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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

NINETEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE ‘BILL NO 70 1 5

Introduced by: HON. CLAUDE P. BAUTISTA

EXPLANATORY NOTE

In order to promote access to basic education and pursue the
constitutional mandate that the State should “establish, maintain and support
a complete, adequate and integrated system of education relevant to the needs
of the people and society” (Article XIV, Section 2, paragraph 1 of the 1987
Constitution), this Department hereby encourages and supports the
establishment of at least one Integrated School (IS) in every region. This
declaration is embodied in Guidelines on the Establishment and Operation of
Integrated Schools issued on August 30, 1999, DO 91, s. 1999.

One of the twenty-six barangays in the Municipality of Jose Abad Santos
in the Province of Davao Occidental is Barangay Meybio. Dominated by Manobo
tribe the source of living IS farming and fishing. It is a coastal municipality.
Road condition is poor and unpaved going through high-sloped hilly coastal and
mountain roads with the danger of falling rocks from gbove. The common means
of transportation is the habal-habal or passenger“motorcycles. The population
as of 2022 is 2, 284. Median age of 18 indicates that half of the entire population
of Meybio are aged less than 18 and the other half are over the age of 18.

The necessity of establishing an integrated school in Barangay Meybio is
based on the following facts:



The only school that exists in Barangay Meybio is the Aldo Pagagao

Elementary School.

2. The number of elementary graduates does not warrant the
establishment of a separate secondary school.

3. High school in Jose Abad Santos is located in Barangay Caburan which
is around three kilometers away.

4. There are not enough items for teachers and school heads that would
justify the establishment of a separate elementary and a secondary
school.

5. There is difficulty in acquiring school site for a secondary school in
Brey. Meybio.

6. There are inadequate equipment and resources to support the

operation in separate elementary and secondary school.

It has been the policy of the government to provide basic education to every

Filipino without prejudice to ethnicity, place of residence, or social status. For
this reason, passage of this Bill is earnestly sought.

CLAI \UTISTA,


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

NINETEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

Introduced by: HON. CLAUDE P. BAUTISTA

AN ACT CONVERTING THE ALDO PAGAGAO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN
BARANGAY MEYBIO, MUNICIPALITY OF JOSE ABAD SANTOS, PROVINCE
OF DAVAO OCCIDENTAL INTO AN INTEGRATED SCHOOL TO BE KNOWN
AS ALDO PAGAGAO INTEGRATED SCHOOL AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS

THEREFOR

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

SECTION 1. The Aldo Pagagao Elementary School in Barangay
Meybio, Municipality of Jose Abad Santos, Province of Davao Occidental is
hereby converted into an integrated school to be known as Aldo Pagagao
Integrated School.

SECTION 2. All personnel, assets, liabilities, and records of the Aldo
Pagagao Elementary School are hereby transferred to and absorbed by the Aldo
Pagagao Integrated School.

SECTION 3. The Secretary of Education shall immediately include
in the Department's program the operationalization of the Aldo Pagagao
Integrated School, the funding of which shall be included

in the annual General Appropriations Act.

SECTION 4. Within one hundred twenty (120) days from the
approval of this Act, the Secretary of Education shall formulate the rules and
regulations implementing the provisions of this Act.

SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its
publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,