REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11531, March 12, 2021

[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11531, March 12, 2021 ]

AN ACT SEPARATING THE GUINA-ANG NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL - MAINIT EXTENSION IN BARANGAY MAINIT, MUNICIPALITY OF BONTOC, MOUNTAIN PROVINCE FROM THE GUINA-ANG NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, CONVERTING IT INTO AN INDEPENDENT NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL TO BE KNOWN AS MAINIT 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. The Guina-Ang National High School - Mainit Extension in Barangay Mainit, Municipality of Bontoc, Mountain Province is hereby separated from the Guina-Ang National High School and converted into an independent elementary school to be known as Mainit National High School.

SEC. 2. All personnel, assets, liabilities and records of the Guina-Ang National High School - Mainit Extension are hereby transferred to and absorbed by the Mainit National High School.

SEC. 3. The Secretary of Education shall immediately include in the Department's program the operationalization of the Mainit National High School, the initial funding of which shall be charged against the current year's appropriation of the Guina-Ang National High School - Mainit Extension. Thereafter, the amount necessary for the continued operation of the school shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

SEC. 4. Within one hundred twenty (120) days after the approval of this Act, the Secretary of Education shall formulate the rules and regulations implementing the provisions of this Act.

SEC. 5. 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 Speaker of the Senate

(SGD.) LORD ALLAN JAY Q. VELASCO Speaker of the House of Representatives

This Act which which originated in the House of Representatives was passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate of the Philippines on January 27, 2020 and January 18, 2021.

(SGD.) MYRA MARIE D. VILLARICA Secretary of the Senate

(SGD.) MARK LLANDRO L. MENDOZA Secretary General House of Representatives

Approved: MAR 12 2021

(SGD.) RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE President of the Philippines