REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8238, November 15, 1996

[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8238, November 15, 1996 ]

AN ACT CONVERTING THE MAPAWA BARANGAY HIGH SCHOOL IN BARANGAY MAPAWA, MUNICIPALITY OF MARAGUSAN, PROVINCE OF DAVAO, INTO THE MAPAWA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled: SECTION 1. The Mapawa Barangay High School in Barangay Mapawa, Municipality of Maragusan, Province of Davao, is hereby nationalized, to be known as the Mapawa National High School.

SEC. 2. The Department of Education, Culture and Sports shall issue such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.

SEC. 3. All personnel, records, equipment, buildings, facilities, and other properties of the Mapawa Barangay High School are hereby transferred to the Mapawa National High School.

SEC. 4. The amount necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act shall be included in the General Appropriations Act of the year following its enactment into law and thereafter.

SEC. 5. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved, Lapsed into law on November 15, 1996, without the signature of the President, in accordance with Article VI, Section 27 (1) of the Constitution.