Republic of the Philippines 
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
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Quezon City 
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First Regular Session 
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NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
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House Bill No. _________________ 
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Introduced by Rep. Maria Carmen S. Zamora 
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EXPLANATORY NOTE 
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Consistent with Article XIV, Sec. 1, of the Philippine Constitution which states that “The state 
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shall protect and promote the right of all citizens to quality education at all levels and shall take 
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appropriate steps to make such education accessible to all,” this bill seeks the nationalization of the 
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Ulip National High School-Depot Extension in Sitio Depot, Barangay Upper Ulip, Monkayo, Davao de 
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Oro Province, and renaming it Depot Ancestral Domain National High School. 
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Sitio Depot is one of the remotest areas in the Municipality of Monkayo. The distance from the 
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said sitio to the center of Barangay Upper Ulip where a high school is located exceeds the 10-kilometer 
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mark. This geographical challenge is a great hindrance to aspiring secondary students who wish to 
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enroll and sustain their studies.  
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With the collective effort of the residents, the local government units and the Department of 
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Education, however, the Ulip National High School-Depot Extension was opened at the start of SY 
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2012-2013. It initially operated with three (3) teachers and thirty seven (37) students, with classes 
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being held in temporary classrooms. Through a Memorandum of Agreement, the mother school, the 
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LGUs, benefactors and the parents/guardians pledged that they will continuously provide financial 
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support to the high school until it is nationalized. A piece of land (one-and-a-half hectares) was 
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subsequently donated in favor of the school. When Typhoon Pablo devastated the makeshift 
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classrooms in December 2013, the same were rebuilt and have now been expanded to four (4) 
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classrooms, courtesy of the joint efforts of the barangay leadership, school PTA and a mining 
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company. It now has over 150 students in its fold, with 6 regular teachers. It has been certified by the 
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Deped that instructional materials, classrooms, equipment and other teaching facilities are available for 
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use. Other operational and documentary requirements have also been fully satisfied and met.  
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It is now incumbent upon the State to make things sustainable by infusing the much needed 
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budgetary support through the school’s nationalization. Only annual appropriations incorporated in the 
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national budget in favor of the Depot Ancestral Domain High School will make this possible, hence, 
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the need for the passage of this proposal. 
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Approval of this bill is respectfully sought. 
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MARIA CARMEN S. ZAMORA 
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July 1, 2022
8:00 am
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Republic of the Philippines 
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
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Quezon City 
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First Regular Session 
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NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
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House Bill No. _________________ 
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Introduced by Rep. Maria Carmen S. Zamora 
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AN ACT  
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NATIONALIZING THE ULIP NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL-DEPOT EXTENSION IN 
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SITIO DEPOT, BARANGAY UPPER ULIP, MONKAYO, DAVAO DE ORO PROVINCE, 
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INTO THE DEPOT ANCESTRAL DOMAIN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, AND 
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APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress 
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assembled: 
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SECTION 1. The Ulip National High School-Depot Extension in Sitio Depot, Barangay 
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Upper Ulip, Monkayo, Davao de Oro Province, is hereby nationalized, to be known as the Depot 
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Ancestral Domain National High School. 
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SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Department of Education shall promulgate and issue such 
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rules and regulations as may be necessary to implement the provisions of this Act. 
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SEC. 3. The amount necessary to carry out the implementation of this Act shall be 
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included in the General Appropriations Act of the year following its enactment into law and 
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thereafter. 
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SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval. 
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Approved, 
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