Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila
20TH Congress
FIRST REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 1100 
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Introduced by Representative CAROLINE B. AGYAO
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Bill which seeks to establish the CHED- Kalinga Provincial Office is a refiled
bill from the 18th Congress which has been approved by both the House of Representatives
and the Senate.
The State recognizes the vital role of the youth in nation building and education
plays an important part to protect their physical, moral, spiritual, intellectual and social well-
being. Education is widely seen as a tool to improve the socio-economic status of a person,
and that better accessibility to education will not only improve the economic life of the
people but even their social and political conditions. Sadly though, not all of our youth get to
reach the tertiary level of education due to financial constraints. Many of our poor students
have to drop out from college due to lack of access to government agencies and programs
tasked to prioritize education as a catalyst for change and progress.
In the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR), the Regional Office of the
Commission on Higher Education (CHED) is situated in La Trinidad, Benguet, which is more
than Three Hundred Kilometers from the Province of Kalinga. The CHED Regional Office
covers the Provinces of Benguet, Kalinga, Apayao, Ifugao, Abra, Mountain Province and the
City of Baguio, and Kalinga is the farthest from the Regional Center. The travel time from the
Province of Kalinga to Benguet where the CHED Regional Office is located, is about eight to
twelve hours, thus the stakeholders from the academe, staff and administrators of higher
learning institutions, as well as our students, have to travel far and wide, and spend huge
amount of time and money to reach and transact with the CHED Regional Office.
This measure then proposes the establishment of a CHED Provincial Office in the
Province of Kalinga to provide the people, especially our young students, easy access for
their educational concerns, such as processing applications for scholarship grants and
securing documents for employment purposes, among others.
In view of the foregoing, the passage of this bill is earnestly sought.
CAROLINE B. AGYAO
July 2, 2025
1:13 pm


Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City, Metro Manila
20th Congress
FIRST REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 1100
Introduced by Representative CAROLINE B. AGYAO
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A PROVINCIAL OFFICE OF THE COMMISSION ON
HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE PROVINCE OF KALINGA, AND APPROPRIATING
FUNDS THEREFOR
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress
assembled:
SECTION 1. There shall be established in the Province of Kalinga, an office of the
Commission on Higher Education (CHED) to be known as the CHED- Kalinga Provincial
Office. It shall be headed by a provincial director.
SEC. 2. The CHED shall determine the organizational structure and staffing pattern
for the CHED- Kalinga Provincial Office and submit the same to the Department of Budget
and Management for approval.
SEC. 3. The Chairperson of the CHED shall immediately include in the CHED’s
Program the operationalization of the CHED- Kalinga Provincial Office.
SEC. 4. The amount necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act shall be included
in the annual General Appropriations Act.
SEC. 5. Within sixty (60) days from the approval of this Act, the CHED shall issue
the necessary rules and regulations for its effective implementation.
SEC. 6. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official
Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.
Approved,