Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

FIFTEENTH CONGRESS
‘Third Regular Session

COMMITTEE REPORT NO. _234°7

bate by the Conmpities on Basie Eaveatontund Culaye ox >AUCI2UI2
Re House Bill No. L£

Recommending its approval in sul net Eoiouse Bill No. 5702

Sponsors: Representatives Salvador H. Escudero III and Florencio T. Flores, Jr.

Mr. Speaker:

‘The Committee on Basic Education and Culture to whith was referred House Bill No.
5702 introduced by Rep. Florencio T. Flores, Jr., entitled:

AN ACT

SEPARATING THE CABULOHAN-PARADISE NATIONAL HIGH
SCHOOL - CABULOHAN-PARADISE HIGH SCHOOL A!
BARANGAY POBLACION, MUNICIPALITY OF CABAN'
PROVINCE OF BUKIDNON FROM THE CABULOHAN-PARADISE
NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, TO BE KNOWN AS CABANGLASAN
NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL”

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has considered the same and recommends that the attached House Bill No.
entitled:

“AN ACT
SEPARATING THE CABULOHAN-PARADISE NATIONAL HIGH
SCHOOL - TOWNSITE VEX IN BARANG POBLACION,

MUNICIPALITY OF CABANGLA , PROVINCE-OF BUKIDNON
FROM THE CABULOHAN-PARADISE NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL,
CONVERTING IT INTO AN INDEPENDENT NATIONAL HIGH
SCHOOL TO BE KNOWN AS CABANGLAS. NATIONAL HIGH
SCHOOL, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR”

be approved in substitution of House Bill No. 5702 with Representatives Florencio T. Flores,
Jr. and Salvador H. Escudero Il as authors thereof.

Respectfully submitted.

Weer UT]
SALVADOR H. ESCUDEROAN

Chairperson
Committee on Basic Education and Culture

THE HONORABLE SPEAKER
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
QUEZON CITY


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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

FIFTEENTH CONGRESS
Third Regular Session

HOUSE BILL No._64'72
(In substitution of House Bill No. 5

Introduced by Representatives Florencio T. Flores, Jr. and Salvador H. Escudero ITI

AN ACT
SEPARATING THE CABULOHAN-PARADISE NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL —
TOWNSITE ANNEX IN BARANGAY POBLACION, MUNICIPALITY OF
CABANGLASAN, PROVINCE OF BUKIDNON FROM THE CABULOHAN-
PARADISE NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, CONVERTING IT INTO AN
INDEPENDENT NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL TO BE KNOWN AS CABANGLASAN
NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

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

on into a National High School. The
Cabulohan- Paradise National High School — Townsite Annex in Barangay Poblacion,
Municipality of Cabanglasan, Province of Bukidnon is hereby separated from the Cabulohan-
Paradise National High School and converted into an independent national high school to be
known as Cabanglasan National High School.

TION 1. Separation and Conv

SEC. 2. Transfer of Assets and Liabilities. All personnel, assets, liabilities and
records of the Cabulohan-Paradise National High School ~ Townsite Annex are hereby

transferred to and absorbed by the Cabanglasan

SEC. 3. Appropriations. The Secretary of Education shal! immediately include in
the Department's program the operationalization of the Cabanglasan National High School,
the initial funding of which shall be charged against the current year’s appropriations of the
Cabulohan-Paradise National High School - Townsite Annex. Thereafier, the amount
necessary for the continued operation of the school shall be included in the annual General

Appropriations Act.

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

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

Approved,


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
‘Quezon City

Fifteenth Congress
Second Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO._

Introduced by Representative Florencio T. Flores. Jr.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill seeks the separation of Cabulohan-Paradise National High
School - Cabulohan-Paradise High School Annex (CPNHS - Cabulohan-
Paradise High School Annex) from Cabulohan-Paradise National High School
and the conversion of the said Annex into an independent national high school
recognized as Cabanglasan National High School, a separate and distinct entity
in the National Budget.

The CPNHS- Cabulohan-Paradise High School Annex, as an extension of
Cabulohan-Paradise National High School, has been in existence and operation
for almost eight (8) school years (SYs) now. The present student population is
rapidly increasing every year as the school records shows, hence the need for
more teachers and full time administrator to closely oversee the school’s

programs and activities.

Cabulohan-Paradise National High School cannot accommodate all that is
necessary through its budget coming from the National Government. Even with
the assistance from the Local Government, personnel and finances are still
inadequate to accommodate everything. Hence, the separation and conversion of
the Cabulohan-Paradise National High School - Cabulohan-Paradise High
School Annex is sought.

