Republic Act No. 8773, enacted on March 28, 2000, establishes the Kinama National High School by separating it from the Rizal National School of Arts and Trade-Kinama Annex in Kalinga. The new school is designated as an independent national high school that will offer secondary education and authorized science courses. The Department of Education, Culture and Sports is tasked with creating necessary regulations for the implementation of the Act. Funding for the school will be included in the General Appropriations Act following the law's enactment. The Act took effect upon its approval.
March 28, 2000
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8773
AN ACT SEPARATING THE RIZAL NATIONAL SCHOOL OF ARTS AND TRADE - KINAMA ANNEX IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF RIZAL, PROVINCE OF KALINGA FROM THE RIZAL NATIONAL SCHOOL OF ARTS AND TRADE IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF RIZAL AND CONVERTING IT INTO A SEPARATE AND INDEPENDENT NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL TO BE KNOWN AS THE KINAMA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
SECTION 1. The Rizal National School of Arts and Trade-Kinama Annex in the Municipality of Rizal, Province of Kalinga is hereby separated from the Rizal National School of Arts and Trade in the Municipality of Rizal and converted into a separate and independent national high school to be known as the Kinama National High School.
SECTION 2. The school shall offer secondary education proper, as well as secondary science courses to carry out its objectives and as may be authorized by the Secretary of the Department of Education, Culture and Sports.
SECTION 3. The Department of Education, Culture and Sports shall issue such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
SECTION 4. The amount necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act shall be included in the General Appropriations Act of the year following its enactment into law and thereafter.
SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Approved: March 28, 2000
Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 96 No. 31, page 4851 on July 31, 2000.