Title
Renaming Sison National High School
Law
Republic Act No. 7694
Decision Date
Apr 9, 1994
Republic Act No. 7694 changes the name of Sison National High School to Toledo S. Pantilo, Sr. Memorial National High School in the Municipality of Sison, Province of Surigao del Norte.

Renaming of the national high school

  • Section 1 requires changing the name of the public secondary school in the Municipality of Sison, Province of Surigao del Norte.
  • The school’s name changes from Sison National High School to Toledo S. Pantilo, Sr. Memorial National High School.
  • Section 2 mandates that the school shall be known by the new name “for all intents and purposes.”

Official recognition and notification

  • Section 3 requires that the Department of Education, Culture and Sports be duly notified of the new name.
  • Section 3 requires that all its instrumentalities be duly notified of the new name.
  • The notification obligation covers the renamed public secondary school identified in Sections 1–2.

Transitory and administrative consequences

  • Section 2 establishes that the renamed school is the same school entity identified under its former name, now operating under the new name.
  • The law imposes no additional governance, operational, or academic requirements beyond the change of name.
  • Section 3 ensures administrative continuity through formal notice to the Department and its instrumentalities.
  • Section 4 fixes the effectivity rule as taking effect upon approval (and, in practice, lapse into law on April 9, 1994 under Article VI, Section 27 (1)).

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