The separation and conversion of Cabulohan-Paradise National High
School - Cabulohan-Paradise High School Annex will ensure convenience,
opportunity and conducive environment to the youth of Barangay Poblacion and

other nearby barangays to a proper and quality education.



Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

Fifteenth Congress
Second Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO.

Introduced by Representative Florencio T. Flores. Jr.

“AN ACT SEPARATING THE CABULOHAN-PARADISE NATIONAL HIGH
SCHOOL - CABULOHAN-PARADISE HIGH SCHOOL ANNEX IN BARANGAY
POBLACION, MUNICIPALITY OF CABANGLASAN, PROVINCE OF BUKIDNON
FROM THE CABULOHAN-PARADISE NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, TO BE
KNOWN AS CABANGLASAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL”

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

1 SECTION 1. Separation and Conversion into a National High School, The
2Cabulohan-Paradise National High School — Cabulohan-Paradise High School Annex in
3Barangay Poblacion, Municipality of Cabanglasan, Province of Bukidnon is hereby
4separated from the Cabulohan-Paradise National High School to be known as Cabanglasan
National High School.

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7 SECTION 2. Transfer of Assets and Liabilities. All personnel, assets, liabilities and
srecords of Cabulohan-Paradise National High School — Cabulohan-Paradise High School
9Annex are hereby transferred to and absorbed by the Cabanglasan National High School.

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HH SECTION 3. Appropriations. The Secretary of Education shall immediately include

12in the Department's program the operationalization of the Cabanglasan National High
13School, the initial funding of which shall be charged against the current year’s
4appropriation of the Cabulohan-Paradise National High School ~ Cabulohan-Paradise High
15School Annex. Thereafter, the amount necessary for the continued operation of the school
1shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

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18 SECTION 4. Implementation. The Secretary of Education shall issue such rules and
19regulations as may be necessary to carry out the purpose of this Act.

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21 SECTION 5. Effectivity. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its
22publication in the Official Gazette.

23

24 Approved,


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

FIFTEENTH CONGRESS
Second Regular Session

COMMITTEE ON BASIC EDUCATION AND CUL’

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Committee on Appropriations

26 March 2012 aN ann
HON. JOSEPH EMILIO A. ABAYA MAR 26 2012 )

Chairperson WIS UW

Committee on Appropriations
By: Control No.

Dear Chairperson Abaya:

The Committee on Basic Education and Culture approved on 28 February 2012 the attached

House Bill No. _§ 478 entitled:

AN ACT
ARATING THE CABULOHAN-PARADISE NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL —
iN BARANGAY POBLACION, MUNICIPALITY OF
CABANGL. PROVINCE OF BUKIDNON FROM THE CABULOHAN-
PARA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, CONVERTING IT INTO AN
INDEPENDENT NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL TO BE KNOWN AS CABANGLASAN
NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

in substitution of House Bill No. 5702 with Representatives Florencio T. Flores, Jr. and
Salvador H. Escudero III as authors thereof.

Considering that a proposed funding is provided for in Section 3 of the aforesaid bill, the
Committee deemed it appropriate to refer the same to the Committee on Appropriations for
‘comment and approval,

Thank you.

Very truly yours,

SALVADOR H. ESCUDERO II
Chairperson

For the ey



Republic ofthe Birilippines
Aouse of Representatines SS
Quezon City, Metres Manilz

HON. JOSEPH EMILIO A. ABAYA
Congressman, Ist District, Cavite
Chairman, Committee on Appropriations

July 23, 2012

HON. SALVADOR H. ESCUDERO Ill

Chairperson
Committee on Basic Education & Culture

Dear Chairperson Escudero:

This refers to the following house bills/substitute bills on the separation of national high
schools which were referred to the Committee on Appropriations:

1. Substitute Bill to House Bill No, 2006 - AN ACT SEPARATING THE CALAPE NATIONAL HIGH
SCHOOL - LOGON ANNEX IN BARANGAY LOGON, MUNICIPALITY OF
DAANBANTAYAN, PROVINCE OF CEBU FROM THE CALAPE NATIONAL
HIGH SCHOOL, CONVERTING IT INTO AN INDEPENDENT NATIONAL
HIGH SCHOOL TO BE KNOWN AS LOGON NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL,
AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR;

