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[REPUBLIC ACT NO. 12012]
AN ACT SEPARATING THE JOSE ABAD SANTOS NATIONAL
HIGH SCHOOL - TABAYON EXTENSION IN BARANGAY
TABAYON, MUNICIPALITY OF JOSE ABAD SANTOS,
PROVINCE OF DAVAO OCCIDENTAL FROM THE JOSE
ABAD SANTOS NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, CONVERTING
IT INTO AN INDEPENDENT NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
TO BE KNOWN AS THE TABAYON NATIONAL HIGH
SCHOOL, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Be it enacted by the Senate and House ofRepresentatives ofthe Philippines in
Congress assembled:
Section l. The Jose Ahad Santos National High School -
Tabayon Extension in Barangay Tabayon, Municipahty of Jose Ahad
Santos, Province of Davao Occidental is hereby separated from the
Jose Ahad Santos National High School and converted into an
independent national high school to be known as the Tabayon National
High School.
Sec. 2. All personnel, assets, liabilities and records of the Jose
Abad Santos National High School - Tabayon Extension are hereby
transferred to and absorbed by the Tabayon National High School.
Sec. 3. The Secretary of Education shall immediately include
in the Department’s program the operationalization of the Tabayon
National High School, the initial funding of which shall be charged
against the current year’s appropriation of the Jose Abad Santos
National High School - Tabayon 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 shad 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
Repubhc Act No. 9155, or the “Governance of Basic Education Act of
2001”, Repubhc Act No. 10533, or the “Enhanced Basic Education Act
of 2013”, and other basic education-related laws.
Sec. 5. This Act shad take effect fifteen (15) days after its
publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.
Approved,
FRANCIS “CHIZ” G. ESCUDERO iRDINANO MARTIN G. ROMU/
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 March 21, 2023 and May 22, 2024, respectively.
Regsw^d S. Velasco
ecretary Secretary General
House ofRepresentatives
Approved: AUG o 1 2024
FERDINAND ROmALoiz MARCOS JR.
President af the Philippines
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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
