FOURTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE ) 
REPUBLIC OF Tm PHILIPPINES ) 
Second Regular Session 
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SENATE 
Introduced by Senator Antonio “Sonny” F. Trillanes IV 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
Article XIV Section 1 provides that the State shall protect and promote the right of all 
citizens to quality education at all levels, and shall take appropriate steps to make such 
education accessible to all. Thus, laws have been enacted to further this policy, wherein the 
Education Act of 1982 is among them. However, those who have crafted the aforementioned 
law failed to anticipate the exorbitant increase in tuitions that is to come in the years ahead. 
The Education Act of 1982 has in effect rendered our educational institutions inutile in 
safeguarding the interests of students and unable to regulate private educational institutions 
from increasing their tuition and other fees. 
For the next academic year, 130 tertiary schools across the country revealed plans for tuition 
hikes. According to the Commission on Higher Education (CHEd), the schools are reported 
to have asked an increase in their tuitions by 5, 7 or 10 percent (5-10%)’ Private tertiary 
schools cater to almost 70 percent of the college students nationwide. This is a most 
unsolicited burden for our students and their parents, and will only seek to exacerbate their 
plight, especially in light of the current economic crunch. 
In response to this, this measure mandates that every private school shall determine its rate of 
tuition and other school fees or charges subject to the regulation and approval of the 
Department of Education (DepEd), Commission on Higher Education (CHED), and the 
Technical Education and Slalls Authority (TESDA). The universities and colleges may 
apply for an increase in their school fees provided that the increase does not go beyond the 
current inflation rate of the country. It is hoped that the passage of this bill shall provide teeth 
to the concerned educational institutions and bring back social justice to our students who 
have been and are in danger of being denied access to higher education. 
In view of the foregoing, immediate approval of this measure is earnestly sought 
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<<SONNY’ F. TRILLANES 
Senator 
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s. No 
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Introduced by Senator Antonio “Sonny” F. Trillanes IV 
AN .ACT 
AMENDING SECTION 42 OF BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 232, OTHERWISE KNOWN 
AS TEE ‘0EDUCATION ACT OF 1982”, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7798, 
BY REGIJLATING THE INCREASE OF TUITION AND OTHER SCHOOL FEES OF 
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SECTION 1. Section 42 of Batas Pambansa Blg. 232, otherwise known as the Education 
Act of 1982, as amended by Republic Act No. 7798, is hereby mended to read as follows: 
See. 42.A. Each private school shall determine its rate of tuition and other 
s&ml fm BY charges SUB3ECT TO THE REGULATION AND 
APPROVAL OF TEE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATlON (IiepiM), 
COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION (CHEd), AND THE 
TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND SKILLS AUTHORlTY (TESDA). 
ALL PRWATE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS MAY APPLY FOR 
INCREASE DOES NOT EXCEED THE CURRENT INFLATION 
RATE OR THE COUNTRY AS OFFICMLLY DETERMINED BY 
TBE NATIONAL ECONOMIC AND DEVELOPMENT AUTIIORETY. 
The rates and charges adoped by schools pursuant to &Is provision shaii be 
collectible, and their application or use authorized, subject to rules and 
regulations promulgated by the DepEd, CHEd, AND TESDA. 
AN m-CmAsE M ANY SU€B FEE, PROPrnED THAT ZEE 
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Ejj-u-cATIO&-AL ~sTIT-u-.Fio&- 
CONVICTION FOR AN ACT IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 42 (A) 
ABOVE, SHALL BE PUNISHED WITH LILIPRISONMENT OF NOT 
MORE TEAN SEX (6) I’EARS. 
SEC. 2. SeparabiZity Clause - If any part, scction, or provision of this Act shall be held 
invalid or unconstitutionai, the other provisio~s shali not be aSeccted themby 
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modified accordingly. 
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SEC. 3. Repealing Clause. - All laws, decrees, orders, issuances, rules and regulations or 
parts thmmf imwnsktt with the pnwisim of this Act m heby   pa led, ammded, or 
SEC. 4. Eflitivify €lause. - This Act shall take effect in the preceding school year 
immediately after the enactment of this Act, following its publication in the Oficial Gazette or in 
any tww (2) newspapers of g-I 
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Approved, 
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