Eighteenth Congress
Third Regular Session

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

[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11614, December 10, 2021 ]

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL IN BARANGAY PUNTA, BAYBAY CITY, PROVINCE OF LEYTE TO BE KNOWN AS PUNTA 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. There shall be established, under the supervision of the Department of Education (DepEd), a national high school in Barangay Punta, Baybay City, Province of Leyte to be known as the Punta National High School.

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

Section 3. Within one hundred twenty (120) days from the approval of this Act, the Secretary of Education shall formulate the rules and regulations implementing the provisions of this Act.

Section 4. 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.) LORD ALLAN JAY Q. VELASCO
Speaker of the House of Representatives

This Act which originated in the House of Representatives was passed by the House of Representatives on November 4, 2019, amended by the Senate of the Philippines on September 20, 2021, and which amendments were concurred in by the House of Representatives on September 29, 2021.

(SGD.) MYRA MARIE D. VILLARICA
Secretary of the Senate
(SGD.) MARK LLANDRO L. MENDOZA
Secretary General House of Representatives

Approved: DEC 10 2021

(SGD.) RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE
President of the Philippines


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