Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City, Metro Manila 
19th Congress 
FIRST REGULAR SESSION 
HOUSE BILL NO. ______ 
Introduced by Representative ALLEN JESSE C. MANGAOANG 
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, 
July 1, 2022
8:03 am
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Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City, Metro Manila 
19th Congress 
FIRST REGULAR SESSION 
HOUSE BILL NO. _______ 
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Introduced by Representative ALLEN JESSE C. MANGAOANG 
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 youths 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. 
 ALLEN JESSE C. MANGAOANG 
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