[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8769, March 28, 2000 ]

AN ACT CONVERTING THE MANDALUYONG HIGH SCHOOL - MAUWAY ANNEX IN MANDALUYONG CITY INTO A SEPARATE HIGH SCHOOL TO BE KNOWN AS THE MANDALUYONG EAST HIGH SCHOOL AND PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR



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

SECTION 1. The Mandaluyong High School - Mauway Annex in Barangay Mauway, City of Mandaluyong is hereby separated from the Mandaluyong High School in the City of Mandaluyong and converted into an independent national high school to be known as the Mandaluyong East High School.

SEC. 2. The Department of Education, Culture and Sports shall prescribe the rules and regulations necessary for the conversion of the Mandaluyong High School - Mauway Annex into an independent national public high school.

SEC. 3. All personnel, records, assets and liabilities of the Mandaluyong High School - Mauway Annex are hereby transferred to and absorbed by the Mandaluyong East High School.

SEC. 4. The amount necessary for the initial implementation of this Act shall be charged against the current year's appropriations of the Mandaluyong High School - Mauway Annex. Thereafter, such sums as may be necessary for the continuous operation and maintenance of the Mandaluyong East High School shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

SEC. 5. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved, March 28,2000.