AN ACT SEPARATING THE BAGUIO CITY NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL – FORT DEL PILAR ANNEX IN BARANGAY FORT DEL PILAR, BAGUIO CITY FROM THE BAGUIO CITY NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, CONVERTING IT INTO AN INDEPENDENT NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL TO BE KNOWN AS THE FORT DEL PILAR NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

Eighteenth Congress
Third Regular Session

Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-sixth day of July, two thousand twenty one.

[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11623, December 10, 2021 ]

AN ACT SEPARATING THE BAGUIO CITY NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL – FORT DEL PILAR ANNEX IN BARANGAY FORT DEL PILAR, BAGUIO CITY FROM THE BAGUIO CITY NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, CONVERTING IT INTO AN INDEPENDENT NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL TO BE KNOWN AS THE FORT DEL PILAR NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

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

Section 1. The Baguio City National High School – Fort Del Pilar Annex in Barangay Fort Del Pilar, Baguio City is hereby separated from the Baguio City National High School and converted it into an independent national high school to be known as the Fort Del Pilar National School.

Section 2. All personnel, assets, liabilities and records of the Baguio City National High School – Fort Del Pilar Annex are hereby transferred to and absorbed by the Fort Del Pilar National High School.

Section 3. The Secretary of Education shall immediately include in the Department’s program the operationalization of the Fort Del Pilar National High School, the initial funding of which shall be charged against the current year’s appropriation of the Baguio City National High School – Fort Del Pilar Annex. Thereafter, the amount necessary for the continued operation of the school shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

Section 4. Within ninety (90) days after the approval of this Act, the Secretary of Education shall issue 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,

This Act which originated in the House of Representatives was passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate of the Philippines on December 2, 2020 and September 20, 2021, respectively.

Approved: DEC 10 2021

(SGD.) RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE
President of the Philippines