SIXTEENTH CONGRESS
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
First Regular Session

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Introduced by Representative Rufus B. Rodriguez and
Representative Maximo B. Rodriquez, Jr.

House Bill No. _ 4225

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill was approved by the Committee Basic Education and Culture during the
Fifteenth Congress. During the Fourteenth Congress, it was approved by the House of
Representatives and transmitted to the Senate where it was not acted upon.

This bill seeks to convert the Gusa National High School Annex at Barangay
Cugman, City of Cagayan de Oro, into a separate, independent and distinct high school to
be known as Cugman National High School

Itis the declared policy of the State to protect and promote the right of all citizens to
quality education at all levels and take appropriate steps to make education accessible to all
Further, Section 2(1), Article XIV of the Constitution provides that:

“The State shall establish, maintain, and support a complete,
adequate, and integrated system of education relevant to the needs of the
people and society.”

Cagayan de Oro City is the center of education in Northen Mindanao, being the site
of several educational institutions and universities. The city is composed of eighty (80)
barangays which includes Barangay Cugman which is strategically situated along the
highway leading to Agusan and Bukidnon, Thus, if converted into a separate, independent
and distinct high school, the Gusa National High Schoo! will cater to the educational needs
not only of the barangay but also of other adjacent barangays from nearby areas.

The increase in the number of high school enrollees in the city has led to the
shortage of facilities in the Gusa National High School, Hence, a big number of student
enrollees have to be absorbed by the annex school. However, administrative problems faced
by the mother school require the conversion of the Gusa National High School Annex into a
distinct high school to assure better administration of both educational institutions.

In view of the foregoing, approval of this bill is earnestly sought

RUFU6 B. RO! EZ

MAXIMO B, UEZ, JR.


SIXTEENTH CONGRESS
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES )
First Regular Session )

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Introduced by Representative Rufus B. Rodriguez and
Representative Maximo B. Rodriquez, Jr.

House Bill No. 4225

AN ACT
SEPARATING THE GUSA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL - CUGMAN ANNEX IN
BARANGAY CUGMAN, CITY OF CAGAYAN DE ORO FROM THE GUSA NATIONAL
HIGH SCHOOL, CONVERTING IT INTO AN INDEPENDENT NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL.
TO BE KNOWN AS CUGMAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AND APPROPRIATING
FUNDS THEREFOR.

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

SECTION 1, Separation and Conversion into a National High Schoo! - The Gusa National
High School - Cugman Annex in Baragngay Cugman, City of Cagayan de Oro is hereby
separated from the Gusa National High School and converted into an independent national
high school to be known as Cugman National High School.

SEC. 2. Transfer of Assets and Liabilities — All personnel, assets, liabilities and records of
the Gusa National High School - Cugman Annex, are hereby transferred to and absorbed by
the Cugman National High School.

SEC 3. Appropriations - The Secretary of Education shall immediately include in the
Department's program the operationalization of the Cugman National High School, the initial
funding of which shall be charged against the current year’s appropriations of the Gusa
National High School - Cugman Annex. Thereatfter, 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 rules and regulations that
may be necessary to cay out the purpose of this Act.

SEC 5. Effectivity — This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the
Official Gazette.

Approved,