2, Substitute Bill to House Bill No. 2008 - AN ACT SEPARATING THE CALAPE NATIONAL HIGH
‘SCHOOL ~ PAYPAY ANNEX IN BARANGAY PAYPAY, MUNICIPALITY OF
DAANBANTAYAN, PROVINCE OF CEBU FROM THE CALAPE NATIONAL
HIGH SCHOOL, CONVERTING IT INTO AN INDEPENDENT NATIONAL
HIGH SCHOOL TO BE KNOWN AS PAYPAY NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL,
AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR;

3. Substitute Bill to House Bill No. 2344 - AN ACT SEPARATING THE ESTEBAN MADRONA
MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL - BINONGAAN ANNEX IN BARANGAY
BINONGAAN, MUNICIPALITY OF SAN AGUSTIN, PROVINCE OF
ROMBLON FROM THE ESTEBAN MADRONA MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL,
CONVERTING IT INTO AN INDEPENDENT NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL TO
BE KNOWN AS BINONGAAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, AND
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR;

4, Substitute Bill to House Bill No. 2345 - AN ACT SEPARATING THE MAGDIWANG NATIONAL
HIGH SCHOOL - AGUTAY ANNEX IN BARANGAY AGUTAY,
MUNICIPALITY OF MAGDIWANG, PROVINCE OF ROMBLON FROM THE
MAGDIWANG NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, CONVERTING IT INTO AN
INDEPENDENT NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL TO BE KNOWN AS AGUTAY
NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR;

5, House Bill No. 4403 - AN ACT SEPARATING THE TAGASAKA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL ~
LOYOLA ANNEX IN BARANGAY LOYOLA, MUNICIPALITY OF HINATUAN,


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Substitute Bill to

PROVINCE OF SURIGAO DEL SUR, FROM THE TAGASAKA NATIONAL
HIGH SCHOOL, CONVERTING IT INTO AN INDEPENDENT NATIONAL
HIGH SCHOOL TO BE KNOWN AS THE LOYOLA NATIONAL HIGH
SCHOOL AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR; and

House Bill No, 5702 - AN ACT SEPARATING THE CABULOHAN-PARADISE
NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL — CABANGLASAN ANNEX IN BARANGAY
POBLACION, MUNICIPALITY OF CABANGLASAN, PROVINCE OF
BUKIDNON FROM THE CABULOHAN-PARADISE NATIONAL HIGH
SCHOOL, CONVERTING IT INTO AN INDEPENDENT NATIONAL HIGH
SCHOOL TO BE KNOWN AS CABANGLASAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL,
AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR.

Please be informed that the Committee recommends the approval of the above mentioned
bills without amendment.

Very truly yours,

p. Florencio T. Flores,

Rep. Florencio C. Garay
Rep. Eleandro Jesus F. Madrona
Rep. BenhurL. Salimbangon


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila
Fifteenth Congress
2° Regular Session

MINUTES OF THE 21° REGULAR MEETING OF THE COMMITIEE ON BASIC
EDUCATION AND CULTURE HELD ON 28 FEBRUARY 2012, 9:30 AM., AT
CONFERENCE ROOM NOS. 14 & 15, RAMON V. MITRA JR. BLDG., HOUSE OF

REPRESENTATIVES, QUEZON CITY.

1. CALL TO ORDER
Representative Salvador H. Escudero III, Chair, Committee on Basic Education and
Culture, called the 21 Committee meeting to order at 9:58 aa. On motion of Rep.
Piamonte, duly seconded, the Chair dispensed with the roll call.

II, APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING

On motion of Rep. Piamonte, duly seconded, the Chair declared as approved the minutes of
Committee meeting held on 7 February 2012, as prasented.

Il, REMARKS OF THE CHAIR
‘The Chair acknowledged the presence of the Committee’s new Member, Rep. Mohammed
Hussein P, Pangandaman of the 1™ District, Lanao del Sur, who took the place of Rep.
Victor Ortega as Member representing the House minority party. ‘The Chair welcomed the
new Committee Member stating that it’s good for a young Member to take over the place
of a senior Member,

IV, DELIBERATION ON HOUSE BILL NO. 4395

‘The Chair presented for Committee deliberation House Bill No. 4395, introdu:
Leopoldo N. Bataoil, titled: “AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE PROTECTION AND
CONSERVATION OF BAYBAYIN, AND DECLARING BAYBAYIN AS THE NATIONAL
SCRIPT OF THE PHILIPPINES". The Chair subsequently recognized the bill’s principal
author to sponsor the bill.

id by Rep.

Sponsorship Speech of the Author
Rep. Bataoil, principal author of HB 4395, stated the following:

4 This is a golden opportunity for us to know that there is such a Filipino original script
that we must preserve, promote and institutioralize.

