Integration of Certain High Schools in Puerto Princesa City with Palawan National School

October 13, 1989

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6765

AN ACT INTEGRATING CERTAIN HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE CITY OF PUERTO PRINCESA AND IN THE PROVINCE OF PALAWAN WITH THE PALAWAN NATIONAL SCHOOL, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

SECTION 1. The Puerto Princesa School of Philippine Craftsmen, the San Jose Barangay High School, the Inagawan Barangay High School and the Puerto Princesa Rural High School in the City of Puerto Princesa; the Plaridel Barangay High School in the Municipality of Aborlan, the Narra Barangay High School in the Municipality of Narra, the Quezon Municipal High School in the Municipality of Quezon, the Pulot Barangay High School in the Municipality of Brooke's Point, the Bataraza Barangay High School in the Municipality of Bataraza and the Balabac Barangay High School in the Municipality of Balabac, all in the Province of Palawan, are converted into national schools and integrated with the Palawan National School in the City of Puerto Princesa, Province of Palawan, as branches thereof.

SECTION 2. The Palawan National School shall continue to offer the general secondary education program. It shall also offer post-secondary technical-vocational courses and other relevant courses to carry out its objectives. aisa dc

SECTION 3. The school shall be headed by a Vocational School Superintendent. He shall be chosen and appointed by the Secretary of Education, Culture and Sports.

SECTION 4. The Home Industries Training Supervisor of the Puerto Princesa School of Philippine Craftsmen shall continue to serve as such. The main school and each of its units or branches shall be headed either by a Principal or Secondary School Head Teacher to be chosen in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Department of Education, Culture and Sports.

SECTION 5. All other personnel of the schools affected shall be transferred to or absorbed by the Palawan National School. Where there is duplication of duties and functions of two or more personnel, the most ranking shall be retained and the other(s) shall be given priority in occupying other positions wherein they are qualified.

SECTION 6. All assets, liabilities, records and existing appropriations of the integrated branches are hereby consolidated and transferred to the Palawan National School.

SECTION 7. The funds needed for the implementation of this Act shall be charged to the appropriations for the current fiscal year of the Department of Education, Culture and Sports and thereafter in the General Appropriations Acts following.

SECTION 8. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation.

Approved: October 13, 1989

Published in the Manila Chronicle and Malaya on October 26, 1989. Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 85 No. 52 page 8450 on December 25, 1989.