Purpose and policy
- The Act converts the existing Narra High School-Panacan Annex into a national high school.
- The Act establishes the Panacan National High School as the school’s name.
- The Act provides for the transfer of personnel, records, assets, and properties to support the conversion.
- The Act appropriates funding through the annual budget process.
Coverage: place and institution affected
- The Act covers the existing Narra High School-Panacan Annex located in Barangay Panacan, Municipality of Narra, Province of Palawan (Section 1).
- The Act applies to the annex’s conversion into a national high school (Section 1).
- The Act covers the annex’s personnel, records, assets and properties, including buildings, sites, and improvements, and its obligations, funds and appropriations (Section 3).
Conversion into Panacan National High School
- The existing Narra High School-Panacan Annex is converted into a national high school (Section 1).
- The converted school is known as the Panacan National High School (Section 1).
Implementation by the Department of Education
- The Secretary of Education, Culture and Sports shall issue the necessary rules, orders and circulars to implement Republic Act No. 8618 (Section 2).
Transfer of personnel, records, and properties
- All personnel of the Narra High School-Panacan Annex are transferred to the Panacan National High School (Section 3).
- All records of the Narra High School-Panacan Annex are transferred to the Panacan National High School (Section 3).
- All assets and properties, including buildings, sites, and improvements, are transferred to the Panacan National High School (Section 3).
- All obligations, funds and appropriations of the Narra High School-Panacan Annex are transferred to the Panacan National High School (Section 3).
Funding and appropriation rules
- The amount necessary for implementing Republic Act No. 8618 is charged against the current year’s appropriations of the Narra National High School-Panacan Annex (Section 4).
- After initial implementation, the sums necessary for operation and maintenance of the Panacan National High School shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act (Section 4).
Effect on existing appropriations and operational continuity
- The conversion is supported by charging implementation costs against the current year’s appropriations of the Narra National High School-Panacan Annex (Section 4).
- Operational and maintenance funding is transitioned to the annual appropriations process through inclusion in the annual General Appropriations Act (Section 4).