QuestionsQuestions (Republic Act No. 8379)
Republic Act No. 8379 converts the Ormoc City High School in Barangay Don Felipe Larrazabal, Ormoc City, Leyte into a school of arts and trade, to be known as the Ormoc City School of Arts and Trade.
It shall be known as the Ormoc City School of Arts and Trade.
The Ormoc City High School is in Barangay Don Felipe Larrazabal, Ormoc City, Province of Leyte.
The school shall offer degree courses in industrial arts and industrial education.
It may offer technical and vocational courses open to elementary school graduates.
The general secondary curriculum of the Ormoc City High School shall be maintained.
All assets (fixed and movable), personnel, and records of the Ormoc City High School and its facilities are transferred and absorbed by the Ormoc City School of Arts and Trade.
It provides that personnel employed under existing laws prior to absorption are not impaired. It further states that incumbents shall remain in the same status until otherwise provided for by the Department of Education, Culture and Sports.
The Department of Education, Culture and Sports.
The amount necessary for implementation shall be charged against the current year’s appropriations of the Ormoc City High School.
Thereafter, necessary sums for operation and maintenance of the Ormoc City School of Arts and Trade shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.
Yes. Section 6 states that all laws, decrees, executive orders, and other issuances, or parts thereof, inconsistent with RA 8379 are repealed, amended, or modified accordingly.
It shall take effect upon its approval.
No. Incumbents remain in the same status until otherwise provided for by the Department of Education, Culture and Sports.
It implies institutional continuity, where the new school assumes responsibility for the absorbed personnel, records, and facilities of the former high school.
It indicates that while the institution’s primary orientation shifts to arts and trades (industrial, technical/vocational), the general secondary education track remains preserved for students under the former high school curriculum.