Bill Type
Long Title
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A FIVE-YEAR EMERGENCY SCHOOL BUILDING PROGRAM, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Congress Author
Date filed
July 2, 2007
Scope

Legislative History

House Bill/Resolution NO. HB00135
FULL TITLE : AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A FIVE-YEAR EMERGENCY SCHOOL BUILDING PROGRAM, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
SHORT TITLE : "School Building Act of 2007"
ABSTRACT : "School Building Act of 2007". The bill provides for a five-year program for the construction of school buildings nationwide. With innovative building schemes such as build-operate-and-transfer and through partnerships with the private sector and local government units, additional funds could be sourced in order to ease the critical classroom deficiency.
PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : ANGARA, JUAN EDGARDO M.
DATE FILED : 2007-07-02
SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL
CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) :
1. Codilla (019 ) 2. Chatto (054 )
ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE
COMMITEE HEARINGS/ACTIONS:
      1. Scheduled for first meeting/hearing on 2008-08-06
      2. Under deliberation by the Mother Committee on 2008-08-06
      3. Under study by the Technical Working Group(TWG) on 2009-01-29
      4. Recommendations submitted by the TWG on 2009-06-02
      5. Referred to Stakeholders on 2009-06-03
      6. Transmitted to the Committee on Appropriations on 2009-06-03
ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES
REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON BASIC EDUCATION AND CULTURE ON 2007-07-24
SECONDARILY REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE(S) ON MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS, APPROPRIATIONS

Abstract

"School Building Act of 2007". The bill provides for a five-year program for the construction of school buildings nationwide. With innovative building schemes such as build-operate-and-transfer and through partnerships with the private sector and local government units, additional funds could be sourced in order to ease the critical classroom deficiency.

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