SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session
S. No.
SENATE
1463
(In Substitution of Senate Bill Nos. 219, 285 and 1123)
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Prepared Jointly by the Committees on Civil Service, Government Reorganization and 
Professional Regulation; Education, Arts and Culture; Ways and Means and Finance with 
Senators Vicente C. Sotto, III, Antonio “Sonny” F. Trillanes IV, Grace Poe, Francis “Chiz” 
____________ G. Escudero, Sonny Angara and Loren B. Legarda as authors
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AN ACT
GRANTING 
EDUCATIONAL 
ASSISTANCE 
AND 
BENEFITS 
TO 
THE 
DEPENDENTS OF ALL MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE 
PHILIPPINES (AFP), PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE (PNP), BUREAU OF FIRE 
PROTECTION (BFP), BUREAU OF JAIL MANAGEMENT AND PENOLOGY 
(BJMP), NATIONAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (NBI), PHILIPPINE DRUG 
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY (PDEA), PHILIPPINE COAST GUARD (PCG) ANL 
BUREAU OF CORRECTIONS (BUCOR) WHO ARE KILLED OR PERMANENTLY 
INCAPACITATED WHILE IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR DUTY OR BY 
REASON OF THEIR OFFICE OR POSITION
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled:
SECTION I. Short Title. -  This Act shall be known as the "Uniformed and Law 
Enforcement Personnel Educational Assistance and Benefits Act of 2017”.
SECTION 2. Declaration of Policy. -  It is hereby declared policy of the State to 
recognize the vital role of the members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), 
Philippine National Police (PNP), Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), Bureau of Jail 
Management and Penology (BJMP), National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), Philippine Drug 
Enforcement Agency (PDEA), Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and Bureau of Corrections 
(BuCor) in the maintenance of peace and public order in our country and to ensure that the 
dependents of those who are killed in action or are permanently incapacitated while in the 
performance of their duty or by reason of their office or position are provided with 
educational assistance and benefits.
SECTION 3. Permanent incapacity; Definition. -  Permanent Incapacity shall refer 
to physical or mental ill-health or infirmity which is: (i) permanent, (ii) prevents a member 
from pursuing his or her normal employment, and (iii) seriously impairs his or her earning 
capacity.
SECTION 4, Grant of Educational Assistance and Benefits. -  All the surviving 
children of the members of the AFP, PNP, BFP, BJMP, NBI, PDEA, PCG and BuCor who 
are killed or permanently incapacitated while in the performance of their duty or by reason of 
their office or position shall automatically and without qualification be extended full


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scholarship from kindergarten to tertiary level whether baccalaureate, formal or non-formal 
education or training program in a non-cxclusivc school or institution; Provided, that the 
surviving spouse if he or she so desires may also avail of the benefit; Provided further, that, if 
the deceased or disabled personnel is single, his or her qualified dependent siblings may also 
avail of this benefit. The scholarship privilege shall include, but shall not be limited to, 
payment of tuition and miscellaneous fees, allowance for books and school supplies and 
allowance for food and transportation.
SECTION 5. Uniformed and Law Enforcement Personnel Scholarship Board. -  
The scholarship funds collected hereunder shall be managed and administered in accordance 
with the policies formulated by an inter-agency scholarship board to be known as the 
Uniformed and Law Enforcement Personnel Scholarship Board, which shall be created and 
fonnally organized within thirty (30) days from the effectivity of this Act. The Board shall be 
composed of the Secretary of the Department of the Interior and Local Government, the 
Secretary of Justice, the Secretary of Transportation and Secretary of the Department of 
National Defense, or their alternatives, as Co-chairmen and one (1) member each to represent 
the AFP, PNP, BFP, BJMP, NBl, PDEA, PCG and BuCor.
