Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

16” CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. _3010

Introduced by Representative REGINA ONGSIAKO REYES
Lone District, Marinduque

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The 1987 Constitution provides that the State shall promote the right
of all citizens to quality education at all levels, and shall take appropriate
steps to make education accessible to all. It likewise mandates the State to
establish and to maintain a system of free education both in the elementary
and high school levels. It is in this light that this Bill proposes to nationalize
the Buenavista National High School extension campus in Barangay
Bagtingon, in keeping with the government’s major educational thrust of
improving the accessibility of basic education by establishing schools in
remote and far-flung areas for rural youth to avail of free secondary
educational program.

The Bagtingon campus was established in June 2002 to accommodate
the hundreds of graduates of elementary schools located in Barangay
Bagtingon and nearby barangays in that remote part of the municipality. This
is to ensure the continuing availment of our youth of free secondary
education, unhampered by the prohibitive cost of transportation on top of
school-related expenses, especially since the area is a considerable distance
from the Poblacion where the Buenavista NHS is located. The presence of a
National High School therefore provides for convenience in terms of time and
financial management for both students and their parents.


Standing on a half-hectare lot acquired by the Barangay Council, the
Bagtingon extension of the Buenavista NHS has one temporary classroom
being used by one section of the first year students and one section of the
second year students of the main campus. —_Nationalizing the Bagtingon
campus therefore and making it independent from the mother campus is
expected to open opportunities for introducing infrastructure improvements,
generating employment and business opportunities for the locals, and
boosting the morale of the whole community. It will also allow the awarding
of more teaching items to the school which will certainly benefit the students.

In view of the foregoing consideration, approval of this bill is earnestly

recommended.
ent


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

16 CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL no.3 010

Introduced by Representative REGINA ONGSIAKO REYES
Lone District, Marinduque

AN ACT
NATIONALIZING THE BAGTINGON ANNEX OF THE
BUENAVISTA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL IN BUENAVISTA,
MARINDUQUE, TO BE KNOWN AS THE BAGTINGON 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. Establishment of National High School. There is
hereby established under the supervision of the Department of Education, a
national high school in Barangay Bagtingon, Municipality of Buenavista,
Province of Marinduque to be known as the Bagtingon National High School.

Sec, 2. Appropriations. The Secretary of Education shall
immediately include in the Department's program the operationalization of the
Bagtingon National High School, funding of which shall be included in the
annual General Apopropriations Act.

Sec. 3. Implementation. The Secretary of Education shall issue
such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the purpose of
this Act.

Sec. 4.  Effectivity. This Act shall take effect immediately upon
approval.

APPROVED.