An Act Recognizing the Everest Academy As an Educational Institution of International Character and Granting the Academy Certain Prerogatives to Promote Its Development

Seventeenth Congress
Third Regular Session

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

REPUBLIC ACT No. 11255

An Act Recognizing the Everest Academy As an Educational Institution of International Character and Granting the Academy Certain Prerogatives to Promote Its Development

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippine Congress Assembled:

Section 1. The Everest Academy, herein referred to as the "Academy", registered as Everest International Academy, is hereby declared and officially recognized as a basic educational institution of international character authorized to operate educational programs that primarily and principally adhere to universally accepted and recognized educational policies.

Section 2. The Academy shall be governed by a board of trustees, herein referred to as the "Board", elected in accordance with its corporate character.

Section 3. To enable the Academy to continue carrying out its educational program, improve its standard of instruction, and meet the special needs of the foreign diplomatic and temporary resident community for quality education, it shall:

Section 4. The Academy shall be under the supervision and regulation of the Department of Education (DepEd) and shall adhere to basic laws, and rules and regulations of the DepEd governing international or foreign schools.

Section 5. Within sixty (60) days from the approval of this Act, the Secretary of Education, in consultation with the members of the Board of the Everest Academy, shall formulate the rules and regulations implementing the provisions of this Act.

Section 6. If any provision of this Act is held invalid or unconstitutional, the other provisions not so declared shall remain in force and effect.

Section 7. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,

VICENTE C. SOTTO III
President of the Senate

GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO
Speaker of the House of Representatives

This Act was passed by the House of Representatives as House Bill No. 7005 on November 26, 2018 and adopted by the Senate as an amendment to Senate Bill No. 1413 on January 23, 2019.

MYRA MARIE D. VILLARICA
Secretary of the Senate

DANTE ROBERTO P. MALING
Acting Secretary General
House of Representatives

Approved: March 29, 2019

(Sgd.) RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE
President of the Philippines