Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

Seventeenth Congress
Second Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. 6382

Introduced by Honorable Alexandria P. Gonzales

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Constitution mandates the State to [1] provide access to quality education to the
People, particularly the underprivileged and underserved sectors of society; and [2] establish,
maintain, and support a complete, adequate, and integrated system of education relevant to
the needs of society. In adherence to this, and to address the growing student population in
various integrated schools within the City of Mandaluyong, the Senate President Neptali A.
Gonzales Integrated School shall be established

The Senate President Neptali A. Gonzales Integrated School is named in honor of the
late Sen. Neptali A. Gonzales—a public servant who, in his life, embodied the individual's
dream to rise above life's adversities through the power of education. As a lawmaker and
distinguished son of Mandaluyong, Sen. Neptali A. Gonzales initiated the construction of
school buildings for many of the city's barangays, anchored as it was on his principle that
“education is the door that opens life’s opportunities.” Mandaluyong City owes a great deal to
the late Sen. Neptali A. Gonzales in terms of its capacity to provide quality education to its
constituents.

The proposed school will be situated in Barangay Mauway, one of Mandaluyong's
depressed barangays. Its immediate neighboring barangay is Addition Hills, the city’s most
populous depressed community. Schools that are in proximity to it are Highway Hills
Integrated School, the Matas na Paaralang Neptali A. Gonzales, Nueve de Febrero Elementary
School, Pleasant Hills Elementary School, Andres Bonifacio Integrated School, and the
Addition Hills Integrated School. With a combined population of 25,000 the said schools have
come to experience a shortage of classrooms resulting to the holding of double shifts, and triple
shifts in the case of Nueve de Febrero Elementary School.

The establishment of the Senate President Neptali A. Gonzales Integrated School,
therefore, will address the shortage of facilities and congestion in other schools. Effectively,
then, the improvement of the learning environment will translate to improved teaching and
learning. It will likewise concretely manifest the policy of the State that education is its top
priority.



In the light of the foregoing, approval of this measure is earnestly sought.

ALEXANBRIA P. GONZALES


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

Seventeenth Congress
Second Regular Session

HOUSE BILL No. 6382

Introduced by Honorable Alexandria P. Gonzales

ESTABLISHING AN INTEGRATED scHooL IN BARANGAY MAUWAY, CITY OF
MANDALUYONG, TO BE KNOWN AS THE SENATE PRESIDENT NEPTALI A.
GONZALES INTEGRATED SCHOOL AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:
SECTION 1. Establishment of an Integrated School. - There is hereby established,
under the supervision of the Department of Education, an integrated school in Barangay
Mauway, City of Mandaluyong, National Capital Region, to be known as the Senate President
Neptali A. Gonzales Integrated School.
SECTION 2. Appropriations. - The Secretary of Education shall immediately include
in the Department's program the operationalization of the Senate President Neprali A.
Gonzales Integrated School, the funding of which shall be included in the annual General
Appropriations Act
SECTION 3. Implementation. - The Secretary of Education shall issue such rules
and regulations necessary to carry out the purpose of this Act.
SECTION 4. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its
publication in the Official Gazette

Approved,