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

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

SEC. 2. All personnel, assets, liabilities, and records of the Igbaras National high School-Alameda Extension are hereby transferred to and absorbed by the Alameda National High School.

SEC. 3. The Secretary of Education shall immediately include in the Department's program the operationalization of the Alameda National High School, the initial funding of which shall be charged against the current year's appropriation of the Igbaras National High School-Alameda Extension. 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.) GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO         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 February 27, 2018 and August 14, 2018, respectively.

 
   
   
 

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

(SGD.) DANTE ROBERTO P. MALING Acting Secretary General House of Representatives

    Approved: OCT 18 2018

(SGD.) RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE
    President of the Philippines