Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

5365

HOUSE BILL NO.

Introduced by HON. LORNA P. BAUTISTA-BANDIGAN

This Bill seeks the separation of the Mariano Peralta National High School-
Sangay Extension and establishing it as an independent national high school to be
known as Ernesto Lopez National High School. Some of the reasons for the filing of
this Bill are the following:

(1) There is no existing high school in Barangay Sangay;

(2) Graduates of Teodorico Lopez Sr. Elementary School of Brgy. Sangay along with
the two feeder schools will find that high school in Sangay is proximate and easily accessible
to pursue secondary education without having to walk three hours or take a motorcycle ride
for 30 minutes to reach the Benjamin V. Bautista Comprehensive High School (BBCHS) Bolila
Extension which is four kilometers away from Sangay;

(3) A donor in Sangay has appropriated 10,000 square meters for which the school
can be erected; and

(4) While there is a school participating in the Government Assistance to Students
and Teachers in Private Educators (GATSPE) and Educational Scheme Counterpart (ESC) the
distance is 16 kilometers away. The expense is a hindrance in continuing schooling because
the expenditures are too much for them to take care of.

Residents in the area believe that placinga high premium on education can be
their passage to a better life. However, much as they would like for their children to
pursue higher education with their meager resources prohibit them from doing so.
But ifa high school is established in proximate distance to their locality, they will be
able to make the necessary adjustments to send their children to high school without
sacrificing to a great extent on the basic needs of their families.

The members of the community in Sangay realized that the opportunity of
establishing a high school comes once in a lifetime and that the benefits and impact
in the lives of the marginalized and deprived residents of community will be
immeasurable.

Hence, approval of this Bill is earnestly sought.

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REP. P. BAU’ ‘A-BANDIGAN


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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. 5385

Introduced by: HON. LORNA P. BAUTISTA-BANDIGAN

AN ACT SEPARATING THE MARIANO PERALTA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL - SANGAY
EXTENSION IN- BARANGAY SANGAY, MUNICIPALITY OF MALITA, PROVINCE OF
DAVAO OCCIDENTAL FROM THE MARIANO PERALTA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL,
CONVERTING IT INTO AN INDEPENDENT NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL TO BE KNOWN AS
ERNESTO LOPEZ NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, AND APPOPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

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

SEC. 1. The Mariano Peralta National High School — Sangay Extension in Barangay
Sangay, Municipality of Malita, Province of Davao Occidental is hereby separated from the
Mariano Peralta National High School and coverted into an independent national high school to
be known as the Emesto Lopez National High School

SEC. 2. All personnel, assets, liabilities and records of the Mariano Peralta National
High School — Sangay Extension are hereby transferred to and absorbed by the Ernesto Lopez
National High School.

SEC. 3. The Secretary of Education shall immediately include in the Department's
program the operationalization of the Ernesto Lopez National High School, the initial funding of
which shall-be charged against the current year's appropriation of the Mariano Peralta National
High School — Sangay Extension. Thereafter, the amount necessary for the continued operation
of the school shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

SEC. 4. Within one hundred twenty (120) days after its approval of this Act, the

Secretary of Education shall formulate the rules and regulations implementing the provisions of
this Act.

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

Approved,