Question & AnswerQ&A (Republic Act No. 9153)
Republic Act No. 9153 is an Act that separates the Tenement Elementary School Annex in Barangay Western Bicutan, Taguig, Metro Manila from the Tenement Elementary School and converts it into an independent elementary school to be known as the Kapitan Eddie T. Reyes Memorial Elementary School.
Republic Act No. 9153 was approved on August 10, 2001.
The Act separates the Tenement Elementary School Annex from the Tenement Elementary School and converts it into an independent elementary school called Kapitan Eddie T. Reyes Memorial Elementary School.
The Department of Education, Culture and Sports is responsible for issuing rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of the Act.
All assets, both immovable and movable, records, personnel, liabilities, and obligations of the Tenement Elementary School Annex are transferred to the newly created Kapitan Eddie T. Reyes Memorial Elementary School.
No, the positions, rights, and security of tenure of the personnel employed under existing laws shall not be impaired by the separation.
The initial amount necessary for the implementation of the Act shall be charged against the current year’s appropriations of the Tenement Elementary School Annex.
Funding for the operation and maintenance of the school shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.
Republic Act No. 9153 takes effect upon its approval.
The Act was approved by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, with the Senate President being Aquilino Q. Pimentel Jr., and the Speaker of the House of Representatives being Feliciano Belmonte Jr.