Fourteenth Congress
Second Regular Session

Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday the twenty-eighth day of July, two thousand eight.

REPUBLIC ACT No. 9612

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL IN BARANGAY MARIA, MUNICIPALITY OF LAUA-AN, PROVINCE OF ANTIQUE TO BE KNOWN AS: EASTERN LAUA-AN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

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

Section 1. Establishment of a National High School. - There is hereby established, under the supervision of the Department of Education, a national high school in Barangay Maria, Municipality of Laua-an, Province of Antique to be known as Eastern Laua-an National High School.

Section 2. Appropriations. - The Secretary of Education shall immediately include in the Department's program the operationalization of Eastern Laua-an National High School, the funding of which shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

Section 3. Implementation. - The Secretary of Education shall issue such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the purpose of this Act.

Section 4. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette.

Approved,

JUAN PONCE ENRILE
President of the Senate
PROSPERO C. NOGRALES
Speaker of the House of Representatives

This Act which originated in the House of Representatives was finally passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on June 11,2008 and February 3,2009, respectively.

EMMA LIRIO-REYES
Secretary of the Senate
MARILYN B. BARUA-YAP
Secretary General House of Representatives

Approved: May 13, 2009

GLORIA MACAPAGAL ARROYO
President of the Philippines


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