency
and other skills." Education while a privilege is also a basic right of every Filipino
citizen.

For the inhabitants of Barangay Dalupan in the Municipality of Don
Marcelino, Province of Davao Occidental, this privilege and basic right is also looked
upon as the rite of passage to a better life. It is for this reason that parents, students,
and other stakeholders in said Municipality including the local government officials
are seeking for the filing of this Bill that aims for the establishment of an
independent national high school to be known as the Ernesto Balindan Sumbo
National High School.

Foremost objective of this Bill is to provide the youth with the opportunity to
acquire the basic educational training to prepare them for higher education as well
as to develop in them the virtues and values that will make them committed to
national ideals, that they may uphold their Filipinoness or their national identity and
thus preserve and protect their racial heritage.

Dalupan is one of the 15 in the Municipality of Don Marcelino, some 12
Kilometers distance to the town proper. Residents of Dalupan are indigenous people
who are engaged in low-income generating projects that can hardly meet their
requirements for day-to-day living, let alone support their children in pursuing
education beyond the elementary level. But there is the undying hope that there
will be an opportunity when the students can reach the secondary educational level
with the establishment of Ernesto Balindam Sumbo National High School that could
be located in a more proximate distance and will not therefore incur higher
expenses in terms of transportation fares. It must also be noted that while there are
four elementary school in Dalupan, there is no existing high school in said barangay.


The nearest existing high school is in Barangay Lawa which is eight
kilometers (8 km.) from Barangay Dalupan that can be traversed some three hours
by walking or 20 minutes by riding a habal-habal. Another secondary school, the
Don Marcelino National High School, located 15 kilometers away from Barangay
Dalupan can be reached by two-hours walk on the mountain ridges, and one hour by
means of motorcycle.

Student population in 2018 numbers 3, 57 and those potential enrollees for
high school is 200 to 359 from Grade Seven to Grade 10. This number will come
from four feeder schools: Dalupan Elementary School, Kiaga Elementary School,
Kalabunay Elementary School, and Kibatang Elementary School.

A 10,000 square meter site has been donated by one of the residents in

Barangay Dalupan with a Deed of Donation duly signed by the donor, Mr. Ernesto R.
Sumbo.

Passage of this Bill will ensure that the young people of Barangay Dalupan
will have the opportunity in fulfilling their desire for higher education to the
betterment not only of themselves but of the whole barangay and eventually also of
the municipality and the Province of Davao Occidental.

Thus, early passage of this Bill is highly recommended.

REP. LORNA BAUTISTA-BANDIGAN


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. 5384

Introduced by: HON. LORNA P. BAUTISTA-BANDIGAN

AN ACT SEPARATING THE DON MARCELINO NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL - DALUPAN
EXTENSION IN BARANGAY DALUPAN, MUNICIPALITY OF DON MARCELINO,
PROVINCE OF DAVAO OCCIDENTAL FROM DON MARCELINO NATIONAL HIGH
SCHOOL, CONVERT IT INTO AN INDEPENDENT NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL TO BE
KNOWN AS ERNESTO BALINDAN SUMBO NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, AND
APPOPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

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

SEC. 1. The Don Marcelino National High School — Dalupan Extension in Barangay
Dalupan, Municipality of Don Marcelino, Province of Davao Occidental is hereby separated
from Don Marcelino National High School to be known as Ernesto Balindan Sumbo National
High School.

SEC. 2. All personnel, assets, liabilities and records of the Don Marcelino National High
School — Dalupan Extension are hereby transferred to and absorbed by the Emesto Balindan
Sumbo National High School.

SEC. 3. The Secretary of Education shall immediately include in the Department's
program the operationalization of the Ernesto Balindan Sumbo National High School, the
funding of which shall be charged against the current year’s appropriations of the Don Marcelino
National High School — Dalupan Extension. Thereafter, the amount necessary for the continued
operation of the school shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

SEC. 3. Within one hundred twenty (120) days after the approval of this Act, the
Secretary of Education shall formulate the rules and regulations implementing the provisions of
this Act.

SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official
Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,