Bill Type
Long Title
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A FIVE-YEAR EMERGENCY SCHOOLBUILDING PROGRAM APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Date filed
August 20, 2001
Scope
Urgent Bill
No

Legislative History

House Bill/Resolution NO. House Bill No. 2525, 12th Congress of the Republic
FULL TITLE : AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A FIVE-YEAR EMERGENCY SCHOOLBUILDING PROGRAM APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
ABSTRACT : Rationale: It is the declared policy of the State to establish, maintain, and support a complete, adequate and integrated system of education relevant to the needs of the people society. Towards this end, it is imperative that there be a complete elementary school in every barangay and a complete high school in every town, in order that primary and secondary education be made available and accessible to all citizens in all geographic areas of the country. In the choice of location of school buildings, the economics principle of comparative advantage shall always be adhered to. The bill provides for an Emergency School building fund amounting to 15 billion pesos which will be released and utilized for a period of five years. The Five-Yeaar School Building Program targets to eliminate the classroom shortages for a definite period of time.
PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : ANGARA-CASTILLO, BELLAFLOR J.
DATE FILED : 2001-08-20
SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL
CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) :
1. Amin (017 ) 2. Espino (035 )
ADMINISTRATION BILL? No
URGENT BILL? No
ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES
REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON BASIC EDUCATION AND CULTURE ON 2001-08-27
SECONDARILY REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE(S) ON APPROPRIATIONS

Abstract

Rationale: It is the declared policy of the State to establish, maintain, and support a complete, adequate and integrated system of education relevant to the needs of the people society. Towards this end, it is imperative that there be a complete elementary school in every barangay and a complete high school in every town, in order that primary and secondary education be made available and accessible to all citizens in all geographic areas of the country. In the choice of location of school buildings, the economics principle of comparative advantage shall always be adhered to. The bill provides for an Emergency School building fund amounting to 15 billion pesos which will be released and utilized for a period of five years. The Five-Yeaar School Building Program targets to eliminate the classroom shortages for a definite period of time.

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