Republic Act No. 10977



Seventeenth Congress Second Regular Session Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-fourth day of July, two thousand seventeen. REPUBLIC ACT No. 10977 AN ACT CONVERTING THE SAN RAFAEL NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL IN THE CITY OF NAVOTAS INTO A NATIONAL TECHNICAL-VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL TO BE KNOWN AS SAN RAFAEL TECHNOLOGICAL AND VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled: Section 1. The San Rafael National High School in the City of Navotas is hereby converted into a national technical-vocational high school to be known as San Rafael Technological and Vocational High School. Section 2. All personnel, assets, liabilities and records of the San Rafael National High School are hereby transferred to and absorbed by the San Rafael Technological and Vocational High School. Section 3. The Secretary of Education shall immediately include in the Department's program the operationalization of the San Rafael Technological and Vocational High School, the initial funding of which shall be charged against the current year's appropriation of the San Rafael National High School. 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 formulate the rules and regulations implementing the provisions of this Act.1âwphi1 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, AQUILINO "KOKO" PIMENTEL III President of the Senate 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 13, 2016 and December 11, 2017, respectively. LUTGARDO B. BARBO Secretary of the Senate CESAR STRAIT PAREJA Secretary General House of Representatives Approved: March 6, 2018 RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE President of the Philippines The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation