Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS:
First Regular Session

House Bill No, 88:75

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill seeks to separate Acelo Badelles Memorial High School — Abuno
Annex (ABMHS - Abuno Annex) situated in Barangay Abuno, Iligan City, from its
mother or administrative school, the Acelo Badelles Memorial High School
(ABMHS) situated in Barangay Tipanoy, Iligan City, and converting it from a
memorial annex school into an independent national high school to be known as
the Abuno National High School (ANHS).

The passage of this proposed measure is intended to address the need
for a more functional, independent and financially stable secondary school
and to promote an accessible, affordable and quality education for all secondary
students in the above-mentioned Barangay and its adjacent Barangays. Indeed,
accessibility to quality and affordable education that extends to the poorest
of the poor has been one of the national government's thrusts in eradicating
poverty as itis henceforth provided by way of the passage of this bill.

This bill was approved by the House Committee on Basic Education and
Culture during the Fifteenth (15") Congress as House Bill No. 3567 and was
refiled again as House Bill No. 2335 during the Sixteenth (16") Congress.

In view of the foregoing, approval of this bill is earnestly sought.


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session
575
House Bill No, ___

Introduced by Honorable FREDERICK W. SIAO

AN ACT
SEPARATING THE ACELO BADELLES MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL —
ABUNO ANNEX (ABMHS - ABUNO ANNEX) FROM ITS MOTHER OR
ADMINISTRATIVE SCHOOL, THE ACELO BADELLES MEMORIAL HTGH
SCHOOL (ABMHS), AND CONVERTING IT INTO AN INDEPENDENT
NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL TO BE KNOWN AS THE ABUNO NATIONAL
HIGH SCHOOL (ANHS) AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

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

Section 1, Separation and Conversion. The Acelo Badelles Memorial
High School — Abuno Annex (ABMHS -Abuno Annex) in Barangay Abuno, Tligan
City, is hereby separated from the Acelo Badelles Memorial High School (ABMHS)
and converted into an independent national high school to be known as the
Abuno National High School (ANHS)

Sec. 2. Transfer of Assets and Liabilities. All personnel, assets,
liabilities and records of the Acelo Badelles Memorial High School — Abuno
Annex (ABMHS —Abuno Annex) are hereby transferred to and absorbed by the
Abuno National High School (ANHS),


Sec.3. Appropriations. The Secretary of | Education shall
immediately include in the program of the Department of Education (DepEd)
the operationalization of the Abuno National High School (ANHS), the initial
funding of which shall be charged against the current year's appropriations of
the Acelo Badelles Memorial High School (ABMHS). Thereafter, 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 the
necessary rules and regulations for the effective implementation of this Act.

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

circulation.

Approved,