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

SECTION 1. Establishment of a National High School. -There shall be established, under the supervision of the Department of Education, a national high school in Barangay Bantayan, Municipality of Pilar, Province of Sorsogon to be known as Bantayan National High School.

SEC. 2. Appropriations. - The Secretary of Education shall immediately include in the Department’s program the operationalization of the Bantayan National High School, the funding of which shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

SEC. 3. Implementation. - The Department of Education shall issue such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the purpose of this Act.

SEC. 4. Effectivity. – This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette.

Approved,

(Sgd.) JUAN PONCE ENRILE President of the Senate

(Sgd.) FELICIANO BELMONTE 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 23, 2011 and July 24, 2012, respectively.

(Sgd.) EMMA LIRIO-REYES Secretary of the Senate

(Sgd.) MARILYN B. BARUA-YAP Secretary General House of Representatives

Approved: OCT 18 2012

(Sgd.) BENIGNO S. AQUINO III
President of the Philippines