Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

Sixtteenth Congress
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO, 2859

Introduced by Honorable Reynaldo V. Umali

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The fundamental law recognizes the importance of education. It
mandates that the State shall protect and promote the right of all citizens to
quality education at all levels and take appropriate steps to make education
accessible to all.

Presently, the perennial problem of insufficiency of funds to support the
operation and maintenance of a national school is the predicament of the Fe del
Mundo National High School. Its budget is not adequate to support the needs of
its main campus. This financial difficulty is further aggravated by the need to
support its extension, the Fe del Mundo National High School Extension,
located in Barangay Don Pedro.

Thus, separating the Fe del Mundo National High School Extension from
the main campus and converting it into a separate national high school will
entitle it to its own budget allocation and endow it with the capability to
accommodate more students from nearby barangays to provide them with
quality education.

This bill seeks to implement the mandate of the State to establish,
maintain, and support a complete, adequate, and integrated system of education
relevant to the needs of the people and society, Through this bill, more children
will have access to free education.

In view thereof, early consideration and approval of this bill is earnestly
sought.

REYNALDO V. UMALI



Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

Sixteenth Congress
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO.2859

Introduced by Honorable Reynaldo V. Umali

AN ACT
CONVERTING THE FE DEL MUNDO NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
EXTENSION IN DON PEDRO, MUNICIPALITY OF MANSALAY,
PROVINCE OF ORIENTAL MINDORO INTO THE DON PEDRO
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 Fe del Mundo National High School Extension in
Barangay Don Pedro, Municipality of Mansalay, Province of Oriental Mindoro
is hereby separated from the main campus of the Fe del Mundo National High
School and converted into the Don Pedro National High School.

SEC. 2. All personnel, liabilities and records, as well as fixed and
movable assets of the Fe del Mundo National High School Extension are hereby
transferred to and absorbed by the Don Pedro National High School.

SEC. 3. The Secretary of Education shall formulate a program that will
increase the capacity of the Don Pedro National High School in terms of student

accommodation. The Secretary shall likewise issue the necessary rules and


regulations for the conversion and operation of the Don Pedro National High
School.

SEC. 4, The amount necessary for the implementation of this Act shall
be charged against the current year’s appropriation of the Department of
Education. Thereafter, such amount as may be necessary for the continued
operation and maintenance of the Don Pedro National High School shall be
included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

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,