Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
Third Regular Session

HOUSE BILL No. 8212

Introduced by Representatives Rodolfo C. Farifias and Imelda R. Marcos

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Even with its separation from the mother school pursuant to DepEd Order No. 40, s.
2016, the funding requirements of Currimao National High School (Pias-Gaang Annex)
remained with the mother school and Division of Hlocos Norte, particularly the Personnel
Services (PS) and Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses (MOOE), respectively. At
present, the school is headed by an Officer-in-Charge, and thirteen (13) teachers for Junior
High School, without non-teaching personnel, who are catering to the needs of educating
around six hundred (600) students. Absent a legislative initiative, the school cannot fully
maximize the benefit of separation under said DepEd Order due to the absence of principal
item and non-teaching staff, and shortage of teaching personnel

It is therefore imperative to convert through a legislative Act the Currimao National
High School (Pias-Gaang Campus) into an independent national high school to be known as
Currimao National High School and the mother school to be known as Wilbur C. Go National
High School. This will improve the administrative supervision and management as well as
enhance the delivery of public secondary education and instruction to the learners from the
Municipality of Currimao and its neighboring towns.

Hence, the approval of this bill is earnestly sought

—
IMELDA R. MARCOS Sic C. FARINAS
Representative Representative

2™ District, locos Norte 1* District, locos Norte


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City
SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
Third Regular Session

HOUSE BILL. g212

Introduced by Representatives Rodolfo C. Farifias and Imelda R. Marcos

AN ACT

CONVERTING INTO AN INDEPENDENT NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL TO BE KNOWN
AS THE CURRIMAO NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL THE CURRIMAO NATIONAL HIGH
SCHOOL ~ PIAS-GAANG CAMPUS IN BARANGAY PIAS NORTE, MUNICIPALITY OF
CURRIMAO, PROVINCE OF ILOCOS NORTE, AND SEPARATING IT FROM ITS
MOTHER SCHOOL, THE CURRIMAO NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL IN BARANGAY
POBLACION 2, MUNICIPALITY OF CURRIMAO, PROVINCE OF ILOCOS NORTE,
HEREINAFTER RENAMED THE WILBUR C. GO 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 Currimao National High School ~ Pias-Gaang Campus in Barangay Pias
Norte, Municipality of Currimao, Province of locos Norte is hereby converted into an independent
national high school to be now known as the Currimao National High School, and separated from its
mother school, the Currimao National High School situated in Barangay Poblacion 2, Municipality of
Currimao, Province of Hlocos Norte.

The mother schoo! situated in Barangay Poblacion 2, Municipality of Currimao, Province of
locos Norte shall henceforth be known as the Wilbur C. Go National High School

SEC. 2. All personnel, assets, liabilities and records of the Currimao National High School ~
Pias-Gaang Campus in Barangay Pias Norte, Municipality of Currimao, Province of Hlocos Norte are
hereby transferred to and absorbed by the newly converted national high school, now known as the
Currimao National High School

SEC. 3. The Secretary of Education shall immediately include in the Department's program
the operationalization of the newly converted national high school, now known as the Currimao
National High School. The current year’s appropriation of the mother school situated in Barangay
Poblacion 2, Municipality of Currimao, Province of Hlocos Norte shall be absorbed by and remain
with the now renamed Wilbur C. Go National High School. Thereafter, the amount necessary for the
continued operation of both the Currimao National High School and the Wilbur C. Go National High
School shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

SEC. 4. The Secretary of Education shall issue the rules and regulations necessary to carry
out the purpose of this Act within one hundred twenty (120) days after its effectivity

SEC. 5. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette
or in a newspaper of general circulation

Approved,