Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Constitution Hills, Quezon City

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. 4235

Introduced by Representative Salvador B. Belaro, Jr.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Based on recent information provided by the Department of Education
(DepEd), a great number of K-11 students who just finished Grade 10 decided
to enroll in senior high school level at private schools. In fact, a total of 5,046
private schools, public and private universities and colleges, and technical-
vocational institutions nationwide serve to complement the 5,990 DepEd public
schools nationwide in absorbing the more than one million K-11 students during
hool-Year 2016-2017. This number is expected to double next year and the
private schools are again expected to absorb more students which means that
these private schools must prepare to expand their absorptive capacity not just
in terms of more classrooms but even better facilities, libraries, computers, and
science laboratories which entail higher capital expenditures.

This bill seeks to provide private schools easier access to credit and other
government support to allow them to better prepare for the changes in the
educational system as brought about by the implementation of the K to 12
program.

Notably, in other countries that embraced the implementation of K to 12
such as Kenya, their governments provided access to credit and other
government support to enable the private schools to better perform their role in
the implementation of the K-12 program.

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SALVADOR B. BELARO, JR.
Representative
1-Ang Edukasyon Party List


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Constitution Hills, Quezon City

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. 4235

Introduced by Representative Salvador B. Belaro, Jr.

AN ACT
PROVIDING PRIVATE SCHOOLS EXPANDED GOVERNMENT
SUPPORT AND EASY ACCESS TO CREDIT

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

’, 2. Declaration of Policy. The State recognizes the crucial role of private

hols in developing the most important resource of the country: its people. It
is a fact that private schools complement public schools in providing quality
education to the country’s youth.

SEC. 3. Scope. All private schools organized and operating within the
Philippines.

4. Procedure.The Department of Education (DepEd), Commission on
Higher Education (CHED) and the Technical Skills Development Authority
(TESDA) shall work closely with the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) in
coming up with the policies and guidelines that would enable private schools to
have access to credit and other necessary support from government agencies
such as the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Bureau of Internal
Revenues (BIR), and the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG).
The support of government agencies are required in order to facilitate the



expansion of facilities and capabilities of the private schools which require
processing of permits and licenses from the said agencies.

SEC. 5. Separability Clause. If any provision or part hereof is held invalid or
unconstitutional, the remainder of the law or provision not otherwise affected
shall remain valid and subsisting.

SEC. 7. Repealing Clause. All laws, orders, issuances rules and regulations or
parts thereof inconsistent with any provisions of this Act are hereby repealed,
modified or amended accordingly.

SEC. 8. Effectivity Clause. This Act shall take effect fifieen (15) days after its
publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation.

Approved.