RECEIVED
iL wre, DEC 18 2019

Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House Bill No. _586@

Introduced by Representative SOLOMON R. CHUNGALAO

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill was originally filed as House Bill No. 1004 in the sixteenth (16") Congress and re-filed as
House Bill No. 3787 in the seventeenth (17") Congress.

It is a Constitutional mandate 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. Relative provision also directs the State to establish and maintain a system of free public
education in the elementary and high school levels.

Known as a mountainous province, and home of the famous rice terraces, Ifugao is expected to
have a rugged terrain which challenges people to travel from one place to another. Teaching and
non-teaching personnel of an educational institution find it very difficult to travel from their
mother school to its extension or annex school. Furthermore, as these are fiscally dependent to
the mother school, extension schools are normally the second priority in terms of budget and
physical development. These circumstances constrain a school to effectively deliver its supposed
objectives of fulfilling the right to quality and accessible education of the Ifugao people.

In view of the foregoing, passage of this bill is earnestly sought.



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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House Bill No, 9850

Introduced by Representative SOLOMON R. CHUNGALAO

AN ACT
SEPARATING THE LAWIG NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL EXTENSION IN
BARANGAY PANOPDOPAN, MUNICIPALITY OF LAMUT, PROVINCE OF
IFUGAO FROM THE LAWIG NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, CONVERTING IT
INTO AN INDEPENDENT NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL TO BE KNOWN AS.
PANOPDOPAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS
THEREFOR

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

Section 1. Separation and Conversion into a National High School The Lawig National High School
Extension in Barangay Panopdopan, Municipality of Lamut, Province of Ifugao is hereby
separated from the Lawig National High School and converted into an independent national high
school to be known as Panopdopan National High School.

Section 2. Transfer of Assets and Liabilities ~ All personnel, assets, liabilities and records of the Lawig
National High School Extension are hereby transferred to and absorbed by the Panopdopan
National High School.

Section 3. Appropriations — The Secretary of Education shall immediately include in the
Department's program the operationalization of the Panopdopan National High School, the initial
fanding of which shall be charged against the current year’s appropriations of the Lawig National
High School Extension and thereafter it shall be included in the annual General Appropriations
Act.

Section 4. Implementation — The Secretary of the Department of Education shall issue rules and
regulations as may be necessary to effectively carry out the purpose of this Act.

Section 5. Efftivity ‘This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official
Gazette,

Approved,