Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

NINETEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO, 6 8 7 3

Introduced by: HON. CLAUDE P. BAUTISTA

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Section 1. Article XIV of the 1987 Constitution the “State shall protect the right of all
citizens to quality education at all levels and shall take appropriate steps to make such education
accessible to all. Further, the Constitution likewise mandates the State to establish and maintain
a system of free education in the elementary and high school levels.”

This Bill seeks for the approval of the Establishment of a New Public School to be known
as Antonio T. Doromal National High School at Linadasan, Don Marcelino, Davao Occidental. Said
area is occupied by the B’laan and Manobo tribes, two of the three major tribes that are living in
in the Province of Davao Occidental. The former two tribes are subsistence farmers and small
fisher folks.

The next barangay, Calian, where another secondary school in the municipality is located.
Distance between Linadasan and Kalian is 20 kilometers away. The students in Kalian totals 280
with nine teachers for all the grade levels. The high school in Calian has to be traversed on foot
for three hours, and though the road is concrete the topography is sloping and mountainous.

There is no public transport which makes it very difficult for the students because they
have to ride habal-habal which is a two-wheel motorcycle that rides more than two to three
persons and at most times exceeding more than that number rendering the travel extremely
dangerous. The other option is for students to wait for delivery trucks and hitch a ride to Calian.
Most times such trucks are filled by other hitch hikers. Where going to Calian high school is
impossible, Linadasan students just go back home, skipping their classes.



Its for the aforementioned reasons that it is imperative for Barangay Linadasan to have
its own national high school to be known as Antonio T. Doromal National High School.

It is also for the reasons given above that the passage of this Bill is earnestly sought.

cLAUI UTISTA


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

NINETEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

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HOUSE BILL NO.

Introduced by: HON. CLAUDE P. BAUTISTA

AN ACT SEPARATING THE JOHN MARTIN JOHNSON NATIONAL HIGH
SCHOOL - LINADASAN ANNEX IN BARANGAY LINADASAN, MUNICIPALITY OF
DON MARCELINO, PROVINCE OF DAVAO OCCIDENTAL FROM THE JOHN
MARTIN JOHNSON NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, CONVERTING IT INTO AN
INDEPENDENT NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL TO BE KNOWN AS ANTONIO T.
DOROMAL NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, AND APPOPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

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

SECTION 1. The John Martin Johnson National High School - Linadasan Annex
in Barangay Linadasan, Municipality of Don Marcelino, Province of Davao Occidental
is hereby separated from the John Martin Johnson National High School, converting it
into an independent national high school to be known as the Antonio T. Doromal
National High School.

SECTION 2. All personnel, assets, liabilities and records of the John Martin
Johnson National High School — Linadasan Annex are hereby transferred to and
absorbed by the Antonio T. Doromal National High School.

SECTION 3. The Secretary of Education shall immediately include in the
Department's program the operationalization of the Antonio T. Doromal National High
School, the initial funding of which shall be charged against the current year's
appropriation of the John Martin Johnson National High School - Linadasan Annex .
Thereafter, the amount necessary for the continued operation of the school shall be
included in the annual General Appropriations Act.


SECTION 4. 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.

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,