Bill Type
Congress Name
Long Title
AN ACT DEFINING `APPROVED, CERTIFIED AND ACCREDITED COURSES/SUBJECT S' OPENED AND/OR OFFERED BY ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS AND IMPOSING STIFFER PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF
Date filed
July 17, 2001
Scope
Urgent Bill
No
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. House Bill No. 1072, 12th Congress of the Republic | |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT DEFINING `APPROVED, CERTIFIED AND ACCREDITED COURSES/SUBJECT S' OPENED AND/OR OFFERED BY ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS AND IMPOSING STIFFER PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF | |
| ABSTRACT : "Courses Accreditation Act of 2001". The State shall regulate the rights of students against academic institutions that exploit their innocence, powerlessness and timidity. It is therefore its paramount responsibility to safeguard their welfare andinterest and secure them from selfish and profiteering interest of such institutions. Toward this end, the State shall regulate the operations of academic institutions and their tendencies toward indiscriminate offering and/or requiring of courses/subject s to students that are unnecessary and irrelevant to the latter's academic pursuit. | |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : BARINAGA, ROSELLER L. | |
| DATE FILED : 2001-07-17 | |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : | |
| 1. Monfort (014 ) | 2. Amin (064 ) |
| 3. Syjuco (023 ) | |
| ADMINISTRATION BILL? No | |
| URGENT BILL? No | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON BASIC EDUCATION AND CULTURE ON 2001-07-25 | |
| SECONDARILY REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE(S) ON HIGHER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION |
Abstract
"Courses Accreditation Act of 2001". The State shall regulate the rights of students against academic institutions that exploit their innocence, powerlessness and timidity. It is therefore its paramount responsibility to safeguard their welfare andinterest and secure them from selfish and profiteering interest of such institutions. Toward this end, the State shall regulate the operations of academic institutions and their tendencies toward indiscriminate offering and/or requiring of courses/subject s to students that are unnecessary and irrelevant to the latter's academic pursuit.
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