EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE) 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES ) 
Second Regular Session 
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SENATE
S.B. No. 1601
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DATE
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Introduced by SENATOR IMEE R. MARCOS
AN ACT SEPARATING THE BALBALAN AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL 
SCHOOL-BALBALAN PROPER EXTENSION IN BARANGAY BALBALAN 
PROPER, MUNICIPALITY OF BALBALAN, PROVINCE OF KALINGA FROM 
THE BALBALAN AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL, CONVERTING 
IT INTO AN INDEPENDENT NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL TO BE KNOWN AS 
EASTERN BALBALAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AND APPROPRIATING
FUNDS THEREFOR
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Article II, Section 17 of the 1987 Constitution provides that the State shall give 
priority to education. The Constitution further declares 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. Thus, the establishment, 
maintenance and support of a complete, adequate, and integrated system of 
education relevant to the needs of the people and society is a priority of the State.
This bill seeks to separate the Balbalan Agricultural and Industrial School- 
Balbalan Proper Extension in Barangay Balbalan Proper, Municipality of Balbalan, 
Kalinga from its mother school, Balbalan Agricultural and Industrial School, and 
convert it into an independent National High School to be known as the Eastern 
Balbalan National High School. This bill, if passed into law, will ensure that the youth 
of the municipality of Balbalan is provided with accessible and quality education.
In view of the foregoing, the passage of this bill is earnestly sought.
: /i.
IMEE R. MARCOS
Senator


EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE) 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES ) 
Second Regular Session 
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SENATE
S.B. No. 1601
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Introduced by SENATOR IMEE R. MARCOS
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AN ACT SEPARATING THE BALBALAN AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL 
SCHOOL-BALBALAN PROPER EXTENSION IN BARANGAY BALBALAN 
PROPER, MUNICIPALITY OF BALBALAN, PROVINCE OF KALINGA FROM 
THE BALBALAN AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL, CONVERTING 
IT INTO AN INDEPENDENT NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL TO BE KNOWN AS 
EASTERN BALBALAN NATIONAL HIGH 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 Balbalan Agricultural and Industrial School-Balbalan Proper 
Extension in Barangay Balbalan Proper, Municipality of Balbalan, Province of Kalinga 
is hereby separated from the Balbalan Agricultural and Industrial School and converted 
into an independent national high school to be known as Eastern Balbalan National 
High School.
Section 2. All personnel, assets, liabilities and records of the Balbalan 
Agricultural and Industrial School-Balbalan Proper Extension are hereby transferred to 
and absorbed by the Eastern Balbalan National High School.
Section 4. The Secretary of Education shall promulgate the necessary rules and 
regulations for the implementation of the this Act within One Hundred Twenty (120) 
days after its effectivity.
Section 6. All laws, decrees, orders, rules and regulations, or other issuances 
or parts thereof inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed or 
modified accordingly.
Section 7. If any portion or provision of this act is declared unconstitutional, 
the remainder of this Act or any provision not affected thereby shall remain In force 
and effect.
Section 5. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after Its publication in the 
Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.
Approved,