H. No. 3529

Republic of the Philippines

Congress of the Philippines

Metro Manila

Tenth Congress

Third Regular Session

Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-

eighth day of July, nineteen hundred and ninety-seven.

[REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8521]

AN ACT SEPARATING THE SIBONGA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL EXTENSION IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF SIBONGA, PROVINCE OF CEBU, FROM THE SIBONGA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AND CONVERTING IT INTO AN INDEPENDENT NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL TO BE KNOWN AS THE TEODORO DELA VEGA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

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

SECTION l. The Sibonga National High School Extension in Barangay Papan, Municipality of Sibonga, Province of Cebu, is hereby separated from the Sibonga National High School in the Municipality of Sibonga, and converted into an independent national high school to be known as the Teodoro dela Vega National High School.

SEC. 2. The Department of Education, Culture and Sports shall issue such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.

SEC. 3. All personnel, assets, liabilities and records of the Sibonga National High School Extension are hereby transferred to and absorbed by the Teodoro dela Vega National High School.

SEC. 4. The amount necessary for the implementation of this Act shall be charged against the current year’s appropriations of the Sibonga National High School – Papan Annex. Thereafter, such sums as may be necessary for the operation and maintenance of the Teodoro dela Vega National High School shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

SEC. 5. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

(Sgd.) ERNESTO M. MACEDA
President of the Senate

(Sgd.) JOSE DE VENECIA JR.
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 May 22, 1997 and November 17, 1997, respectively.

(Sgd.) LORENZO E. LEYNES JR.
President of the Senate

(Sgd.) ROBERTO P. NAZARENO
Secretary General

House of Representatives

Approved:

(Sgd.) FIDEL V. RAMOS
President of the Philippines

Lapsed into law on FEB 13, 1998 without the signature of the President, in accordance with Article VI, Section 27 (1) of the Constitution.

Source: Presidential Management Staff


Resources

[PDF] Republic Act No. 8521, s. 1998

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