The Board shall serve as the policy making body vested with the authority to come-up 
with the mechanics, scope and limitations, and requirements for scholarship program 
pursuant to the objectives of this Act. The Board shall, however, delegate the responsibility to 
implement the screening, admission, qualification, disqualification and other scholarship- 
related availment processes to the respective scholarship bodies of the AFP, PNP, BFP, 
BJMP, NBI, PDEA, PCG and BuCor, in accordance with the guidelines to be prescribed by 
the Board. If the agency concerned does not have an existing scholarship board or body, the 
head of agency is authorized to create such board or body or to delegate its function to an 
existing bureau, division or office which could concurrently perform such functions.
SECTION 6. Authority to accept donations; Tax Exemption. -  The Uniformed and 
Law Enforcement Scholarship Board and the respective board or bodies of the concerned 
agencies shall have the authority to accept donations, contributions, grants in cash or in kind, 
from appropriate sources, domestic or foreign. Said donations shall be used exclusively to 
complement the funding requirements of the scholarship program subject to the existing 
government accounting and auditing rules and regulations; Provided, That any donation 
contribution or financial aid which may be made to the Board and to respective board oi 
bodies of the concerned agencies shall be exempt from taxes of any kind and shall constitute 
allowable deductions in full from the income of the donors, contributors or givers for income 
tax purposes. Furthermore, the Board and to the respective board or bodies of the eoncemed 
agencies are authorized to invest so much of the idle funds as may be necessary for the 
purpose of generating additional revenue for the benefit of the scholarship program subject to 
the guidelines as may be prescribed by the board.
SECTION 7. Funding of Educational Assistance and Benefits. -  The amounts 
necessary to fund the educational assistance and benefits for the surviving children of the 
deceased or permanently incapacitated Uniformed and Law Enforcement Personnel provided 
under this Act shall be separately sourced and utilized, as follows:
A. For PNP, license fees collected from the PNP firearms, and explosive office;
B. For AFP, prevailing funds exclusively allocated for scholarship including 
applicable grants and donations and other service income;


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C. For BFP, subsidy income from the National Government;
D. For PCG, collection from permits and licenses fees, fines, and penalties, 
service income, and other general income; and
E. For NBI, income from government services, particularly new clearance fees, 
including miscellaneous income.
For PDEA, BJMP and BuCor, the amounts necessary for the educational assistance 
and benefits shall be included in their respective budgets under the annual General 
Appropriation Act.
The concerned agencies may also determine or generate additional sources of funds 
for the continuity of their scholarship assistance programs under this Act.
SECTION 8. Appropriations. -  Any shortfall in the amount necessary to fund the 
educational assistance and benefits specified above shall be included in the respective annual 
budgets of the AFP, PNP, BFP, NBI, and PCG to be enacted as part of the annual General 
Appropriations Act; Provided, That any deficiencies in the financial requirements may 
likewise be taken from savings on the personal services of the AFP, PNP, BFP, BJMP, NBI, 
PDEA, PCG and BuCor and the Miscellaneous Personnel Benefits Funds (MPBF); Provided, 
further. That the Uniformed Personnel Scholarship Board may, consistent with Sec. 5 of this 
Act, identify, develop and/or generate additional sources of funds to further support this 
scholarship program.
SECTION 9. Implementing Rules and Regulations. -  The Uniformed and Law 
Enforcement Personnel Scholarship Board herein created shall promulgate, formulate and 
issue, within sixty (60) days from its creation, the necessary implementing rules and 
regulations for the effective implementation of this Act.
SECTION 10. Separability Clause. -  If any provision or part this Act is held illegal, 
invalid or unconstitutional, the remainder of the law or the provisions not otherwise affected 
shall remain valid and subsisting.
SECTION II. Repealing Clause. -  Presidential Decree No. 577, RA 6963, and all 
other laws, presidential decrees or issuances, executive orders, letters of instruction, 
administrative orders, rules and regulation or parts thereof which are contrary to or 
inconsistent with the provisions of this Act arc hereby repealed, modified or amended 
accordingly.
SECTION 12. Effectivity Clause. -  This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after 
its complete publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation in the country or 
in the Official Gazette, whichever comes first.
Approved,