AN ACT MANDATING A CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR TEACHERS IN ALL LEVELS IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION TO ESTABLISH A PROGRAM TO AWARD GRANTS TO INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OR EXPANSION OF CYBERSECURITY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

AN ACT MANDATING THE COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION (CHED) TO INCLUDE A THREE (3) UNITS SUBJECT FOR THE STUDY OF CLIMATE CHANGE AS PART OF THE CURRICULA FOR ALL COURSES IN THE TERTIARY EDUCATION AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, ARTS AND CULTURE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE SAFETY GUIDELINES AND POLICIES ON EDUCATIONAL TOURS AND FIELD TRIPS OF COLLEGES AND HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, ARTS AND CULTURE AND THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON DIRECTIVES OF THE COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION ORDERING THE CLOSURE OF SEVERAL EXTERNAL STUDY CENTERS OF THE BUKIDNON STATE UNIVERSITY IN NORTHERN MINDANAO, DAVAO, AND CARAGA REGIONS AND THE POSSIBLE DISPLACEMENT OF THOUSANDS OF MARGINALIZED STUDENTS BROUGHT FORTH BY SAID DIRECTIVE

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, ARTS AND CULTURE AND OTHER APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE POLICIES AND GUIDELINES BEING IMPLEMENTED BY THE COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION AND THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ANENT EDUCATIONAL TOURS AND FIELD TRIPS IN LIGHT OF THE RECENT TRAGEDY INVOLVING THE DROWNING OF NINE STUDENTS FROM BULACAN STATE UNIVERSITY

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORT THERE IS A NEED TO ALLOCATE A P29 BILLION TRANSITION FUND TO SUPPORT COLLEGE TEACHERS WHO WOULD BE AFFECTED BY THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE K TO 12 PROGRAM

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORT THAT THE COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION APPROVED HIGHER TUITION AND OTHER SCHOOL FEES FOR 313 COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES NATIONWIDE

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON CIVIL SERVICE AND GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION AND OTHER APPROPRIATE COMMITTEE/S OF THE SENATE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY IN AID OF LEGISLATION INTO MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 01, S. 2010 JOINTLY ISSUED BY THE COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION AND THE PROFESSIONAL REGULATORY COMMISSION AND SUBSEQUENT ISSUANCES OF THE CHED AND PRC THAT WILL EFFECTIVELY PREVENT COUNTLESS INNOCENT GRADUATES AND WOULD BE GRADUATES OF STATE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES FROM TAKING PRC-ADMINISTERED BOARD EXAMINATIONS AND WHICH RUN COUNTER TO THE CONCEPT OF AUTONOMY OF STATE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES AS PROVIDED IN THEIR RESPECTIVE LEGISLATIVE CHARTERS AND UNDER EXISTING LAWS

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, ARTS AND CULTURE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE EFFORTS OF THE COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION AND OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AGAINST FAKE DOCUMENTS SYNDICATES, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF UPHOLDING THE INTEGRITY AND AUTHENTICITY OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE DOCUMENTS ISSUED BY SCHOOLS/UNIVERSITIES, PRIVATE CORPORATIONS, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND OTHER SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON EDUCATION, ARTS AND CULTURE; AND YOUTH, WOMEN AND FAMILY RELATIONS TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED INCREASES OF MISCELLANEOUS FEES IMPOSED BY SOME COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, WHICH ADD TO THE BURDEN OF HIGH TUITION COSTS, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF RATIONALIZING AND ITEMIZING ALLOWABLE MISCELLANEOUS CHARGES IN THE INTEREST OF TRANSPARENCY

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, ARTS AND CULTURE AND OTHER APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE PROPOSED 5-YEAR CURRICULUM OF ALL COURSES NATIONWIDE, STARTING WITH EDUCATION AND NURSING, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF RATIONALIZING AND POSSIBLY, SUSPENDING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 5 ISSUED BY THE COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION ON ACCOUNT OF PROTESTS AND NEGATIVE REACTION IT DREW FROM PARENTS AND STUDENTS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, ARTS AND CULTURE TO INQUIRE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE REPORTED PLANS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (DEPED) AND THE COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION (CHED) TO EVALUATE TEXTBOOKS BEING USED AND INTENDED TO BE USED BY PRIVATE SCHOOLS, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF DETERMINING ITS PROPRIETY AND LEGALITY IN LIGHT OF THE PROVISIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8047, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE 'BOOK PUBLISHING INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT ACT' AND PROVIDE REMEDIAL LEGISLATIONS THAT WILL BRING ABOUT QUALITY TEXTBOOKS TO PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS

RESOLUTION URGING THE COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION TO SUSPEND ANY INCREASE IN TUITION AND OTHER FEES FOR SCHOOL YEAR 2009-2010 AND PROMOTE THE GRANTING OF SCHOLARSHIPS AND SIMILAR PROGRAMS SPECIALLY TO POOR BUT DESERVING STUDENTS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, ARTS AND CULTURE TO LOOK INTO THE STATE OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE COUNTRY PARTICULARLY THE QUALITY OF PROGRAMS OFFERED BY HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS IN RELATION TO THE PASSING RATE OF THEIR GRADUATES IN LICENSURE EXAMS AS WELL AS THE EMPLOYABILITY OF THEIR GRADUATES VIS-A-VIS THE TUITION AND OTHER FEES THAT HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS CHARGE THEIR STUDENTS, AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF GOVERNMENT'S STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR TERTIARY EDUCATION, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF DETERMINING APPROPRIATE MEASURES TO BROADEN ACCESS TO QUALITY HIGHER EDUCATION AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, ARTS AND CULTURE AND OTHER APPROPRIATE COMMITTEE/S TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE INCREASING NUMBER OF COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES RECOGNIZED BY THE COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION (CHED) WITH THE END IN VIEW OF RECOMMENDING REMEDIAL MEASURES TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION IN THE PHILIPPINES

AN ACT INSTITUTIONALIZING THE OPEN LEARNING AND DISTANCE EDUCATION SYSTEM IN THE PHILIPPINES, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT CONVERTING THE 100 CHED-SUPERVISED INSTITUTIONS (CSIs) OF THE PHILIPPINES TO BE CALLED POLYTECHNIC STATE COLLEGES OF THE PHILIPPINES (PSCP) AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT PROVIDING A MECHANISM FOR GENERATING QUALITY GRADUATES OF HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS BASED ON PERFORMANCE IN PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE EXAMINATIONS

AN ACT TO EMPOWER THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (DEPED), THE COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION (CHED), AND THE TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (TESDA) TO REQUIRE ALL THE SCHOOL HEADS TO REPORT ALL THE INCIDENTS OF STUDENT SUICIDE IN THEIR RESPECTIVE SCHOOLS, WHETHER CONSUMMATED, FRUSTRATED OR ATTEMPTED, AND TO PROVIDE A PROGRAM FOR STUDENT SUICIDE EARLY INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION.

AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION (CHED), AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7722, ENTITLED AN ACT CREATING THE COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT TO PROHIBIT DISCRIMINATION AND PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT ON THE BASIS OF SEX, ETHNICITY, PHYSICAL CONDITION, RELIGIOUS BELIEF OR POLITICAL AFFILIATION IN CONNECTION WITH ADMISSION TO AN INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION PARTICIPATING IN ANY PROGRAM AUTHORIZED UNDER THE COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION

AN ACT REQUIRING STATE DEPARTMENT AND AGENCIES TO ISSUE A REPORT TO THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION AND CONGRESS REGARDING THE FEASIBILITY OF ALTERNATIVE WORK SCHEDULES