Republic Act No. 8039, enacted on June 5, 1995, converts the Fort Andres Bonifacio National High School Annex in Barangay Signal Village, Tagig, Metro Manila, into an independent institution named Signal Village National High School. The law mandates the transfer of all assets, records, and personnel from the annex to the new school while ensuring that the rights and tenure of existing staff are protected. The Department of Education, Culture and Sports is tasked with issuing necessary regulations for implementation. Funding for the school's establishment will be included in the General Appropriations Act following the law's enactment. The Act took effect immediately upon approval.
June 5, 1995 *
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8039
AN ACT CONVERTING THE FORT ANDRES BONIFACIO NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL ANNEX IN BARANGAY SIGNAL VILLAGE, MUNICIPALITY OF TAGIG, METRO MANILA, INTO AN INDEPENDENT HIGH SCHOOL TO BE KNOWN AS THE SIGNAL VILLAGE NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR.
SECTION 1. The Fort Andres Bonifacio National High School-Signal Village Annex in Barangay Signal Village , Municipality of Tagig, Metro Manila, is hereby separated from the Fort Bonifacio National High School, and converted into an independent high school, to be known as the Signal Village National High School.
SECTION 2. 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 3. All the assets, immovable and movable, records and personnel of the Fort Andres Bonifacio National High School-Signal Village Annex, as well as its liabilities and obligations, are hereby transferred to the Signal Village National High School: Provided, however, That the positions, rights, and security of tenure of the personnel therein employed under existing laws shall not be impaired.
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. cdt
SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
* Lapsed into law on June 5, 1995 without the signature of the President in accordance with Article VI, Section 27 (1) of the Constitution.
Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 91 No. 36 page 5736 on September 4, 1995.