Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila
NINETEENTH (19th) CONGRESS
|St Regular Session
HouSEBILLNo.6900
Introduced by Hon. WILTER YAP PALMA
EXPLANATORY NOTE
In line with our constitutional mandate for protection and promotion of the rights of all
citizens to  quality  education  at  all  levels  and  take  necessary  and  appropriate  steps to  make
education accessible to all, this bill seeks to convert the Guinoman National  High School within
the Municipality of Diplahan, Province of Zamboanga Sibugay into an independent national high
school thus including it as a separate and distinct entity within the National Budget.
The Guinoman National High School was established in 2001 to cater the growing number
of high school students within the Municipality of Diplahan and as it stands, it is also catering to
senior high school students within its vicinity and other neighboring barangays. However, much
like  other  public  schools  in  the  country the  Guinoman  National  High  School  is  accosted  by a
number of problems  pertaining to the  lack of facilities,  underpaid teaching  personnel,  lack of
teaching materials and accessibility concerns.
As  such,  the  aim  of this  bill  is to  address these structural  problems  by enhancing the
school's financial  viability.  In turn  this would then  lead  to equipping them  with the  necessary
tools in order to provide quality education to its students through  readily available leaming
materials, adequate school buildings, competent teaching personnel and efficient administrative
and support staff.
For these reasons one cannot deny that the prioritization in the allotment of the funds
directly from the National Government would be of great help towards addressing not only the


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Philippines
NINETEENTH (19th) CONGRESS
First Regular Session
HousE BILL No.  69 0 0
Introduced by HON. WILTER YAP PALMA
AN ACT
cONVEfITiNG THE GuiNoiviAN NATioNAL HIGH school wITiiiN THE MUNiapALiTy
OF DIPLAHAN, PROVINCE OF ZAMBOANGA SIBUGAY INTO AN INDEPENDENT
NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives Of the Philippines in Congress
assembled:
1                    SECTION   1.  The   Guinoman   National   High   School   within   the   Municipality  of
2       Diplahan,  Province  of  Zamboanga  Sibugay  is  hereby  converted  into  an  independent
3       nationalhighschool.
4                     SECTION 2. All personnel, assets, liabilities, and records of the Guinoman National
5       High  School  are  hereby  transferred  to  and  absorbed  by  the  abovementioned  newly
6      independent national high school.
7                     SECTION   3.   The   Secretary   of   Education   shall   immediately   include   in   the
8       Department's program the operationalization of the Guinoman National High school, the
9       funding of which shall be included in the Annual General Appropriations Act.
1o                    SECTION 4. The secretary of Education shall formulate the rules and regulations as
11      may be necessaryto carry outthe provisions of this act.
12                     SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect fifteen  (15) days after its publication  in the
13       0#I.c/.a/ Gcizette or in a newspaper of general circulation.
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15                    Approved,