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Republic of the Philippines
House of Representatives
Queaan City

SEVENTEENTH CONGRES
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. 2759

Introduced by Representative EDGAR R. ERICE

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill seeks to convert the existing Grace Park Elementary School-Main
located in Barangay 52, Caloocan City, Metro Manila into an integrated school to be
known and named as Grace Park Integrated School.

The rights of the Filipinos to accessible and quality education is well-
enshrined in the Philippine Constitution. It is the policy of the state to give priority to
‘education (Article II, Section 1), protect and promote the right of all citizens to quality
education at all levels, and take appropriate steps to make such education
accessible to all (Article XIV, Section 1).

As of July 2016, Grace Park Elementary School-Main caters to 2,393
students, who, come graduation day, will have to find other schools offering
secondary education to which they can transfer. It should be emphasized, however,
that the nearest public high schools (Maypajo High School, Kasarinian High School
and Caloocan High School) all located in Caloocan City, Metro Manila, are already
overcrowded and, thus, it can be reasonably assumed that they cannot
accommodate and offer quality education to Grace Park students as absolutely
guaranteed under the Constitution.

In view of the foregoing, it is earnestly sought by the undersigned that this bill
be enacted and that Grace Park Elementary School-Main be converted into Grace
Park Integrated School and for it to be authorized to offer secondary education
needed by its students.

DGAR R. ERICE
Representative
2™ District Caloocan City


Republic of the Philippines
House of Representatives
Quezon City

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILLNO. 2759 _

Introduced by Representative EDGAR R. ERICE

AN ACT
CONVERTING GRACE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL-MAIN INTO AN
INTEGRATED SCHOOL TO BE KNOWN AS GRACE PARK INTEGRATED
SCHOOL AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR.

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

SECTION 1. Conversion into an Integrated School. - That Grace Park
Elementary School-Main in Barangay P. Galauran Street, Barangay 52, City of
Caloocan, Metro Manila is hereby converted into an integrated school to be known
as Grace Park Integrated School.

SECTION 2. Transfer of Personnel, Assets, and Liabilities. — All personnel,
assets, liabilities, and records of Grace Park Elementary School-Main are hereby
transferred to and to be absorbed by Grace Park Integrated School.

SECTION 3. Appropriations. - The Secretary of Education shall immediately
include in the Department of Education’s programs the operation of Grace Park
Integrated School, the funding of which shall be charged against the current year’s
appropriations of Grace Park Elementary School and thereafter in the annual
General Appropriations Act.

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

SECTION 5. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect immediately after the
completion of its publication in a newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,