+ “A country without a past has the emptiness of a barren continent; and a city without
old buildings is like a man without a memory.” (Graeme Shankland)

+ Inone of Jose Rizal’s writings, “To My Fellow Children” (1869), he said: “This language
of ours is like the rest, it once had a syllabic “orm and its own letters that vanished as
though whirlwind had set upon a boat on a lake a long gone.”

+ Before the Spanish conquest, the Filipino men and women were known for their
advanced knowledge and skill in our indigenous written language, the “baybayin”. We
were not Indios as the Spaniards claimed us to be having had a sophisticated written
language that was used to conduct commerce and trade with Malaysia, Indonesia and
even the Middle Eastern countries.

¢ Our ancestors were proud of their race, have a cultural and national! identity that were
at par with other advanced countries.

+ As early as the 15" century, we had been known for our written language, the baybayin
as highlighted by Francisco Alcina in his historical document: 7

¢ Dr. Bonifacio Comandante, Jr., a multi-awarded marine scientist and enthropologist
claimed that the Angono-Binangonan Petroglyphs is one of the best ancient evidence «


in tle Philippines which dates back to pre-

baybayin, the advance writing system
Spanish colonization period

used the baybayin script in his book, Noli Me Tangere, and other writings
ly declared in “Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas” circa 2606 that the Philippines
had an established ba: y government syst2m, a flourishing inter-island and regional
barter trece and a writing system well snown and practiced in the lend, contrary to the
vulgar name “Indios” that the Spanish friars and conquestadcres had called our people

then.

+ Jose Riza!
and prou

+ Don Pedro Paterno and Don Trinidad Pardo De Tavera wrote two volumes of dictionary
(circa 1884-1887) now found at the National Library detailing the script, strokes and
pervasive use of baybayin in the Philippines prior to the introduction of the Latin-
Rornan scripts that we are using popularly today. The baybayin sccipts were culled
from our giant shells, the TeKlobo, that is why we are called the “Pear! of the Orient”.

+ Recently, foreign anthropologists and sociologists have become interested with our
baybayin script claiming that the baybayin script is in danger of becoming extinct. If
we are doing our best to preserve our endangered species, tow much more should we
do all means to preserve our endangered national treasure, the beybayin script?

sian miracle, and the rise
the rising tide of

+ Scholars showed that culture had something to do with the /
of the east. We must not allow our country to be left again by
development across Asia.

‘+ A new wave of nationalism must rise for the development of our nation. It is time that
we reclaim a national heritage that is threatened by globalization, anc the rapidly
changing times. It is time that we establist. our national identity. “he declaration of
baybayin as our national script would be a uaifying element for us Filipinos. We owe it
to our children and the generations to come to establish en identity uniquely Filipino.

House Bill 4395.

+ The author earnestly sought for the passage

ssues/Arguments/Positions Presented

+ Mr. Jose Jaime R. Enage, founding Chairman of “Baybayin Bubayin, Inc.” and “Taklobo
Baybayin, Inc.”, said that the advocates of baybayin wanted to preserve the baybayin
script aad pushed for its inclusion in the school curriculum. He stressed the need tc
promote our own language as he cited Dr. Jose Rizal in his book E! Fiiibusterismo, to
wit: “While the people preserve its languace, it preserves the marks cf Hberty.” Mr.
Enage presented some documentary evidences, among others, to support the existence

“and use of the baybayirscript, namely a

1) the first dictionary written by the Span.ards in 1593;

2) the researches done by Dr. Jose Rizal, including those that were written in his
books Noli Me Tangere and El Fil

3) the new generation peso bills specifical:
1,000 peso bills bearing baybayin ins:

4) 2.900 A.D. baybayin script on Laguna Sopperplate discovered in 1989 in Lumban

Laguné

) 2 1900 A.D. Calatagan Jar, now preserved in the Natior.al Museu

@ 1300 AD. Silver Plate Inscription of baybayin of Butuan, now pireserved in tle

National Museum;

7) the Pintados of Panay, Negros i

8) the baybayin of Zambales in 1601

9) the baybayin of Tondo o Tagala

10) the baybayin of Mindore;

11) the logo of the Armed forces of the Phil

P20, P50, P100, P200, P500 a:

onal Librery;

es has a very diverse cultural backgrou
had been doin irany research in try:
ines, and ca... out that we don’t have
ses of this county is cur bein:

+ Rep. M.S. Sarmiento stated that the Ph
and for so many years, our cultural w:
to come up with a national identity for
one. Some are even saying that



regionalistic considering our different regionz! dialects in which Rep. Sarraiento
can be converted as our strength given the eppropriate solution.

