Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

Seventeenth Congress
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. 5441

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE HON. ISAGANI S. AMATONG
34 District, Zamboanga del Norte

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Sec. 1, Art. XIV, 1987 Constitution provides 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.”

Pursuant this Constitutional mandate, it is imperative that the State should
disperse schools and their facilities to areas where they are needed.

Moreover, to make these schools more autonomous thereby making them
more responsive and effective in attaining their goal of quality and accessible
education in the respective localities, they should be enabled to stand on
their individual initiatives and merits considering that education by the
state that does not gain ground as an institution without the involvement
Participation of the community, stakeholders: parents, pupils, teachers,
local leaders, etc.

As the saying goes, the school reflects the community where it stands. If
possible, based on certain criteria, it should not exist as merely an “annex”
of another school.

In view of the foregoing, the approval of this bill which intends to separate
Liloy National High School - Patawag Extension from its mother school, be
officially named “Patawag National High School”, Liloy, Zamboanga del Norte
is earnestly sought.

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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

Seventeenth Congress
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. 54 4 1

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE ISAGANI S. AMATONG
3r4 District, Zamboanga del Norte

AN ACT
SEPARATING THE LILOY NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL - PATAWAG
EXTENSION, LILOY DISTRICT IN BARANGAY PATAWAG, MUNICIPALITY
OF LILOY, PROVINCE OF ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE FROM THE LILOY
NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, CONVERTING IT INTO AN INDEPENDENT
NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL TO BE KNOWN AS PATAWAG NATIONAL
HIGH SCHOOL AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR.

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

SECTION 1. Separation and Conversion into a National High School.
The Liloy National High School ~ Patawag Extension in Barangay Patawag,
Municipality of Liloy, Province of Zamboanga del Norte is hereby separated
from the Liloy National High School and converted into an independent
national high school to be known as Patawag National High School.

SECTION 2. Transfer of Assets and Liabilities. All personnel, assets,
liabilities and records of the Liloy National High School - Patawag Extension
are hereby transferred to and absorbed by the Patawag National High
School.

SECTION 3. Appropriations. The Secretary of Education shall immediately
include in the Department's program the operationalization of the Patawag
National High School, the initial funding of which shall be charged against
the current year’s appropriation of the Liloy National High School — Patawag
Extension. Thereafter, the amount necessary for the continued operation of
the school shall be included in the Annual General Appropriations Act.

SECTION 4. Implementation. The Secretary of Education shall issue such
rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this
Act.

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

Approved,