Sixteenth Congress
Third Regular Session
Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-seventh day of July, two thousand fifteen.
REPUBLIC ACT No. 10740
An Act Separating the Compostela National High School-Corazon C. Aquino High School Annex in Barangay Osmena, Municipality of Compostela, Province of Compostela Valley from the Compostela National High School, Converting it into an Independent National High School to be Known as Corazon C. Aquino National High School and Appropriating Funds Therefor
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippine Congress Assembled:
Section 1. The Compostela National High School–Corazon C. Aquino High School Annex in Barangay Osmeña, Municipality of Compostela, Province of Compostela Valley is hereby separated from the Compostela National High School and converted into an independent national high school to be known as Corazon C. Aquino National High School.
Section 2. All personnel, assets, liabilities and records of the Compostela National High School–Corazon C. Aquino High School Annex are hereby transferred to and absorbed by the Corazon C. Aquino National High School.1âwphi1
Section 3. The Secretary of Education shall immediately include in the Department’s program the operationalization of the Corazon C. Aquino National High School, the initial funding of which shall be charged against the current year’s appropriation of the Compostela National High School–Corazon C. Aquino High School Annex. Thereafter, the amount necessary for the continued operation of the school shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.
Section 4. The Secretary of Education shall issue rules and regulations necessary to carry out the purpose of this Act.
Section 5. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.
Approved,
FRANKLIN M. DRILON
President of the Senate
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 October 20, 2014 and October 6, 2015, respectively.
OSCAR G. YABES
Secretary of the Senate
MARILYN B. BARUA-YAP
Secretary General
House of Representatives
Approved: January 4, 2016
BENIGNO S. AQUINO, III
President of the Philippines
Lapsed into law on January 3, 2016
without the signature of the President,
in accordance with Article VI,
Section 27 (1) of the Constitution.
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