Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
Second Regular Session

HOUSE BILL No. 6999

Introduced by HON. CARLITO “Lito” S. MARQUEZ
Lone District, Aklan

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill seeks to convert the Laguinbanua East Elementary
School in the Municipality of Numancia, Province of Aklan to be
known as Laguinbanua East Integrated School.

DepED Order 40, series of 2014 provides for the guidelines for
the conversion of schools into an integrated school. An integrated
school is one that offers complete basic education from Kindergarten
to Grade 12 upon the full implementation of the K to 12 Law, in one
school site, and with a unified instructional program. This can be
done either through the expansion of an elementary or secondary
school, or through the combination of existing elementary and
secondary schools adjacent to each other into one school to offer
complete basic education.

In line with the State’s constitutional mandate to protect and
promote the right of all citizens to quality education at all levels, this
bill was conceptualized with the end in view of making complete basic
education more accessible to the residents of Laguinbanua and
nearby barangays. It is also anchored with the constitutional
provision 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, and it shall establish and maintain a
system of free public education in the elementary and high school
levels”.

Barangay Laguinbanua in the Municipality of Numancia in the
Lone Congressional District of Aklan, is home to the Laguinbanua
East Elementary School which caters to the needs of the said
barangay as well as the neighboring barangays of Laguinbanua West,


Aliputos, Bubog, Camanci Norte, Camanci Sur, Bulwang, Marianos
in Numancia and Barangay Mobo in the Municipality of Kalibo. At
present, graduates of this elementary school as well as many
graduates of the Municipality of Numancia are enrolled for high
school at the Santo Nifio Seminary, Numancia National School of
Fisheries, Madyaas Institute, Irao Institute and Numancia Integrated
School or forced to enroll in any high school at nearby Kalibo. In
order to decongest the enrollees at the five (5) high schools, this bill
seeks to establish a high school department within the confines of
Laguinbanua East Elementary School which shall then be aptly
named as the “Laguinbanua East Integrated School”.

For the foregoing reason, immediate passage of this bill is
urgently sought.

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HON. CARLITO “Lito” S. MARQUEZ


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
Second Regular Session

HOUSE BILL No.6999

Introduced by HON. CARLITO “Lito” S. MARQUEZ
Lone District, Aklan

AN ACT
CONVERTING THE LAGUINBANUA EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN
BARANGAY LAGUINBANUA, MUNICIPALITY OF NUMANCIA,
PROVINCE OF AKLAN, INTO AN INTEGRATED SCHOOL TO BE
KNOWN AS “LAGUINBANUA EAST INTEGRATED SCHOOL”, AND
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

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

SECTION 1. Conversion into an Integrated School. — The
Laguinbanua East Elementary School in Barangay Laguinbanua,
Municipality of Numancia, Province of Aklan is hereby converted into
an integrated school to be known as “Laguinbanua East Integrated
School”.

SECTION 2. Transfer of Assets and Liabilities. - All
personnel, assets, liabilities and records of the Laguinbanua East
Elementary School are hereby transferred to and absorbed by the
Laguinbanua East Integrated School.

SECTION 3. Appropriations. - The Secretary of Education
shall immediately include in the Department’s program the operation
of the integrated school, the funding of which shall be included in the
annual General Appropriations Act.


SECTION 4. Implementation. - The Secretary of Education
shall issue rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out
the purpose of this Act.

SECTION 5. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15)

days after its full publication in the Official Gazette or in at least two
(2) newspapers of general circulation.

Approved.