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

SECTION 1. The Kalbay National High School Annex in Barangay sugal, Municipality of Jose Abad Santos, Province of Davao Occidental is hereby separated from the Kalbay National High School, and converted into an independent national high school to be known as Emeliano S. Fontanares Sr. National High School.

SEC. 2. All personnel, assets, liabilities, and records of the Kalbay national High School Annex are hereby transferred to and absorbed by the Emeliano S. Fontanares Sr. National High School.

SEC. 3. The Secretary of Education shall immediately include in the Department's program the operationalization of the Emeliano S. Fontanares Sr. National High School, the initial funding of which shall be charged against the current year's appropriation of the Kalbay National High School 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 formulate the rules and regulations necessary to carry out the purpose of this Act within one hundred twenty (120) days after its effectivity.

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.) VICENTE C. SOTTO III President of the Senate

(SGD.) PANTALEON D. ALVAREZ 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 December 11, 2017 and May 28, 2018,respectively.
 

(SGD.) MYRA MARIE D. VILLARICA Secretary of the Senate

(SGD.) CESAR STRAIT PAREJA Secretary General House of Representatives

Approved: AUG 17 2018

(SGD.) RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE
  President of the Senate