April 7, 2000

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8776

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AT STA. MARIA, MUNICIPALITY OF FLORA, PROVINCE OF APAYAO TO BE KNOWN AS THE MAYOR RICARDO DE SAN JOSE SR. COMPREHENSIVE NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

SECTION 1. There is hereby established a national high school at Sta. Maria, Municipality of Flora, Province of Apayao to be known as the Mayor Ricardo de San Jose Sr. Comprehensive National High School.

SECTION 2. The school shall offer secondary education proper as well as undertake other activities to carry out its objectives 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 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: April 7, 2000

Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 96 No. 31, page 4582 on July 31, 2000.