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First Regular Session

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HOUSE BILL No._'' 7” 4769 Se npEre

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE ADRIAN MICHAEL A. AMATONG

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill seeks to separate the Siocon Central School-J.P.Brillantes
Extension from the Siocon Central School, and convert it into an independent
elementary school to be known as the Jose P. Brillantes Elementary School.

Siocon Central School-J.P.Brillantes Extension is located at Barangay
Jose P. Brillantes, Sr. in the Municipality of Siocon, a first-class municipality
in the Province of Zamboanga del Norte. Currently, it has 134 students from
Kinder to Grade 5, with more students expected to enroll in the succeeding
years.

The separation of J.P.Brillantes Extension from Siocon Central School is
sought considering that it is the most accessible school for the constituents of
Barangay Jose P. Brillantes, Sr. and its nearby barangays. Moreover, since
Siocon Central School already has 1108 Grades 1-6 students, the conversion
of J.P.Brillantes Extension as an independent school will make education more
accessible to students, as the latter will be provided with more funds necessary
for the construction of classrooms and employment of permanent teaching and
non-teaching personnel.

It is also noteworthy that the separation of J.P.Brillantes Extension from
its mother school and its establishment as an independent school is
recommended by the Schools Division Office of Zamboanga del Norte.

In turn, this measure will uphold the State’s mandate under the
Constitution to “protect and promote the right of all citizens to quality
education at all levels” and to “take appropriate steps to make such education
accessible to all.”

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


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Quezon City

Nineteenth Congress
First Regular Session

ino, 7/69

HOUSE BILL XO.

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE ADRIAN MICHAEL A. AMATONG

AN ACT SEPARATING
THE SIOCON CENTRAL SCHOOL-J.P.BRILLANTES EXTENSION
IN BARANGAY JOSE P. BRILLANTES, SR., MUNICIPALITY OF SIOCON,
PROVINCE OF ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE FROM THE
SIOCON CENTRAL SCHOOL, CONVERTING IT INTO
AN INDEPENDENT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO BE KNOWN AS
JOSE P. BRILLANTES ELEMENTARY 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 Siocon Central School-J.P.Brillantes Extension in Barangay
Jose P. Brillantes, Sr., Municipality of Siocon, Province of Zamboanga del
Norte is hereby separated from the Siocon Central School and converted into
an independent elementary school to be known as the Jose P. Brillantes
Elementary School.

SEC. 2. All personnel, assets, liabilities and records of the Siocon Central
School-J.P. Brillantes Extension are hereby transferred to and absorbed by the
Jose P. Brillantes Elementary School.

SEC. 3. The Secretary of Education shall immediately include in the
Department’s program the operationalization of the Jose P. Brillantes
Elementary School, the initial funding of which shall be charged against the
current year’s appropriation of the Siocon Central School-J.P.Brillantes
Extension. Thereafter, the amount necessary for the continued operation of the
school shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

SEC. 4. The Secretary of Education shall issue the rules and regulations
necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act within ninety (90) days after
its effectivity.

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,