Republic Act
Approved 2010-01-15

Republic Act No. 9960

An act separating the pantukan national high school - tagugpo annex in barangay tagugpo, municipality of pantukan, province of compostela valley from the pantukan national high school, converting it into an independent national high school to be known as tagugpo national high school and appropriating funds therefor

AN ACT SEPARATING THE PANTUKAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL - TAGUGPO ANNEX IN BARANGAY TAGUGPO, MUNICIPALITY OF PANTUKAN, PROVINCE OF COMPOSTELA VALLEY FROM THE PANTUKAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, CONVERTING IT INTO AN INDEPENDENT NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL TO BE KNOWN AS TAGUGPO NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

In plain language

This act separates the Tagugpo Annex of Pantukan National High School and converts it into an independent national high school, Tagugpo National High School, and appropriates funds for its operation.

  • Separation and conversion of the Annex into an independent national high school
  • Transfer of all personnel, assets, liabilities, and records
  • Appropriation of funds for operationalization
  • Issuance of rules and regulations by the Secretary of Education
  • Effectivity fifteen days after publication in the Official Gazette
Education
High School
Compostela Valley

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. 9960

AN ACT SEPARATING THE PANTUKAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL - TAGUGPO ANNEX IN BARANGAY TAGUGPO, MUNICIPALITY OF PANTUKAN, PROVINCE OF COMPOSTELA VALLEY FROM THE PANTUKAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, CONVERTING IT INTO AN INDEPENDENT NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL TO BE KNOWN AS TAGUGPO NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOLAND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

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

Section 1. Separation and Conversion into a National High School

The Pantukan National High School - Tagugpo Annex in Barangay Tagugpo, Municipality of Pantukan, Province of Compostela Valley is hereby separated from the Pantukan

National High School and converted into an independent national high school to be known as Tagugpo National High School.

Section 2. Transfer of Assets and Liabilities

All personnel, assets, liabilities and records of the Pantukan National High School - Tagugpo Annex are hereby transferred to and absorbed by the Tagugpo National High School.

Section 3. Appropriations

The Secretary of Education shall immediately include in the Department's program the operationalization of the Tagugpo National High School, the initial funding of which shall be charged against the current year's appropriations of the Pantukan National High School - Tagugpo 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 as 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' the Official Gazette.

Approved,

| JUAN PONCE ENRILE President of the Senate | PROSPERO C. NOGRALES Speaker of the House of Representatives |

This Act which originated in the House of Representatives was finally passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on September 2, 2008 and October 12, 2009, respectively.

EMMA LIRIO-REYES

Secretary of the Senate

MARILYN B. BARUA-YAP

Secretary General House of Representatives

Approved: JAN. 15, 2010

GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO

President of the Philippines

For information and research only, and not legal advice. This text may not reflect later amendments. For certified copies, refer to the Official Gazette or the issuing agency.