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SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House Bill No, 35973

Introduced by Honorable FREDERICK W. SIAO

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill seeks to separate the lligan City East National High School —
Santiago Annex (ICENHS - Santiago Annex) situated in Barangay Santiago, Iligan
City, from its mother or administrative school, the Tligan City East National
High School (ICENHS) situated in Barangay Sta. Filomena, Iligan City, and
converting it from an annex schoo! into an independent national high school to be
known as the Santiago National High School (SNHS).

The passage of this proposed measure is intended to address the very
need for 2 more functional, independent and finandally stable secondary
school and to promote fair accessibility and quality education for all secondary
students in the above-mentioned Barangay and its adjacent Barangays. Indeed,
accessibility to quality and affordable education that extends to the poorest
of the poor has been one of the national government's thrusts in eradicating
poverty as itis henceforth provided by way of the passage of this bill.

This bill was approved by the House as substitute House Bill No. 6824 and
was already transm itted to the Senate during the Fifteenth (15"") Congress and
was refiled again as House Bill No. 2333 during the Sixteenth (16”) Congress.

In view of the foregoing, appyoy4l of this bill is earnestly sought.


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House Bill No. 83073

Introduced by Honorable FREDERICK W. SIAO

AN ACT
SEPARATING THE ILIGAN CITY EAST NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL —
SANTIAGO ANNEX (ICENHS - SANTIAGO ANNEX) FROM ITS

MOTHER OR ADMINISTRATIVE SCHOOL, THE ILIGAN CITY EAST
NATIONAL HTGH SCHOOL (ICENHS), AND CONVERTING IT INTO AN
INDEPENDENT NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL TO BE KNOWN AS THE

SANTIAGO NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL (SNHS) 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. The Tligan City East Nationa!
High School — Santiago Annex (ICENHS ~Santiago Annex) in Barangay Santiago,
Iligan City, is hereby separated from the Iligan City East National High School
(ICENHS) and converted into an independent national high school to be known
as the Santiago National High School (SNHS).

Sec. 2. Transfer of Assets and Liabilities. All personnel, assets,
liabilities and records of the Iligan City East National High School — Santiago
Annex (ICENHS —Santiago Annex) are hereby transferred to and absorbed by
the Santiago National High School (SNHS).


Sec.3. Appropriations. The Secretary of Education shall
immediately include in the program of the Department of Education (DepEd)
the operationalization of the Santiago National High School (SNHS), the initial
funding of which shall be charged against the current year's appropriations of
the Iligan City East National High School (ICENHS). Thereafter, the amount
necessary for the continued operation of the school shall be included in the annual
General Appropriations Act.

Sec. 4, Implementation. The Secretary of Education shall issue the
necessary rules and regulations for the effective implementation of this Act.

Sec. 5. __Effectivity. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days

after its publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general
circulation.

Approved,