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SENATE OF THE PHILIPPINES 
SIXTEENTH CONGRESS 
First Regular Session 
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SENATE 
Senate Bill No. 
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2061 
Introduced by SENATOR JOSEPH VICTOR G. EJERCITO 
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EXPLANATORY NOTE 
It is the policy of the State to promote and advance the right of 
every Filipino to quality education and to make such education 
accessible to all. 
Sadly though, there are still a lot of Filipino youths that are 
deprived .of an effective means to education that can pragmatically 
guide them to be responsible partners of the State in nation bUilding. 
This is evident despite the fact that the government has been 
vigorously instituting reforms to improve the quality of our 
educational system. 
The problem lies mainly on the reality that most of our public 
schools, . which cater primarily to the marginalized sectors of our 
society, lack the necessary facilities to create an atmosphere 
conducive to learning. Facilities that can make the students learn 
effectively and comfortably. 
Considering the rapidly increasing student population, one 
issue that needs to be addressed with foremost attention is the 
inadequacy of school buildings in public schools, especially in the 
countryside. The current aggregate of school buildings is so 
inadequate that a large number of students have to make do with the 
shade of a tree as a classrooffil. And some teachers even conduct 
classes in hallways or stairways of schools. 
Only the establishment of a school building in every barangay, 
which this bill proposes, can remedy this pitiful situation. The 
enactment. of 
this 
measure 
will 
pave 
the 
way 
for 
the 
institutionalization of a more pot~nt educational system that can meet 
the demands of a surging student population and the changing needs 
of the time. Further, this will positively shift the focus of our 


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education program to the grassroots level where greater attention is 
presently needed. 
Since the strengthening of basic education as a means of 
empowering the youth and helping them fulfill their roles as future 
leaders of our nation is one of the major thrusts of the present 
administration, thus, immediate approval of this measure is earnestly 
sought. 
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. JOSEPH VICTOR G. EJERCITO 


SENATE OF THE PHILIPPINES 
SIXTEENTH CONGRESS 
First Regular Session 
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SENATE 
Senate Bill No. 2061 
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Introduced by SENATOR JOSEPH VICTOR G, EJERCITO 
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A SCHOOL 
BUILDING IN EVERY BARANGAY IN THE PHILIPPINES, 
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER 
PURPOSES 
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 "Barangay School 
Building Act" . 
SECTION 2. It is hereby declared a policy of the State to 
promote and advance the right of every Filipino to education. The 
State recognizes the people's need for a quality, affordable and 
adequate educational system as a tool in nation bUilding. 
SECTION 3. The Department of Education (DepEd) is hereby 
mandated to be the lead agency 'in the implementation of this Act, to 
formulate a guideline of requirements and to structure a timetable to 
ensure that each and e~erY barimgay in the Philippines will have its 
school building by the end of 2016. Likewise, the Department is 
hereby obligated to achieve a twenty-five - percent (25%) completion 
rate each year until 2016. 
SECTION 4. In line with this, the Department of Education 
shall closely coordinate with the Department of Public Works and 
Highways (DPWH) and the Department of Budget and Management 
(DBM) for the funding requirements and other pertinent matters 
needed in the proper implementation of this Act. 
SECTION 5. The Department of Education and the Department 
of Public Works and Highways shall closely coordinate with the Local 
Government Units (LGU) of each barangay with regard to the location 
of the land where the school building is proposed to be established. 


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The school building can be annexed to an existing school or be an 
entirely new school as may be agreed upon, after the consultations 
with barangay and community leaders, by the Department of 
Education and the local Government Unit Concerned. 
SECTION 6. The land where the proposed school building is to 
be constructed must be owned by the government. In the case that 
the land is a private property, the Department of Education can 
purchase the property in part or in whole after coordination with all 
concerned agencies. 
SECTION 
7. 
The 
appropriations 
necessary 
for 
the 
implementation of this Act for the year 2014 shall be sourced from the 
unobligated budget allocations of the Department of Education, 
Department of Public Works and Highways and the Department of 
Budget and Management under the current General Appropriations 
Act. Thereafter, such amount as necessary for the continued 
implementation of this Act shall be included in the Annual General 
Appropriations Act. 
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SECTION 8. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after 
completion of its publication in two (2) national newspapers of general 
circulation . 
Approved,