Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE 0F REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila
NINETEENTII CONGRESS
First Regular Session
House Bill No.
6023
Introduced by Representative Gabriel H. Bordado, Jr.
EXPIAIATORY NOTE
The    1987    Philippine   Constitution   mandates   the   State   to   protect   and
promote the right of all citizens to quality education at all levels and take appropriate
steps to make such education  accessible to all.  But for quality education to be truly
accessible to everyone, we must ensure that those who belong to minority groups are
included a§ well.
The   indigenous   peoples   (lp)   make   up   10-20%   of   the   Philippine's   total
population.  According  to  the  Department  of  Education,  there  are  2.529  million  lp
learners  in 42,176  public schools  around  the country during  the first decade of the
Indigenous  Peoples  Education  (lpEd)  Program.  Despite the  presence of numerous
programs,  many among the  indigenous  communities  still  struggle to find  access to
education.  These  programs  need  to  be  further strengthened  and  supplemented  in
order to insure their success.
Therefore,   this   bill   seeks   to   establish   basic   education   schools   in   every
indigenous peoples community in the country to bring quality education closer to our
lp learners.
The passage of this bill is sincerely sought.
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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE 0F REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila
NINETEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session
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6023
House Bill No.
Introduced by Representative Gabriel H. Bordado, Jr.
AN ACT ESTABLISHING BASIC HDUCATION SCHOOL IN EVERY
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES COMMUNITY IN THE COUNTRY AND
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the
Philippines in Congress assembled:
SECTION  1. This Act shall  be  known  as the "School for Every Indigenous  Peoples
Community Act of 2022."
SECTION  2. The State  shall  protect and  promote the  right of all  citizens to quality
education  at all  levels  of education  and  shall  take  appropriate  steps to  make  such
education accessible to all.
The  Constitution  provides  that  the  State  recognizes  and  promotes  the  rights  of
indigenous   cultural   communities   within   the   framework   of   national   unity   and
development
SECTION 3. As used in this Act:
a.  Basic  Education  refers to the  intended  basic learning  needs which  provides the
foundation  on  which  subsequent  learning  can  be  based.  It  includes  kindergarten,
elementary and secondary education as well as alternative learning systems for out-
of-school learners and those with special needs.
b. Basic Education School refers to learning institutions accredited by the Department
of Education (DepEd) to deliver services addressing the intended basic learning needs
of students, and
c. Indigenous Peoples or Indigenous Peoples Community refers to the same definition
stated in Section 3h,  Ch. 2 of RA No. 8371  or the Indigenous Peoples' Rights Act of
1997 which describes it as "group of people or homogenous societies who have lived
as  organized  community  on  communally  bounded  and  defined  territory,   sharing
common bonds of language, customs, traditions and other distinctive cultural traits, or
who have resisted political, social and cultural inroads of colonization, non-indigenous
religions and cultures, or the establishment of present state boundaries."


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SECTION 4.  It is herein mandated that there shall be established at least one Basic
Education School for every Indigenous Peoples Community in the country
SECTION  5. The  Department of Education,  in  coordination  with  the  Department of
Public Works and Highways, is herein tasked to formulate the lmplementing Rules and
Regulation of this Act within thirty (30) days from its effectivity.
SECTION  6.  An  initial  amount  of  One  Hundred  Million  Pesos  (P100,000,000.00)
necessary for the implementation of this act shall be included  in the Annual General
Appropriations Act upon the effectivity of this Act.
SECTION 7. Separability Clause. - lf any provision or part hereof,  is held invalid or
unconstitutional, the remainder of the law or the provision not otherwise affected shall
remain valid and subsisting.
SECTION 8. Repealing Clause. -All laws, decrees, executive orders, proclamations,
and  administrative  regulations  or  parts  thereof  inconsistent  herewith   are  hereby
repealed or modified accordingly.
SECTION 9. Effectivity Clause. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its
publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.
Approved,


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