Rep. Bataoil stated the need to legislate his proposal to provide wicespreed awareness
to the Filipino people especially the young by suggesting that signages should have its
baybayin counterpart written below to identify us as Filipinos

Rep. M.S. Sarmiento clarified that he is not against the proposal as he was saying that
we should he able to address likewise the sensitivities of whatever cultura. sackground
a certain Filipino has in his or her locality. Hz stressed the nged to preserve our own
baybayin if there is in our area and we should likewise include the possibility of
preserving the scripts of the other regions in the country.

Atry. Tonisito Umali, Assistant Secretary of the Department of Education (DepEd),
stated that, in line with Section 4 of the bill, the DepEd agreed to include the baybayin
script in the school curriculum as a topic in P'lipino or Aralin Panlipunan subjects. As
regards its declaration as a national script, the DepEd recommended the need to
coordinate with the Komisyon ng Wikang “ilipino (KWF), the Natonal Historical
Commission of the Philippines (NHCP), and tae National Commission for Culture and
the Arts (NCCA) to further study the proposal.

Rep, Gullas shared the concern of Rep. Sarmiento on the conclusion chat there are
different versions of baybayin as we go along from Luzon, Visayas and Mindano. He
said that even in the Province of Cebv, the Cebuano spoken ir. Central Cebu is entirely
different from the Cebuano spoken in Southern Cebu as well as in Northern Cebu. All
of these differences equate to the fact that perhaps to declare a certain bcybayin as the
national script, we must first arrive at some kind of compromise synopsis of all of these
as we can see there is one in Negros, one in Mindanao and evan in Luzon, and they are
different. He suggested that perhaps che best minds of the Committee may sit down
and study the bill extensively to reconcile these different baybayin scripts throughout
the country and finally come up with en accep:able solution.

Rep. Tinio stated that based on the presentation of Mr. Enage, he found the table
written by Pedro Paterno detailing the comparison of the baybayin scripts in the various
places in the country to be useful in determining their differences. He observed
regional variations of the baybayin scripts but his understanding of the bill is that the
declaration of baybayin as a national script referred to hy Rep. Bataoil covers all the
baybayin scripts of the country so that when you are in Luzon, you shell use the
baybayin in Luzon while those in the Viseyas and Mindanao shall use their own
baybayin scripts.

Rep. -Pangandaman-pointed-out some concerns on cultura) sensitivity citing diverse
cultures and traditions in the localities specifically on religion considerung that Muslims
for example pray in Arabic. He proposed that, if enacted, we should concentrate only
on the school curriculum aspect of the measur

Rep. Piamnonte stated that as he read through the pamphlet, the Dominican missionaries
arrived in Manila so naturally they have to use the language as spoken by the people in
Luzon. But add the missionaries who arzived in some other parts of the Philippines
where we also have different baybayin scripts; they could rave used the same. He
inquired if the proponent of the bill can catecjorically say thal the baybayin used by the
Dominicans is really the oldest baybayin.

Mr. Enage responded that 2 3000 B.C. rock engraving considered as national heritage
or UNESCO declared evidence founc in Rzal province was included in the World
Inventory Rock Art. He likewise presented evidences on the 900 A.D. Laguna
Copperplete in Lumban, Laguna and anothe: one, a 1000 A.D. Celatagen Jar found in
Calatagan, Batangas and a Manunggol Jar found in Palawan.

‘On Rep. Pangandaman’s concern regarding the readiness 2f the DepEd teachers to
teach the baybayin script, Mr. Enage ressonded that according to the linguistics
society, if a language has no user or at least less than one 1 “"7n users, that language
is dead. Mr. Enage pushed for the teaching of baybayin to wucuers if, school as the
advocates of baybayin need at least one million users for this language to resurrect.



Action Taken. by the Committee

for further Committee deliberation.

e Committee agreed to defer House Bill No. 439:

DELIBERATION ON HOUSE BILL NO. 4778

Chair presented for ecmmittee consideration House Bill No. 4778, iatroduced by Rep.
Alfredo B. Bennez, titled: “AN ACT ESTABLISHING A SEPARATE CITY SCHOOLS
DIVISION OFFICE IN THE CITY OF TALISAY, FROVINCE OF NEGROS OCCIDE
AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT
CONVERTING THE MUNICIPALITY OF TALISAY, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, INTO A
COMPONENT CITY TO BE KNOWN AS THE CITY OF TALISAY”. The Chair subsequently
recognized the Rep. M.S. Sarmiento to sponsor the bill in behalf of she principal author.

