Bill Type
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Long Title
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A PROGRAM FOR THE ACQUISITION OF SCHOOL SITES AND THE CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE, REHABILITATION, AND REPAIR OF SCHOOL BUILDINGS IN THE PUBLIC ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS NATIONWIDE, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
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Date filed
July 1, 2004
Scope
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. HB00091 | |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT ESTABLISHING A PROGRAM FOR THE ACQUISITION OF SCHOOL SITES AND THE CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE, REHABILITATION, AND REPAIR OF SCHOOL BUILDINGS IN THE PUBLIC ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS NATIONWIDE, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES | |
| SHORT TITLE : School Building Program Act of 2004 | |
| ABSTRACT : "School Building Program Act of 2004". This bill seeks to create a comprehensive program which will address the problem of classroom shortage. It carries a provision for a build-operate, build-lease-transfer, build-transfer, rehabilitate-operate-transfer and other contractual arragements that will allow the use of both government and private funds to finance the construction of school buildings. It is hoped that with the passage of the bill, class sizes will be reduced to a manageable level and thus result in the improvement in the quality of education. | |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : ANGARA, JUAN EDGARDO M. | |
| DATE FILED : 2004-07-01 | |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : | |
| 1. Solis (005 ) | 2. Vargas (005 ) |
| 3. Amin (006 ) | 4. Abayon (015 ) |
| 5. Espino (001 ) | 6. Nantes (063 ) |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON BASIC EDUCATION AND CULTURE ON 2004-07-27 | |
| SECONDARILY REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE(S) ON APPROPRIATIONS |
Abstract
"School Building Program Act of 2004". This bill seeks to create a comprehensive program which will address the problem of classroom shortage. It carries a provision for a build-operate, build-lease-transfer, build-transfer, rehabilitate-operate-transfer and other contractual arragements that will allow the use of both government and private funds to finance the construction of school buildings. It is hoped that with the passage of the bill, class sizes will be reduced to a manageable level and thus result in the improvement in the quality of education.
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