Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City
FIFTEENTH CONGRESS

FIRST REGULAR SESSION
5
House Bill No. 4559

Introduced by Representative Carlo V. Lopez

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Poverty is ‘ec most serious problem being encountered by various sectors of oui
countrynien today. One such sector is education.

On account of economic difficulties besetting our country today, private schools are
forced to increase s°/\ools fees which naturally will have to be borne by our poor parents

Consequently, to make effective the policy to increase school fees, school authorities
are compelled to dissllow students with arrearages in school fees from taking mid-term or
final examinations « siess delinquencies are first settled.

To remedy the foregoing problem, this bill seeks to prescribed a reasonable

compromise between the competing needs of students and the administratic:: of the sehcols
where such studen enrolled.

April 4, 2010


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

FIFTEENTH CONGRESS

FIRST REGULAR SESSION
House Bill No.4 53

Introduced by Representative Carlo V. Lopez

AN ACT

PROHIBITING PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS FROM DISALLOWING
S WITH DELINQUENT TUITION FEES TO TAKE THE MID-TERM OR
'XAMINATIONS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSE.

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

Section 1. Unlawful Practice ~ It is hereby declared unlawful for any school, public or
private, to disallow any student from taking any mid-term or final examination due to non-
payment of tuition fees subject to such terms of payment prescribed by the school concerned
and approved by the Department of Education

Section 2. Rights of School ~ Students permitted to take mid-term or final
examinations, notwithstanding their non-payment of school fees shall be subject, to the
following

The school authorities concerned are entitled to withhold the release of the grades of
such students until the unpaid tuition fees, plus interest charges, are fully paid.

A student, with an unpaid tuition fee, may be admitted by the school authorities
concemed at the next succeeding semester’s classes or at the next succeeding opening of a
new academic year, as the cause may be, until the prior delinquencies are fully pe!

The school authorities con

ered cannot be compelled to issue clearance to students
with financial obligations to their schools, which are due and unpaid.

Section 3. Obligations of Students — The students and/or parents, unless waived by the


school authorities concemed shall be obligated to pay an interest for the unpaid tuition fees,
an amount equivalent to not more than fourteen percent (14%), per annum, computed from
the date of the examination taken until the tuition fee due and unpaid, are fully liquidated.

Section 4. Implementation Guidelines - The Department of Education shail
promulgate the implementing guidelines necessary to enforce fully the objectives of this Act.

Section 5S. Penalty Imposed — Violations of the provisions of this Act shall be punished
by suspension and/or cancellation of the permits of the offending schools and fine of not less
than Twenty Thousand Pesos (P20,000.00) but not exceeding Fifty Thousand Pesos
(P50,000,00),

Section 6. Effectivity ~ This Act shall take effect 15 days after its publication in the
Official Gazette or at least 2 newspapers of general circulation.

Approved.