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Introduced by Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
The Constitution, Article XIV, Section 4(1) mandates the State to exercise reasonable 
supervision and regulation of all educational institutions. The crime incidence in campuses has 
steadily risen. There is a need to inform the parents and guardian, as well as their children and 
wards, about crimes that happened in a particular educational institution and about its security 
policies and procedures. 
This bill aims to provide a safe and healthy environment for students by requiring 
educational inslitutions: 
1. To develop security policies and procedures; 
2. To report crimes on campuses; and 
3. To develop policies and procedures to address violent crimes on college campuses.* 
* This bill was re-filed during the Thirteenth Congress, First Regular Session. 


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FOURTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUSLIC) 
First Regular Session 
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SENATE 
S.No. 1723 
Introduced by Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago 
AN ACT 
TO PROMOTE CRIME AWARENESS AND SECURITY IN CAMPUSES 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress 
assem bled: 
SECTION 1. Short Title. - This Act may be cited as the “Crime Awareness and Campus 
Security Act of 2007.” 
SECTION 2. Declaration of Policy. - It shall be the policy of the State to provide a safe 
and healthy environment for students by requiring educational institutions to disclose crime 
statistics that occur within the campus and its securitypolicies and procedures. 
SECTION 3. Definition of Terms. - For the purposes of this Act, the term: 
(A) “Campus” includes - 
(1) Any building or property owned or controlled by an institution of higher 
education within the same reasonably contiguous geographic area and used by 
the institution in direct support of, or related to its educational purposes; 
(2) Any building or property owned or controlled by student organizations 
recognized by the institution. 
In cases where branch campuses of an institution of higher education, schools 
within an institution are not within reasonably contiguous geographic area, such entities 
shall be considered separate campuses for purposes of the reporting requirements of this 
Act. 
(B) “Secretary” refers to the Secretary of Department of Education. 
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SECTION 4. Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics. - 
Upon effectivity of this Act, each eligible campus shall begin to collect the following 
information with respect to campus crime statistics and campus security policies and each year 
thereafter, prepare, publish, and distribute, through appropriate publications or mailings, to all 
current students and employees, and to any applicant for enrollment or employment upon 
request, an annual security report containing at least the following information with respect to 
the campus security policies and campus crime statistics of that institution: 
(A)A statement of current campus policies regarding procedures and facilities for 
students; 
(B) Reports of criminal actions or other emergencies occurring on campus; and 
(C) Policies concerning the institution’s response to such reports. 
SECTION 5. Separability Clause. - If any provision or part hereof, is held invalid or 
unconstitutional, the reminder of the law of the provision not otherwise affected shall remain 
valid and subsisting. 
SECTION 6. Repealing Clause. - Any law, presidential decree or issuance, executive 
order, letter of instruction, administrative order, rule or regulation contrary to, or inconsistent 
with, the provisions of this Act is hereby repealed, modified or amended accordingly. 
SECTION 7. Effectivity Clause. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its 
publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation. 
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