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Seventeenth Congress
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO, 3654 =

Introduced by Honorable Carmelo B, Lazatin IT

EXPLANATORY NOTE

‘This bill seeks to establish a Technical Education and Skills Development
Authority (TESDA) Training and Accreditation Center in Angeles City,
Pampanga.

"Isang  pamahalaang may — gawaing tama, marangal at
pinagkakatiwalaan ng taong bayan, tapat at mabilis na serbisyo at may
pagkalinga sa kapwa tao, at nagbibigay ng abot kaya at kalidad na edukasyon.
Isang pamayanang mapayapa at maayos, yumabong ang kalikasan at malinis
na kapaligiran, at umuunlad ang ekonomiya at kabuhayan, maging sa larangan
ng pangdaigdigang kalakalan. "- This is the vison of the City of Angeles in
Pampanga.

Stretched out in the broad expanse of Central Luzon lies Angeles City,
classified as highly urbanized, strategically located and known as a concrete
exemplification of beauty, tradition and growth, Commercial activities have
become widespread throughout the City, ranging from wholesale to retail
establishments, restaurants, hardware and construction supplies, and other
service-related industries, Commerce plays a vital role in the development of
Angeles City, so much so that the government should provide funding support
to preserve and strengthen the livelihood of the people as an alternative source

of income.


Technical skills education will help not only the City of Angeles to move
forward but the whole country as well, as this is a means to spur employment
and boost family income.

The establishment of a Technical Education and Skills Development
‘Authority (TESDA) Training Center in Angeles City will effectively equip the
graduates with basic livelihood skills and knowledge that will help them sustain
the worth of being productive individuals and enable them to become
economically independent at an earlier age.

In view of the foregoing, approval of this bill is highly and earnestly

recommended.

CARME! LAZATIN IL


Seventeenth Congress
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. 365 4

Introduced by Honorable Carmelo B. Lazatin IT

AN ACT
PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE TECHNICAL
EDUCATION AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (TESDA)
TRAINING AND ACCREDITATION CENTER IN ANGELES CITY,
PAMPANGA AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

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

SECTION 1. Short Title. — This Act shall be known as the “Angeles
City TESDA Training and Accreditation Center Act”.

SEC. 2. Establishment. — There is hereby established the Technical
Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Training and
AccreditationCenter in the City of Angeles, Pampanga under the supervision of
the TESDA, hereinafter referred to as the Training and Accreditation Center.

SEC.3. General Mandate. - The Training and Accreditation Center
shall primarily provide technical and vocational training and skills development
programs to low-income families and out-of-school youth in the City of
Angeles to make them productive, as well as to help them develop into middle-
level skilled manpower, so as to hasten the social development of the City and
to meet the needs of both local and international markets. It shall also serve as

the assessment center for technical and vocational skills in the City.


SEC4. Curriculum Offerings. - The Training and Accreditation
Center shall offer short-term technical -vocational certificate courses within its
areas of specialization.

SEC.5. Administration. — The Training and Accreditation Center
shall be headed by a Technical Vocational Administrator under the supervision
of The TESDA.

SEC. 6. Appropriations. ~ The Director General of the TESDA shall
include in the TESDA’s program the establishment of the Angeles City TESDA
Training and Accreditation Center, the funding of which shall be included in the
annual General Appropriations Act. The city government of Angeles City shall
also set aside funds from any available local revenues in an amount deemed
appropriate by the city officials concerned as subsidy for the operationalization

of the Training and Accreditation Center.

Implementing Rules and regulations, - The TESDA, in
coordination with the Department of Trade and Industry, shall formulate and
issue the necessary rules and regulations for the effective implementation of this
Act.

SEC. 8,  Separability Clause. — If for any reason, any part or
provision of this Act is declared invalid or unconstitutional, the remaining parts

pr provisions not affected shall remain in full force and effect.


SEC.9. Repealing Clause. — All laws, presidential decrees,
executive orders, rules and regulations contrary to or inconsistent with the
provisions of this Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

SEC. 10. Effectivity Clause. — This Act shall take effect fifteen (15)
days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general
circulation,

Approved,