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FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE )
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES )
Second Regular Session )

HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES
House Bill No. _5134

Introduced by: MA. THERESA B. BONOAN-DAVID.
4% District, City of Manila

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Article XIV, Section 1 of the Constitution provides that “xxx The State shall
protect and promote that right of all citizens to quality education at all levels and shall take
appropriate steps to make such education accessible to all.”

The accessibility of quality education to all citizens is the main purpose of
this proposed measure. To concretize this vision, this measure seeks to require all
colleges and universities to provide scholarship grants to poor but deserving
students.

In order to enforce the clear mandate of the Constitution, all colleges and
universities shall be required under this measure to give their full support in the
implementation of an effective scholarship program geared towards the holistic
education and training of poor but deserving students and to provide them the
necessary support mechanism to finish their education.

This measure aims to empower and educate poor Filipino students by giving,
them the avenue to finish their college education and thereafter pursue productive
careers. When we educate the poor and provide them with the educational support
mechanism to finish their studies, we proactively contribute to the welfare and
well-being of this nation.

In view of the foregoing, the passage of this bill is earnestly sought.

MA. THERESA BONOAN-DAVID

4th District, City of Manila


FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE )
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES )
Second Regular Session )

HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES
House Bill No.__5134

Introduced by: MA. THERESA B. BONOAN-DAVID
4» District, City of Manila

AN ACT REQUIRING ALL COLLEGES and UNIVERSITIES TO PROVIDE
SCHOLARSHIP GRANTS TO POOR BUT DESERVING STUDENTS
REPRESENTING AT LEAST ONE PERCENT (1%) OF THE TOTAL.
STUDENT POPULATION, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Représentatives in Congress of the Philippines
assembled:

SECTION I. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as the “Scholarship for the Poor Act
of 2011.”

SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy. - It is the policy of the State to give priority to education,
protect and promote the rights of all citizens to quality education at all levels and it shall
take appropriate steps to make such education accessible to all. Towards this end, there
shall be provided scholarship grants to poor but deserving Filipino students in all
colleges and universities.

SEC. 3. Nature and Extent of Scholarship Grants. - Scholarship grants are hereby granted
in the form of free tuition fee to at least one percent (1%) of the student population in all
colleges and universities which grants shall be available to poor but deserving students.

SEC. 4. Implementing Rules and Regulations . - The- Secretary of the Department of
Education shall issue the necessary implementing rules and regulations for the speedy
and effective implementation of this scholarship program.

SEC. 5. Repealing Clause. - All laws, presidential decrees, executive orders,
proclamations, rules and regulations, or parts thereof which are inconsistent with the
provisions o; this Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

SEC. 6. Separability Clause. - If any provision of this Act is declared unconstitutional, the
other provisions not affected thereby shall remain valid.

SEC. 7. Effectivity Clause. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days from its publication
in the Official Gazette or in at least two (2) newspapers of general.

Approved.