Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
TWENTIETH CONGRESS 
First Regular Session 
House Bill No. 742 
Introduced by Representative SOLOMON R. CHUNGALAO 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
This bill was originally filed as House Bill No. 1004 in the sixteenth 16th 
Congress and re-filed as House Bill No. 3787 in the seventeenth 17th Congress. In 
the 18th Congress, it was filed as House Bill No. 5860 on December 18, 2019. In 
the 19th Congress, it was filed as House Bill No. 2145 on July 19, 2022. This 
legislative measure seeks to separate the Lawig National High School Extension 
in barangay Panopdopan from the Lawig National High School in barangay Lawig, 
both in the municipality of Lamut, province of Ifugao, into an independent 
national high school to be known as the Panopdopan National High School.   
It is a Constitutional mandate that the State shall protect and promote the 
right of all citizens to quality education at all levels, and shall take appropriate 
steps to make such education accessible to all. Relative provision also directs the 
State to establish and maintain a system of free public education in the elementary 
and high school levels. 
Known as a mountainous province, and home of the famous rice terraces, Ifugao 
is expected to have a rugged terrain which challenges people to travel from one 
place to another. Teaching and non-teaching personnel of an educational 
institution find it very difficult to travel from their mother school to its extension 
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or annex school. Furthermore, as these are fiscally dependent to the mother school, 
extension schools are normally the second priority in terms of budget and physical 
development. These circumstances constrain a school to effectively deliver its 
supposed objectives of fulfilling the right to quality and accessible education of the 
Ifugao people.  
In view of the foregoing, passage of this bill is earnestly sought.    
ATTY. SOLOMON R. CHUNGALAO 


Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
TWENTIETH CONGRESS 
First Regular Session 
House Bill No. 742 
Introduced by Representative SOLOMON R. CHUNGALAO 
AN ACT 
SEPARATING THE LAWIG NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL EXTENSION IN 
BARANGAY PANOPDOPAN, MUNICIPALITY OF LAMUT, PROVINCE OF 
IFUGAO FROM THE LAWIG NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, CONVERTING IT 
INTO AN INDEPENDENT NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL TO BE KNOWN AS 
PANOPDOPAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS 
THEREFOR 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. Separation and Conversion into a National High School – The 
Lawig National High School Extension in Barangay Panopdopan, Municipality of 
Lamut, Province of Ifugao is hereby separated from the Lawig National High 
School and converted into an independent national high school to be known as 
Panopdopan National High School.  
SECTION 2. Transfer of Assets and Liabilities – All personnel, assets, 
liabilities and records of the Lawig National High School Extension are hereby 
transferred to and absorbed by the Panopdopan National High School. 
SECTION 3. Appropriations – The Secretary of Education shall 
immediately include in the Department’s program the operationalization of the 
Panopdopan National High School, the initial funding of which shall be charged 
against the current year’s appropriations of the Lawig National High School 
Extension and thereafter it shall be included in the annual General 
Appropriations Act. 


SECTION 4. Implementation – The Secretary of the Department of 
Education shall issue rules and regulations as may be necessary to effectively 
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,