THIRTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
Second Regular Session 
S E N A T E  
INTRODUCED BY SEN. MANNY VILLAR 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
This bill seeks to encourage further the active participation of parents and 
teachers in the total development of students as they go thru elementary and 
high school education. This may be done by institutionalizing more definitively 
the Parents - Teachers Associations. 
It is the proper concern of the State to extend guardianship over the 
children from the comforts of home to the bigger community, which is the school. 
And, this time, it will not only be parental guardianship that will help mould the 
virtues and good character in the young, but also the guardianship by teachers 
over them, thru a common organization -the Parents -Teachers Association. 
Present times dictate the need for a more cooperative interaction among 
parents and teachers, especially since there have been nagging reports 
regarding the deterioration in the quality of education, which must be arrested, 
and for which parental and tutorial consultation becomes immediately relevant; 
and, because of the drug menace that has alarmingly affected school children as 
nearly as their grade school days. 
This bill, once it becomes a law, will certainly strengthen existing laws on 
Parents - Teachers Associations, and would give more meaning to constitutional 
propositions on State protection and strengthening of the family, the youth, and 
even non-governmental organizations. 
Passage of this bill is therefore earnestly requested. 
MANNYVIL AR / 


THIRTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
Second Regular Session 
Senate Rill No. 
INTRODUCED BY SEN. MANNY VILLAR 
AN ACT 
STRENGTHENING THE PARENTS-TEACHERS ASSOCIATIONS, DEFINING 
THEIR ORGANIZATIONAL MECHANISM, POWERS AND FUNCTIONS AND 
FOR OTHER PURPOSES 
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enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
Philippines in Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. It is the policy of the State to further strengthen the Parents - 
Teachers Associations (PTAs hereinafter) to help improve the quality of 
education in the grade school and high school levels, help the parents rear their 
children for civic efficiency and to develop their moral character, and to promote 
and protect their physical, moral, spiritual, intellectual, and social well-being 
SECTION 2. In pursuance of the policy under Section 1 hereof, the 
Parents - Teachers Associations are hereby established to provide appropriate 
fora for the discussion of matters relating to the total school program and for 
ensuring the full cooperation of parents and teachers in the formulation and 
efficient implementation of such programs. The PTAs shall be established under 
the following organizational structures: 
(a) There shall be a Home Room PTA in every class or section in every 
grade or year in the elementary or secondary school, whether public or 
private; 
(b) There shall be a school PTA in every public or private elementary or 
high school in every city, municipality or province; 


(c) There shall be a PTA Federation in every city, municipality or province 
composed of the different school PTAs within a city, municipality or 
province: Provided, That the Provincial PTA Federation shall exclude 
City School PTAs; 
(d) There shall be a PTA Federation in every region, including any 
autonomous region created by law composed of provincial and city 
PTA federations within the region; 
(e) There shall be a National PTA Federation composed of the City, 
provincial and regional PTA federations. 
SECTION 3. In all matters affecting or relevant to the formulation of the 
total education or school programs, educational policies, enforcement of juvenile 
delinquency, including anti-drug abuse measures, and in the implementation of 
programs, projects, and activities to promote child and youth welfare, the 
appropriate national, regional, provincial, city, municipal, and other local 
officials/authorities, as well as the proper education and school officials 
concerned, shall as often as may be necessary, consult with the PTAs concerned 
and judiciously consider the latter’s views, opinions and positions, and accord 
due course to their recommendations. 
The PTAs herein referred to shall have the power to assess dues from the 
members and engage in any lawful fund raising activities to enable them to 
finance their plans and projects. 
SECTION 4. The national, regional, provincial, municipal government or 
other local government units, as well as the public or private elementary or high 
schools, shall make the school or government facilities available for use by the 
PTAs in the conduct of their activities, which shall as much as possible be for 
free: Provided, That should there be expenses for the use aforementioned, the 
same shall cover only the cost for operating the facilities. 


The officials of the national, regional, provincial, city, municipal 
governments or other government units and elementary or high schools, shall 
extend the necessary assistance to the PTAs within their jurisdiction. 
SECTION 5. The regional, provincial, city, municipal governments or other 
government units shall appropriate the funds necessary to assist the operations 
and activities of the PTAs, upon consultation with the proper PTAs, school 
authorities, and after public hearing. 
SECTION 6. The Secretary of Education shall, in consultation with the 
National PTA Federation, and after public hearing, promulgate such rules and 
regulations which are necessary to implement this Act. 
SECTION 7. In the event any provision of this Act or the application of 
such provision to any person or circumstance is declared invalid, the remainder 
of this Act or the application of said provision to other persons or circumstances 
shall not be affected by such declaration. 
SECTION 8. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its complete 
publication in the Official Gazette or in at least two (2) national newspapers of 
general circulation, whichever comes earlier. Other persons or circumstances 
shall not be affected by such declaration. 
Approved,