Be it enacted by the Batasang Pambansa, in session assembled:

SECTION 1. The Sindangan Barangay High School in the Municipality of Sindangan , Province of Zamboanga del Norte is hereby converted into a national high school, be known as the Sindangan National High School.

SEC. 2. The amount of two hundred thousand pesos for the operation of the school shall be charged to the appropriations authorized by Batas Pambansa Blg. 80 for Ministry of Education and Culture intended for new national schools: Provided, That the local government unit concerned shall continue to provide its share in the cost of operating and maintaining said school. Thereafter, such sum as may be necessary for its operation and maintenance shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved, March 16, 1982.