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

SECTION 1. The Pio Dalim Memorial School of Arts and Trades - Sta. Filomena Annex in Barangay Sta. Filomena, Municipality of Calanasan, Province of Apayao is hereby separated from the Pio Dalim Memorial School of Arts and Trades and converted into an independent national arts and trades high school to be known as Sta. Filomena School of Arts and Trades.

SEC. 2. All personnel, assets, liabilities and records of the Pio Dalim Memorial School of Arts and Trades - Sta. Filomena Annex are hereby transferred to and absorbed by the Sta. Filomena School of Arts and Trades.

SEC. 3. The Secretary of Education shall immediately include in the Department ™s program the operationalization of the Sta. Filomena School of Arts and Trades, the initial funding of which shall be charged against the current year ™s appropriation of the Pio Dalim Memorial School of Arts and Trades - Sta. Filomena Annex. Thereafter, the amount necessary for the continued operation of the school shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

SEC. 4. The Secretary of Education shall issue such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the purpose of this Act.

SEC. 5. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,

(Sgd.) FRANKLIN M. DRILON President of the Senate

(Sgd.) FELICIANO BELMONTE JR. 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 on May 19, 2014 and October 7, 2015, respectively.

(Sgd.) OSCAR G. YABES Secretary of the Senate

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

Approved: DEC 29 2015