.ssed the need to approve House Bill No. 4778 considering that the City
quite 2 while alreedy and it is imperative for a

Rep. Sarmiento st

of Talisay has been functioning as a city fc
to have its own schools division office so that its current Mayor will be able to perform

ci

nd be able to support the DepEd more in his local

Rep. Piamonte inquired if there’s a policy that estzblishes a city sc2ools division every time
a component city is established and makes the schools under the jurisdiction of that
component city separate from the province’s schools division. He explained that the
schools division office of the province takes care o” a relatively lance number of schools and
students whereas its counterpart, the city schools division, caters only to = sraall area and
a relatively small number of schools and students. He proposed to rationalize the creation

of 2 balanced schools division office to equitably share the responsib¥ities to whoever is
assigned to cerzain areas.

Rep. Gullas agreed to the idea of Rep. Piamonte. Rep. Gullas, however, believed that the
Committee cen still approve the bill presented without prejudice later on hav:ng a bill that
ratioralizes the establishment of schools civision nationwide.

Action Taken by the Committee

On motion of Rep. M.S. Sarmiento, duly seconded. there being no objecion, che Coramittee

approved House Bill No. 4778.
DELIBERATION ON LOCAL SCHOOL BILLS
‘The Chair presented for committee consideration the following loca! sck ool bills:

A. Oa the Establishment of National High Schools/Elementary School

373, titled, Ma. Clara % Lobregat Memorial National High School, by Rep. Cerilles ——

2) yy Rep. Cerilles
3 Re). Gullas
4) ited, Teneguiban National High School, by Rep. Alvarez

5) HB 2506, titled, Liminangcong National High School,, by
5 y Rep. Gullas

al, by Rep. Quimbo

Rep. Pablo Garcia

1) HB 3572,

2) HB 3619, titled, Dolores National Te
Rep. Lazatin

2) HE 3620, titled, Madapdap Resettlemei
‘School, by Rep. Lazatin

IF Schoo!, by Rep. V. Belmonte
| Vocational and Skills Training High Schcol, by

‘ech 1ical Vocational and Skills Training High

4) HB 4929, titled, Japer Memorial National Hi , by Rep. Aumentado
5) HB 5849, titled, Tinuyop Annex and Falandok =xtension, by Rep. Cancniga
6) HB 5623, titled, Kinawe National High School, by Rep. Paras

7) HB 5052, titled, Basalem National High School, by Rep. Yambar

8) HB 5698, titled, Molaguip integrated School, by Rep. Marcos

9) HB 8702, titled, Cabanglasan National Fiigh Szhool, by Rep. Flores
0) HB 5738, titled, Casoon National High School, by Rep. Zamora-Apsay



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Issues/Arguments/Positions Presented

Rep. Piamonte proposed to amend House Bill No. 1596 by replacing the word
“PRIMARY” with the word “ELEMENTARY” in the contents of the bill including its title,
pointing out that a primary school covers only Grede 1 to Grade 4 whereas an
elementary school covers Grade 1 to Grade 6. Rep. Gulles, principal author of HB
1596, accepted the amendment.

Rep, Piamonts asked the DepEd to submit, for Committee's guidance, the status of the
schools whether or not they have complied wit the requirements set for legislation.
‘ASec, Umali responded that DepEd usually submits the requirements to the Committee
‘on Appropriations. ASec. Umali promised to also submit the same to the Committee as
requested,

Action Taken by the Committee

+

On omnibus motion of Rep. Gullas, duly seconded, there being ro objection, the
Committee approved the above-listed eight (8) bills on the establishment of national
hhigh schools and two (2) bills on the establishraent of elementary schools, subject to
style and amendments and subject also to the submission by the respective authors of
the required documents to support the legislation of the aforesaid bills.

On a subsequent omnibus motion of Rep. Aumentado, duly seconded, there being no
objection, the Committee approved ten (10) bil's on the conversion and separation of
national high schools, subject to style and amendments and subject also to the
sebmission by the respective authors of the required documents to support the
|.yislation of the aforesaid bills.

ADJOURNMENT
On motion, duly seconded, the Chair adjourned the meeting at 11:28 am.

reby certify to the correctness of the foregoing mirutes.

14 ©. MALATAMBAN HE
ib Legislative Staff Officer

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