Republic Act No. 10737, enacted on December 29, 2015, establishes the Sta. Filomena School of Arts and Trades as an independent national arts and trades high school, separating it from the Pio Dalim Memorial School of Arts and Trades. The law mandates the transfer of all personnel, assets, and records from the annex to the new institution. The Secretary of Education is tasked with including the school in departmental programs and ensuring initial funding from the existing budget. Future funding requirements will be incorporated into the annual General Appropriations Act. The Act will take effect 15 days after publication in the Official Gazette or a widely circulated newspaper.
December 29, 2015
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10737
AN ACT SEPARATING THE PIO DALIM MEMORIAL SCHOOL OF ARTS AND TRADES — STA. FILOMENA ANNEX IN BARANGAY STA. FILOMENA, MUNICIPALITY OF CALANASAN, PROVINCE OF APAYAO FROM THE PIO DALIM MEMORIAL SCHOOL OF ARTS AND TRADES, CONVERTING IT INTO AN INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ARTS AND TRADES HIGH SCHOOL TO BE KNOWN AS STA. FILOMENA SCHOOL OF ARTS AND TRADES AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
SECTION 1. The Pio Dalim Memorial School of Arts and Trades — Sta. Filomena Annex in Barangay Sta. Filomena, Municipality of Calanasan, Province of Apayao is hereby separated from the Pio Dalim Memorial School of Arts and Trades and converted into an independent national arts and trades high school to be known as Sta. Filomena School of Arts and Trades. HEITAD
SECTION 2. All personnel, assets, liabilities and records of the Pio Dalim Memorial School of Arts and Trades — Sta. Filomena Annex are hereby transferred to and absorbed by the Sta. Filomena School of Arts and Trades.
SECTION 3. The Secretary of Education shall immediately include in the Department's program the operationalization of the Sta. Filomena School of Arts and Trades, the initial funding of which shall be charged against the current year's appropriation of the Pio Dalim Memorial School of Arts and Trades — Sta. Filomena Annex. Thereafter, the amount necessary for the continued operation of the school shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.
SECTION 4. The Secretary of Education shall issue such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the purpose of this Act.
SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.
Approved: December 29, 2015.