Title
Separation and conversion of Poypoy NH
Law
Republic Act No. 10317
Decision Date
Nov 15, 2012
Republic Act No. 10317 separates the Calintaan National High School-Poypoy Annex and establishes the independent Poypoy National High School, transferring personnel, assets, liabilities, and records, with the responsibility of operationalization and funding falling on the Secretary of Education.

Questions (Republic Act No. 10317)

RA 10317 separates the Calintaan National High School–Poypoy Annex in Barangay Poypoy, Calintaan, Occidental Mindoro from the Calintaan National High School, converts it into an independent national high school known as Poypoy National High School, and appropriates funds for its operation.

It is separated from the Calintaan National High School and converted into an independent national high school.

Poypoy National High School.

They are transferred to and absorbed by the newly created Poypoy National High School.

No. Implementation is assigned to the Secretary of Education (Department of Education) through rules and regulations (Sec. 4).

The Secretary of Education must immediately include the operationalization of the school in the Department’s program, with initial funding charged against the current year’s appropriations of the Calintaan National High School–Poypoy Annex.

After initial funding, the amount necessary for continued operation must be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

The Secretary of Education.

To issue such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the purpose of the Act.

Fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette.

It ensures continuity and administrative/legal custody by transferring responsibility and documentation from the former annex to the newly independent school.

Yes. The Act provides for separation and conversion into an independent national high school; thus, the annex ceases to function as an annex and becomes a standalone school.

It originated in the House of Representatives and was finally passed by the House on October 3, 2011 and by the Senate on August 28, 2012.

The Senate President (Juan Ponce Enrile), the Speaker of the House (Feliciano Belmonte Jr.), the Secretary of the Senate (Emma Lirio-Reyes), the Secretary General of the House (Marilyn B. Barua-Yap), and the President (Benigno S. Aquino III).

It ensures that teachers and other staff are not left without institutional affiliation, and that their employment and administrative supervision move to the new independent school entity.

It explicitly states funding directives: initial funding to be charged to current-year appropriations of the annex and continued operation funding to be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.


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