AN ACT SEPARATING THE STA. CRUZ NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL - BATO ANNEX IN BARANGAY BATO, MUNICIPALITY OF STA. CRUZ, PROVINCE OF DAVAO DEL SUR FROM THE STA. CRUZ NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, CONVERTING IT INTO AN INDEPENDENT NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL TO BE KNOWN AS BATO NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Bato National High School Act
Year:
2010
Category:
Other
Date Approved:
February 23, 2010
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This Act separates the Sta. Cruz National High School - Bato Annex from the Sta. Cruz National High School and converts it into an independent national high school known as Bato National High School. It also appropriates funds for its operationalization and mandates the Secretary of Education to implement necessary rules and regulations.Full Text
Fourteenth Congress
Third Regular Session
Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-seventh day of July, two thousand nine.
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10007
AN ACT SEPARATING THE STA. CRUZ NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL - BATO ANNEX IN BARANGAY BATO, MUNICIPALITY OF STA. CRUZ, PROVINCE OF DAVAO DEL SUR FROM THE STA. CRUZ NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, CONVERTING IT INTO AN INDEPENDENT NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL TO BE KNOWN AS BATO 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. Separation and Conversion into a National High School. - The Sta. Cruz National High School - Bato Annex in Barangay Bato, Municipality of Sta. Cruz, Province of Davao del Sur is hereby separated from the Sta. Cruz National High School and converted into an independent national high school to be known as Bato National High School.
Section 2. Transfer of Assets and Liabilities. - All personnel, assets, liabilities and records of the Sta. Cruz National High School - Bato Annex are hereby transferred to and absorbed by the Bato National High School.
Section 3. Appropriations. - The Secretary of Education shall immediately include in the Department's program the operationalization of the Bato National High School, the initial funding of which shall be charged against the current year's appropriations of the Sta, Cruz National High School - Bato Annex. Thereafter, the amount necessary for the continued operation of the school shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.
Section 4. Implementation. - The Secretary of Education shall issue rules and regulations that may be necessary to carry out the purpose of this Act.
Section 5. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette.
Approved,
This Act which originated in the House of Representatives was finally passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on October 2, 2008 and Ovtober 6, 2009, respectively.
Approved: FEB 23 2010
(Sgd.) GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO
President of the Philippines
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