AN ACT SEPARATING THE HERACLEO CASCO NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL ANNEX IN BARANGAY SAN ISIDRO, MUNICIPALITY OF STA. MARIA, PROVINCE OF DAVAO OCCIDENTAL FROM THE HERACLEO CASCO NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, CONVERTING IT INTO AN IN D EPEN D EN T NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL TO BE KNOWN AS PEDRO MARISCAL NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Pedro Mariscal National High School Act
Year:
2018
Category:
Other
Date Approved:
August 23, 2018
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This act separates the Heracleo Casco National High School Annex in Barangay San Isidro from the Heracleo Casco National High School and converts it into an independent national high school, to be known as Pedro Mariscal National High School. It also appropriates funds for its operationalization and mandates the Secretary of Education to include it in the Department’s program.Full Text
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. 11070
AN ACT SEPARATING THE HERACLEO CASCO NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL ANNEX IN BARANGAY SAN ISIDRO, MUNICIPALITY OF STA. MARIA, PROVINCE OF DAVAO OCCIDENTAL FROM THE HERACLEO CASCO NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, CONVERTING IT INTO AN IN D EPEN D EN T NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL TO BE KNOWN AS PEDRO MARISCAL 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 Heracleo Casco National High School Annex in Barangay San Isidro, Municipality of Sta. Maria, Province of Davao Occidental is hereby separated from the Heracleo Casco National High School and converted into an independent national high school to be known as Pedro Mariscal National High School.
Section 2. All personnel, assets, liabilities, and records of the Heracleo Casco National High School Annex are hereby transferred to and absorbed by the Pedro Mariscal National High School.
Section 3. The Secretary of Education shall immediately include in the Department’s program the operationalization of the Pedro Mariscal National High School, the initial funding of which shall be charged against the current year’s appropriation of the Heracleo Casco National High School Annex. Thereafter, the amount necessary for the continued operation of the school shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.
Section 4. The Secretary of Education shall formulate the rules and regulations necessary to carry out the purpose of this Act within one hundred twenty (120) days after its effectivity.
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,
VICENTE C. SOTTO III
President of the Senate
PANTALEON D. ALVAREZ
Speaker of the House of Representatives
This act which originated in the House of Representatives was passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on December 11, 2017 and May 28, 2018, respectively.
MYRA MARIE D. VILLARICA
Secretary of the Senate
CESAR STRAIT PAREJA
Secretary General
House of Representatives
Approved: August 23, 2018
(Sgd.) RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE
President of the Philippines
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