REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9548 - AN ACT ESTABLISHING AN ARTS AND CULTURE HIGH SCHOOL IN THE CAPITAL TOWN OF PILI, PROVINCE OF CAMARINES SUR TO BE KNOWN AS THE BIKOL HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS AND CULTURE AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

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

SECTION 1. Establishment of an Arts and Culture High School. — There is hereby established, under the supervision of the Department of Education, an arts and culture high school in the capital town of Pili, Province of Camarines Sur to be known as the Bikol High School for the Arts and Culture.

SEC. 2. Appropriations. — The Secretary of Education shall immediately include in the Department's program the operationalization of the Bikol High School for the Arts and Culture, the funding of which shall be known included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

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

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

Approved,

(Sgd.) JUAN PONCE ENRILE

(Sgd.) PROSPERO C. NOGRALES

President of Senate

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 May 12, 2008 and January 21, 2009, respectively.

(Sgd.) EMMA LIRIO-REYES

(Sgd.) MARILYN B. BARUA-YAP

Secretary of Senate

Secretary General House of Representatives

Approved: APR 17 2009

(Sgd.) GLORIA MACAPAGAL - ARROYO President of the Philippines