REPUBLIC ACT NO. 12058, October 31, 2024

[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 12058, October 31, 2024 ]

AN ACT SEPARATING THE BACUNGAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL-SIPAKONG EXTENSION IN BARANGAY SIPAKONG, MUNICIPALITY OF LEON B. POSTIGO, PROVINCE OF ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE FROM THE BACUNGAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, CONVERTING IT INTO AN INDEPENDENT NATIONAL HIGH SHOOL TO BE KNOWN AS THE SIPAKONG 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 Bacungan National High School - Sipakong Extension in Barangay Sipakong, Municipality of Leon B. Postigo, Province of Zamboanga del Norte is hereby separated from the Bacungan National High School and converted into an independent national high school to be known as the Sipakong National High School.

SEC. 2. All personnel, assets, liabilities and records of the Bacungan National High School - Sipakong Extension are hereby transferred to and absorbed by the Sipakong National High School.

SEC. 3. The Secretary of Education shall immediately include in the Department's program the operationalization of the Sipakong National High School, the initial funding of which shall be charged against the current year's appropriation of the Bacungan National High School - Sipakong Extension. Thereafter, the amount necessary for the continued operation of the school shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

SEC. 4. Within ninety (90) days from the approval of this Act, the Secretary of Education shall formulate the rules and regulations implementing the provisions of this Act. Such implementing rules and regulations shall provide for the school's organization, administration, operations and management, in accordance with Republic Act No. 9155, or the "Governance of Basic Education Act of 2001", Republic Act No. 10533, or the "Enhanced Basic Education Act of 2013", and other basic education-related laws.

SEC. 5. This Act shall take effect after fifteen (15) days following its publication in the Official Gazette or in a national newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,

(SGD.) FRANCIS "CHIZ" G. ESCUDERO

(SGD.) FERDINAND MARTIN G. ROMUALDEZ

President of the Senate

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 of the Philippines on November 7, 2023 and August 28, 2024, respectively.

(SGD.) RENATO N. BANTUG, JR.

(SGD.) REGINALD S. VELASCO

Secretary of the Senate

Secretary General House of Representatives

Approved: OCT 31 2024

(SGD.) FERDINAND ROMUALDEZ MARCOS JR.

President of the Philippines