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SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS Se eed

First Regular Session

House Bill No. 1225

Introduced by Honorable REYNALDO V, UMALI

EXPLANATORY NOTE

‘The fundamental law recognizes the importance of education. It mandates that
the State shall protect and promote the right of all citizens to quality education at all
levels and take appropriate steps to make education accessible to all.

Presently, the perennial problem of insufficiency of funds to support the
operation and maintenance of a national school is the predicament of the Fe del
Mundo National High School. Its budget is not adequate to support the needs of its
main campus. This financial difficulty is further aggravated by the need to support its
extension, the Fe del Mundo National High School Extension, located in Barangay Don
Pedro,

Thus, separating the Fe del Mundo National High School Extension from the
main campus and converting it into a separate national high school will entitle it to its
‘own budget allocation and endow it with the capability to accommodate more students
from nearby barangays to provide them with quality education.

‘This bill seeks to implement the mandate of the State to establish, maintain,
and support a complete, adequate, and integrated system of education relevant to the
needs of the people and society. Through this bill, more children will have access to
free education.

Hence, the approval of this bill is earnestly sought.

|ALDO V.
Representative
Second District, Province of Oriental Mindoro


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES

Quezon City, Metro Manila

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

1229

House Bill No,

Introduced by Honorable REYNALDO V. UMALI

AN ACT CONVERTING THE FE DEL MUNDO NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
EXTENSION IN DON PEDRO, MUNICIPALITY OF MANSALAY, PROVINCE OF
ORIENTAL MINDORO INTO THE DON PEDRO 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 Fe del Mundo National High School Extension in Barangay
Don Pedro, Municipality of Mansalay, Province of Oriental Mindoro is hereby
separated from the main campus of the Fe del Mundo National High School
and converte into the Don Pedro National High School.

SECTION 2. All personnel, liabilities and records, as well as fixed and movable
assets of the Fe del Mundo National High School Extension are hereby
transferred to and absorbed by the Don Pedro National High School.

SECTION 3. The Secretary of Education shall formulate a program that will
increase the capacity of the Don Pedro National high School in terms of student
accomodation. The Secretary shall likewise issue the necessary rules and
regulations for the conversion and operation of the don Pedro National High
School.

SECTION 4. Budget Allocation. The amount necessary for the implementation
of this Act shall be charged against current year’s appropriation of the
Department of Education. Thereafter, such amount as may be necessary for
the continued operation and maintenance of the Don Pedro National High
School shall be included in the annual General Appropriation Act.


SECTION 5. Separability Clause. Should any provision herein be declared
unconstitutional, the same shall not affect the validity of other provisions of
this Act.

SECTION 6. Repealing Clause. - All laws, decrees, orders, rules and
regulations or parts thereof inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed or
amended accordingly.

SECTION 7. Effectivity. — This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its

publication in the Official Gazette or in two (2) national newspapers of general
circulation.

Approved.