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EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session
HoUSEBILLNo.5935
Introduced by Rep. Luisa L]oren Cuaresma
Lone District of Nueva Vizcaya
EXPLANATORY NOTH
This bill seeks to establish a national high school in Barangay Sto. Domingo, Municipality of
Banbang, Nueva Vizcaya to be known as the Sto. Domingo National High School.
Section 1, Article XIV of the 1987 Constitution provides:
"The State shall protect and proi!I'.ote the right Of all citizens
to qudity education at all levels, and shall take appropriate staps
to make such education accessible to all"
The importance of education to the socio-economic growth and development of the country
cannot be overemphasized. The availability of and access to quality education are important for the
socio-economic well-being of the people. The government must take appropriate steps to make such
education  affordable  and  accessible  to  all  by  establishing  schools,  learning  centers,  and  related
facilities.
Despite  the  ever-increasing  number  of  incoming  high  school  students  in  Barangay  Sto.
Domingo and the neighboring barangays of Manamtan, Sto. Domingo West, Abian and Vista Hills
of Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya, there is no existing public high school offering public  secondary
education in the catchment area, thereby making other schools in nearby barangays congested. The
nearest two national high schools are approximately ten to twelve kilometers away from Barangay
Sto. Domingo.
Due to high travel costs, some indigent parents are unable to send their children to school. In
effect,  their  children  lose  their  chance  to  obtain  a  complete,  adequate  and  integrated  system  of
education.
The  proposed  measure  will  provide  the  students  residing  in  Barangays   Sto.Domingo,
Manantan,  Sto.  Domingo West, Abian and Vista Hills of Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya, with full
access to  free  secondary  education compliant with basic education curriculum framework of the
govemment's Enhanced Basic Educational Program (K-12 Program).  Easier access to free quality
education will  open pathways  of opportunity  for the  students  and their families to  improve their
socio-economic status. It will also enable them to contribute significantly to their municipality and
eventually to the country's welfare.
In view of the foregoing, the passage of this bill is earnestly requested.
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HIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session
HOUSEB|LLNo.5935
Introduced by Rep. Luisa Lloren Cuaresma
Lone District of Nueva Vizcaya
AN ACT HSTABLISIIING A NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL IN BARANGAY STO.
DOMING0 PROPER, MUNICIPALITY OF BAMBANG, PROVINCE OF NUEVA
VIZCAYA TO BE KNOWN AS STO.DOMINGO NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AND
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Be it enacted by the Senate and House Of Representatives Of the Philipp.ines ln Congress
assembled:
Section 1. Sftorf n.!Je. -There is hereby established, under the supervision of the Department
of Education, a national high school in Barangay Sto. Domingo, Municipality of Banbang, Province
of Nueva Vizcaya to be known as Sto. Domingo National High School.
Section  2.  The  Secretary  of  Education  shall  immediately  include  in  the  Department's
program the operationalization of the  Sto.  Domingo National High  School, the funding of which
shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.
Section 3. Within one hundred twenty days (120) from the approval of this Act, the Secretary
of Education shall fomulate the rules and regulations implementing the provisions of this Act.
Section  4.  This  Act shall  take  effect fifteen  (15)  days  after its publication in the  Official
GaLzette or in a newspaper of general circulation.
Approved