Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

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Introduced by Representative Jocelyn Sy Limkaichong

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill seeks to establish a separate schools division office in Canlaon City,
Province of Negros Oriental

Section 2 (1), Article XIV of the 1987 Constitution provides that “the State
shall establish, maintain, and support a complete, adequate, and integrated system
of education relevant to the needs of the people and society.”

Consistent with the aforesaid mandate of the 1987 Constitution, this bill
Tecognizes the role of local government units in bringing quality education by
decentralizing governance to the field while serving as a channel between local
communities and state education departments by establishing a separate schools
division office in Canlaon City,

Since basic quality education is essential to nation-building, it is imperative
upon the government to make it accessible to all. T ‘ogether with the State’s mandate
of providing quality education to its citizens, is the responsibility to efficiently
Supervise the operations of all public and private schools, to ensure compliance of
quality standards for education programs, and to promote the welfare and
development of teachers and non-teaching personnel in schools.

Inasmuch as the policies and principles for governance of basic education
need to be translated into programs and services at the local level, governance of

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education must be made available locally or in the field offices. By doing so, it will
be empowered with the necessary authority to implement these programs and
projects to mect the needs and aspirations of an individual and society

‘This proposed bill responds to the request of the Sangguniang Panlungsod of
Canlaon City, Negros Oriental, through Resolution No. 110, Series of 2016 dated
November 3, 2016, duly adopted and approved, which secks to establish a schools
division office in Canlaon City. The move of the City of Canlaon to apply for a
separate schools division office will bring more beneficial effects not only in the
management and operations of the schools in the division, but most especially it will
open the door of opportunity to qualified residents such as professional teachers of
the locality to avail of more teaching positions and be given top priority.

Canlaon City is 166 kilometers away from Dumaguete City where the division
office of the Department of Education is situated. It is almost five (5) hours away
from Canlaon City by bus. Indeed, there is a dire need for the establishment and
creation of a separate schools division office in Canlaon City.

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


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Quezon City, Metro Manila

Seventeenth Congress.
First Regular Session

5033

HOUSE BILL NO.

Introduced by Representative Jocelyn Sy Limkaichong

AN ACT
ESTABLISHING A SEPARATE SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICE IN THE
CITY OF CANLAON, PROVINCE OF NEGROS ORIENTAL

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

SECTION 1 A separate Schools Division Office of the Department of
Education is hereby established in Canlaon City. The Schools Division Office shall
be headed by a division superintendent who must possess the necessary
qualifications required by the Department of Education. The division superintendent
shall have authority, accountability and responsibility as vested by law.

The staff complement of the Schools Division Office in Canlaon City must

also possess the necessary qualifications required by the Department of Education,


‘The salaries of the supervisors, principals, teachers and other operational expenses
of the primary, intermediate, high schools and other public schools in the city shall
be borne by the National Government: Provided, That the powers and duties of the
local government as contained in the Local Government Code in support of the
schools shall not be abridged, curtailed or diminished,

SEC. 2. The Secretary of Education shall immediately include in the
Department’s program the operationalization of the Schools Division Office in
Canlaon City, the funding of which shall be included in the annual General
Appropriations Act.

SEC.3 Section 86 of Republic Act No. 3445 is hereby repealed. All
other laws, decrees, executive orders, rules and regulations and other issuances
inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly.

SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in
the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation

Approved,