An act promoting universal access to quality tertiary education by providing for free tuition and other school fees in state universities and colleges, local universities and colleges and state-run technical-vocational institutions, establishing the Tertiary Education Subsidy and Student Loan Program, strengthening the Unified Student Financial Assistance System for Tertiary Education, and appropriating funds therefor.

Resolution expressing the sense of the Senate for the immediate implementation of the provisions of the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act by administering and affording the students free tuition and other school fees at the start of the second semester of Academic Year 2017-2018