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

SECTION 1. The Sibonga National High School Extension in Barangay Mangyan, Municipality of Sibonga, Province of Cebu, is hereby separated from the Sibonga National High School in the Municipality of Sibonga, and converted into an independent national high school to be known as the Mangyan National High School.

SEC. 2. The Department of Education, Culture and Sports shall issue such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.

SEC. 3. All personnel, assets and liabilities, and records of the Sibonga National High School Extension are hereby transferred to and absorbed by the Mangyan National High School.

SEC. 4. The amount necessary for the implementation of this Act shall be charged against the current year's appropriations of the Sibonga National High School-Barangay Mangyan Extension. Thereafter, such sums as may be necessary for the operation and maintenance of the Mangyan National High School shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

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

Lapsed into law on September 17,1998 without the President's signature, pursuant to Sec. 27( 1), Article VI of the Constitution.