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AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8545, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "EXPANDED GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE TO STUDENTS AND TEACHERS IN PRIVATE EDUCATION ACT" PROVIDING FOR AN EXPANDED VOUCHER OR COUPON SYSTEM IN SECONDARY AND TERTIARY EDUCATION, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Date filed
March 8, 2005
Scope
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. HB03867 | |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8545, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "EXPANDED GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE TO STUDENTS AND TEACHERS IN PRIVATE EDUCATION ACT" PROVIDING FOR AN EXPANDED VOUCHER OR COUPON SYSTEM IN SECONDARY AND TERTIARY EDUCATION, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR | |
| ABSTRACT : The bill seeks to improve the voucher support system (introduced in the GASTPE or Expanded Government Assistance to Students and Teachers in Private Education Law) extended to secondary and tertiary students whose incomes are below the poverty line and who cannot be accommodated by public educational institutions due to lack of facilities. | |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : REYES, EDMUNDO JR. O. | |
| DATE FILED : 2005-03-08 | |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : | |
| 1. Amin (054 ) | 2. Codilla (055 ) |
| 3. Roces (060 ) | 4. Villarosa (060 ) |
| 5. Bacani (001 ) | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON BASIC EDUCATION AND CULTURE ON 2005-03-15 | |
| SECONDARILY REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE(S) ON HIGHER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION, APPROPRIATIONS |
Abstract
The bill seeks to improve the voucher support system (introduced in the GASTPE or Expanded Government Assistance to Students and Teachers in Private Education Law) extended to secondary and tertiary students whose incomes are below the poverty line and who cannot be accommodated by public educational institutions due to lack of facilities.'
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