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Introduced by Senator Antonio “Sonny” F. Trillancs IV 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
According to a survey conducted by the National Statistics Office in 2003’, three out of ten 
persons in age group six years and above have attended an elementary school, hut were not able 
to coniplete the dementary lewl. This meam that evem with our Constitution asserting the 
irnpwtzr~ce to pmkct and promote the right of the citizens ’lil qualrii.y education, tile tiowiir~y stiii 
lacks the capacity to improve access to quality basic education, with elementary education as the 
first niiphasis. 
In this light, a legislation recognizing the need for an additional benefit that ought to he available 
for public school students, especially in the primary level, is essentially called for. 
This bill establishes a printing office under the direction of the Department of Ektucation. The 
printing office shall produce, print, distrribute original materials and contract to print and 
distribute materials that a school district or private source has produced. This hill also sets that 
the said printing office shall prioritize elementary school students. 
In view of the foregoing, the immediate approval of this bill is earnestiy sought 
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The 2003 Functional Literacy, Education and Mass Media Survey (FLEMMS), a national survey conducted by the 
National Statistics Office, gathers information on basic and functional literacy status of the population which will be 
used as basis of education policies and programs that will improve the coverage and quality of education and 
literacy in theccmtq~ 
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Introduced by Senator Antonio “Sonny” F. Trillanes IV 
AN ACT 
ESTABLISHING AN EDUCATION PRINTING OFFICE 
SECTION 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as the “Education Printing OJfice 
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SEC. 2. Declaunlion of Poliq. - lt is hereby decked the policy of the State to maintain 
and establish an integrated system of education that is relevant and useful to the needs of public 
elementary and high school students. 
SEC. 3. Educnfion Printing Ufflcg. - The Department of Education shall establish a 
printing office. The printing office may: 
a) produce, print, and distribute ~ h i g i ~ l  
materials that support and enhance the 
instruction of the core curriculum in public schools, including workbooks, worksheets 
and textWs; 
b) contract to print and distribute materials that a school district, charter school, or 
private source has produced; 
c) charge public schools the reasonable costs of distributed materials; and 
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d) seek input from school districts, charter schools, educators, and parents regarding the 
deve:lqment of materials. 
SEC. 4. Priorities of the Printing QJfie. - The printing office shall give the priority of 
producing materials for kindergarten through grade three. The second priority of the printing 
office shall be the production of materials fw grades four through six. 
SEC, 5. .Appropriation. - The fmds needed for this purpose shall be taken from the 
appropriations of the Department of Education. Thereafter, such amount necessary for the 
implementation ofthis Act shall be inclucaed in t& annual GeneEal Appropriations Act. 
SEC. 6. Separability Clai4s. - If any provision of this Act shall at any time be found to 
be unconstitutional or invalid, the remainder thereof not affected by such declaration shall 
remain in full force and effect. 
SEC. 7. Repealing Clause. - All laws, decrees, d e s  or regulations inconsistent with the 
provisions of this Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly. 
SEC. 8. Effectivi@ Clause. - This Act shall take effect after fifteen (15) days following 
its complete publication in two (2) newspapers of general circulation. 
Approved, 
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