Republic of the Philippines

Congress of the Philippines

Metro Manila

Fourteenth Congress

Second Regular Session

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

[REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9548]

AN ACT ESTABLISHING AN ARTS AND CULTURE HIGH SCHOOL IN THE CAPITAL TOWN OF PILI, PROVINCE OF CAMARINES SUR TO BE KNOWN AS THE BIKOL HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS AND CULTURE AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

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

SECTION 1. Establishment of an Arts and Culture High School. — There is hereby established, under the supervision of the Department of Education, an arts and culture high school in the capital town of Pili, Province of Camarines Sur to be known as the Bikol High School for the Arts and Culture.

SEC. 2. Appropriations. — The Secretary of Education shall immediately include in the Department’s program the operationalization of the Bikol High School for the Arts and Culture, the funding of which shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

SEC. 3. Implementation. — The Secretary of Education shall issue such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the purpose of this Act.

SEC. 4. Effectivity. — This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette.

Approved,

(Sgd.) JUAN PONCE ENRILE
President of the Senate

(Sgd.) 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 was finally passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on May 12, 2008 and January 21, 2009, respectively.

(Sgd.) EMMA LIRIO-REYES
Secretary of the Senate

(Sgd.) MARILYN B. BARUA-YAP
Secretary General

House of Representatives

Approved: APR 17 2009

(Sgd.) GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO
President of the Philippines

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