Question & AnswerQ&A (Republic Act No. 7861)
The main purpose of Republic Act No. 7861 is to separate the Maguindanao National High School Annex in the Municipality of Datu Piang from the Maguindanao National High School in the Municipality of Maganoy and convert it into an independent national high school to be known as the Datu Piang National High School.
The Department of Education, Culture and Sports (DECS) is tasked with implementing Republic Act No. 7861.
All personnel, assets, liabilities, and records of the Maguindanao National High School Annex are transferred to and absorbed by the newly created Datu Piang National High School.
The necessary funding for the implementation of RA 7861 shall be charged against the current year's appropriations of the Maguindanao National High School in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.
Future funds for the operation and maintenance of the Datu Piang National High School shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.
Republic Act No. 7861 took effect upon its approval, which was on January 21, 1995.
The Datu Piang National High School is located in the Province of Maguindanao.
The municipalities involved are Datu Piang, where the annex and new independent school are located, and Maganoy, where the original Maguindanao National High School is located.
Republic Act No. 7861 was passed by the House of Representatives on September 27, 1994, and by the Senate on November 15, 1994.
The key officials who signed Republic Act No. 7861 into law were President Fidel V. Ramos, Senate President Edgardo J. Angara, and Speaker of the House Jose De Venecia, Jr.