QuestionsQuestions (Republic Act No. 9669)
RA 9669 separates the Valenzuela National High School – Arkong Bato Annex in Barangay Arkong Bato, City of Valenzuela, Metro Manila, converts it into an independent national high school, and designates it as Arkong Bato National High School, with appropriations for its operation.
The Valenzuela National High School – Arkong Bato Annex is separated from the parent school and converted into an independent national high school known as Arkong Bato National High School.
It is located in Barangay Arkong Bato, City of Valenzuela, Metro Manila.
It legally severs the Annex from the Valenzuela National High School and establishes the Annex as a standalone (independent) national high school.
All personnel, assets, liabilities, and records of the Valenzuela National High School – Arkong Bato Annex are transferred to and absorbed by Arkong Bato National High School.
Yes. Section 2 explicitly includes liabilities. This is significant because it indicates that the newly independent school assumes responsibility for existing obligations and maintains continuity of legal and administrative records.
The Secretary of Education must immediately include operationalization of the school in the Department’s program, charging the initial funding against the current year’s appropriations of the Valenzuela National High School – Arkong Bato Annex.
Thereafter, the amount necessary for continued operation shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.
The Secretary of Education is mandated to issue such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the purpose of the Act.
It takes effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette.
It implies continuity: transferred personnel and records ensure ongoing operations and governance, while the Secretary of Education’s rules and regulations provide the administrative mechanics to implement the separation and independent status.
It becomes Arkong Bato National High School, an independent national high school.
Because it determines the legal successor institution for personnel, assets, liabilities, and records—important for issues like ownership, custody of records, and assumption of obligations.
It is a special law (local school conversion/separation statute) creating an independent national high school from an annex and authorizing appropriations and implementation details.
It states the bill originated in the House of Representatives, was finally passed by the House on November 17, 2008 and by the Senate on April 22, 2009, and was approved on July 17, 2009 by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.