THIRTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
Second Regular Session 
S E N A T E  
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Senate Bill No. 
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INTRODUCED BY SEM. MANNY VILLAR 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
The various elementary and secondary schools in the country have 
already integrated computer subjects in their curriculum to teach their young 
students of the basic principles of computer subjects. This is important for the 
children to be able to lean at a very young age the significance of computer 
technology in the modern world. However, some schools fail to monitor their 
computer system and this enables the students to access harmful material 
especially from the Internet. 
On this note, the attached bill requires the installation in various 
elementary and secondary schools of Internet filters that block the obscenity, 
violence, child pornography and any other matter considered to be harmful to the 
students. This will safeguard the moral values of the children against the 
destructive effects of modern technology and at the same time ensure that they 
acquire the necessary skills and knowledge of computer technology. 
Accordingly, the approval of this bill is earnestly sought. 
MANNY VIL AR ! 


THIRTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
Second Regular Session 
'2 r, P 
Senate Bill No. /uepv 
INTRODUCED BY SEN. MANNY VILLAR 
AN ACT 
TO REQUIRE THE INSTALLATION OF A SYSTEM FOR FILTERING OR 
BLOCKING MATTER ON THE INTERNET ON COMPUTERS IN ELEMENTARY 
AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES WITH INTERNET ACCESS, 
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 
8 enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
Philippines in Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. Title. - This Act shall be known and cited as the "Safe 
Schools Internet Act" 
Implement A Filtering Os Blocking System For Computers With Internet Access. 
No services may be provided to any elementary or secondary school, or 
any library, unless it provides the certification required under this Act. 
SECTION 3. Certification for Schools- Before receiving universal service 
assistance, an elementary or secondary school shall certify to the Department of 
Education that it has- 
1. selected a system for computers with Internet access to filter or block 
2. installed, or will install as soon as it obtains computers with Internet 
SECTION 2. No Universal Service For Schools Or Libraries That Fail To 
matter deemed to be inappropriate for minors; and 
access, a system to filter or block such 
SECTION 4. Certification for Libraries- Before receiving universal service 
assistance, a library that has a computer with Internet access shall certify to the 
Department that, on one or more of its computers with Internet access, it 
employs a system to filter or block matter deemed to be inappropriate for minors. 
If a library that makes a certification under this paragraph changes the system it 
employs or eeases to employ any such system, it shall notify the Department 
within 10 days after implementing the change or ceasing to employ the system; 
SECTION 5. Local Determination Of Content- For purposes of this Act, the 
determination of what matter is inappropriate for minors shall be made by the 


school, school board, library or other authority responsible for making the 
required certification. 
SECTION 6. Separability Clause. - In the event that any provision or part 
of this Act shall be declared unconstitutional by the courts, the remaining 
provisions shall remain valid and in full force and effect. 
SECTION 7. Repealing Clause. -All laws, orders, rules and regulations or 
part thereof inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed or 
amended accordingly. 
SECTION 8. Dafe of Effectjvjfy, - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) 
days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in at least two (2) national 
newspapers of general circulation whichever comes earlier. 
Approved.