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HOUSE BILL nods0?

Introduced by Rep. Jonas C. Cortes

EXPLANATORY NOTE

‘The Cabangahan National High School-Cordova Annex started more than
a decade ago with just 198 enrollees. At present, it has become the bastion of
learning in the Municipality of Cordova, Province of Cebu, giving the town's

youth access to free secondary education.

In recent years, the Cordova Annex has experienced a surge in enrollment.
With its growing student population, however, comes the pressing need for the
school to cope up with more faculty and staff, better facilities and upgraded
books and instructional materials to maintain, if not improve, its level of

instruction for the students’ advancement and academic excellence.

The resources of the school are now found to be inadequate to meet its
growing needs especially that it is only an extension of the Cabangahan National
High School in the Municipality of Consolacion. Its meager budget cannot even
support its present population of more than a thousand students. It is to be
expected that its enrollment will increase further with the ever-rising cost of

private education.

Converting the school into a separate national high school independent
from its mother school would certainly provide a regular source of funds for the
school to meet its growing needs. Therefore, the necessary personnel
complement, improved facilities and updated instructional materials will be

ensured which would surely enhance the quality of the school's instruction.


Section 2, Article XIV of the Constitution declares the State's policy and
obligation to establish and maintain a free public school system in the
elementary and secondary levels. Hence, approval of this measure will not only
give meaning and spirit to this constitutional mandate but will also bring about

development at the grassroots level.

In view of these premises, therefore, the early approval of this measure is

earnestly sought.

JONAS C. CORTES


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL No.DSO7?

Introduced by Rep. Jonas C. Cortes

AN ACT SEPARATING THE CABANGAHAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL -
CORDOVA ANNEX IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF CORDOVA, PROVINCE OF CEBU
FROM THE CABANGAHAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, CONVERTING IT INTO
AN INDEPENDENT NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL TO BE KNOW AS THE
CORDOVA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS
THEREFOR

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

SECTION 1. Separation and Conversion into a National High School. - The
Cabangahan National High School - Cordova Annex in the Municipality of
Cordova, Province of Cebu is hereby separated from the Cabangahan’ National
High School and converted into an independent national high school to be known
as the Cordova National High School.

SECTION 2. Transfer of Assets and Liabilities. - All personnel, assets,
liabilities and records of the Cabangahan National High School - Cordova Annex
are hereby transferred to and absorbed by the Cordova National High School.

‘TION 3. Appropriations. - The Secretary of Education shall
immediately include in the Department's program the operationalization of the
Cordova National High School, the initial funding of which shall be charged
against the current year’s appropriations of the Cabangahan National High
School - Cordova Annex. Thereafter, the amount necessary for the continued
operation of the school shall be included in the Annual General Appropriations
Act.

SECTION 4. Implementation. - The Secretary of Education shall issue rules
and regulations that may be necessary to carry out the purpose of this Act.

SECTION 5. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its
publication in the Official Gazette.

Approved,