Republic Act No. 10978



Seventeenth Congress Second Regular Session Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-fourth day of July, two thousand seventeen. REPUBLIC ACT No. 10978 AN ACT SEPARATING THE PARAÑAQUE NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL - DON BOSCO EXTENSION IN BARANGAY DON BOSCO, PARAÑAQUE CITY, FROM THE PARANAQUE NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, CONVERTING IT INTO AN INDEPENDENT NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL TO BE KNOWN AS DON BOSCO 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 Parañaque National High School - Don Bosco Extension in Barangay Don Bosco, Parañaque City, is hereby separated from the Parañaque National High School and converted into an independent national high school to be known as Don Bosco National High School. Section 2. All personnel, assets, liabilities and records of the Parañaque National High School - Don Bosco Extension are hereby transferred to and absorbed by the Don Bosco National High School. Section 3. The Secretary of Education shall immediately include in the Department's program the operationalization of the Don Bosco National High School, the initial funding of which shall be charged against the current year's appropriation of the Parañaque National High School - Don Bosco Extension. Thereafter, the amount necessary for the continued operation of the school shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.1âwphi1 Section 4. Within one hundred twenty (120) days after the approval of this Act, the Secretary of Education shall formulate the rules and regulations implementing the provisions of this Act. Section 5. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation. Approved, AQUILINO "KOKO" PIMENTEL III President of the Senate PANTALEON D. ALVAREZ 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 on August 9, 2017 and December 11, 2017, respectively. LUTGARDO B. BARBO Secretary of the Senate CESAR STRAIT PAREJA Secretary General House of Representatives Approved: March 6, 2018 RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE President of the Philippines The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation