Seventeenth Congress
Third Regular Session

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

REPUBLIC ACT No. 11097

AN ACT SEPARATING THE TACURONG NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL - UPPER KATUNGAL ANNEX IN BARANGAY UPPER KATUNGAL, TACURONG CITY, PROVINCE OF SULTAN KUDARAT FROM THE TACURONG NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, CONVERTING IT INTO AN INDEPENDENT NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL TO BE KNOWN AS UPPER KATUNGAL 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 Tacurong National High School - Upper Katungal Annex in Barangay Upper Katungal, Tacurong City, Province of Sultan Kudarat is hereby separated from the Tacurong National High School and converted into an independent national high school to be known as Upper Katungal National High School.

Section 2. All personnel, assets, liabilities, and records of the Tacurong National High School - Upper Katungal Annex are hereby transferred to and absorbed by the Upper Katungal National High School.1avvphi1

Section 3. The Secretary of Education shall immediately include in the Department's program the operationalization of the Upper Katungal National High School, the initial funding of which shall be charged against the current year's appropriation of the Tacurong National High School - Upper Katungal Annex. Thereafter, the amount necessary for the continued operation of the school shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.1âwphi1

Section 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.

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,

VICENTE C. SOTTO III
President of the Senate

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 March 13, 2018 and August 14, 2018, respectively.

MYRA MARIE D. VILLARICA
Secretary of the Senate

DANTE ROBERTO P. MALING
Acting Secretary General
House of Representatives

Approved: October 18, 2018

(Sgd.) RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE
President of the Philippines


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