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Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
Second Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. 8186

Introduced by HON. LUIS RAYMUND “LRAY” F. VILLAFUERTE, JR.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The growth of special education in the Philippines has been given a good support all
these years by the government. In Bicol, specialized educational institutions have been built
to-exclusively serve the needs of the physically handicapped. Although some training facilities
for the deaf, and the blind are inadequate in terms of it being apt and fitting for their self-
development and self-reliance of the disabled individual.

This bill seeks to provide permanent and adequate educational facilities for the training
and education required by the physically handicapped by providing for the establishment of a
specialized institution for the physically handicapped in the Municipality of Libmanan,
Province of Camarines Sur. This place will serve as a place to learn, develop and grow for the
skills of handicapped individuals in the marginalized sector. As a pilot project, our educators
can learn from the experiences to be gained from the operation and conduct of this school
which can later on be utilized as a model for starting other similar schools not only in
Camarines Sur but elsewhere within the Bicol Region. It is anticipated that if the specialized
school is set up, the government may even be able to obtain or avail of grants, donations and
endowments from foundations here and abroad which may, as part of their primary
objectives, have already supported this type of educational institution.

However, unless and until this specialized school shall exist, in the Municipality of
Libmanan in Camarines Sur, the physically handicapped will invariably be kept in the homes
of their parents, perchance under tutorship. of persons, who neither have the expertise nor
inclination to attend to the specific needs of these infirm persons, and they, thereby will
eventually become a social burden; and worst of all, these disabled persons, will aggravate
their sufferings by the incursion of emotional stress by their failure to cope with their physical
limitations through lack of proper education to contend with the pressures and tensions
inherent in any society.


If properly educated however to acquire some skills, in addition to being ableto
maintain their lives to meet ordinary needs of daily living, these physically handicapped can
be made into productive citizens that is able to contribute to the socio- economic needs of
our country.

‘As we continue to strive for excellence in the delivery of educational services, the
continuing challenge upon us is to provide the best to all persons with special needs to give
them innovative strategies that will enrich their sense of purpose and sense of being in life.

In view of all the foregoing, early approval of this bill is urgently requested.

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LUIS RA} ID “LRay”|F. VILLAFUERTE JR.


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Queson City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
Second Regular Session

HOUSE BILL No. 8186

Introduced by HON. LUIS RAYMUND “LRAY” F. VILLAFUERTE, JR.

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A SPECIALIZED NATIONAL SGHOOL FOR THE PHYSICALLY
HANDICAPPED IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF LIBMANAN, PROVINCE OF CAMARINES SUR TO
BE KNOWN AS THE CAMARINES SUR INTEGRATED SCHOOL FOR SPECIAL CHILDREN AND
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

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

assembled.

SECTION 1. There shall be established, under the Department of Education, a
specialized school providing for elementary and secondary education to the physically
handicapped in the Municipality of Libmanan, Province of Camarines Sur to be known as the
Camarines Sur Integrated School for Special Children.

SECTION 2. The education and training to be provided in said specialized school shall
cover those who are deaf, mute or blind as well as others who may be suffering from physical
infirmities or handicaps, inborn or acquired, who may not be able to properly cope with studies
in regularly established schools because of the special needs demanded or warranted by their
infirmities or handicaps.

Accordingly, the physical structure of the school, classrooms. seating arrangements
and teaching materials. and other equipment that are deemed suitable for the efficient and
effective training and education of the physically handicapped shall be provided in said school.


SECTION 3. The Secretary of Education shall immediately include in the Department's
program the operationalization of the Camarines Sur Integrated School for Special Children,
the funding of which shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

SECTION 4. Grants, donation or bequests of equipment, teaching and reading materials,
and other educational aids required by said school shall be exempt from donor's tax and the
same shall be considered as allowable deductionsfrom the gross income in the computation
of the income tax of the donor, in accordance with the provisions of the National Internal
Revenue Code, as.amended: Provided, however, That such donations shall not be disposed
of, transferred or sold.

The School can also import duty-free economic, technical and cultural books and/or

ations upon certification of the Department of Education that such books and/or
publications are for economic, technical, vocational, scientific, philosophical, historical or
cultural purposes, in accordance with the provisions of the Tariff and Customs Code, as
amended,

SECTION 5. This Act

ill take immediate effect upon its approval.

Approved,