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SIXTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
Third Regular Session 
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SEP 16 All:51 
SENATE 
S. No. 
2952 
Prepared by the Committee on Civil Service, Government Reorganization and Professional 
Regulation and the Committee on Education, Arts and Culture with Senators Sotto III, 
Trillanes IV and Pia Cayetano as authors 
AN ACT 
GRANTING 
EDUCATIONAL 
ASSISTANCE 
AND 
BENEFITS 
TO 
THE 
DEPENDENTS OF ALL MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE 
PHILIPPINES (AFP), PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE (PNP), BUREAU OF FIRE 
PROTECTION (BFP), BUREAU OF JAIL MANAGEMENT AND PENOLOGY 
(BJMP), NATIONAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (NBI), PHILIPPINE DRUG 
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY (PDEA), PHILIPPINE COAST GUARD (PCG) AND 
BUREAU OF CORRECTIONS (BUCOR) WHO ARE KILLED OR PERMANENTLY 
INCAPACITATED WHILE IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THEm DUTY OR BY 
REASON OF THEIR OFFICE OR POSITION 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress 
assembled: 
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SECTION 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as the "Uniformed Personnel 
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Educational Assistance and Benefits Act of 2015 ", 
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SECTION 2. Declaration of Policy. - It is hereby declared policy of the State to 
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recognize the vital role of the members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), 
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Philippine National Police (PNP), Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), Bureau of Jail 
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Management and Penology (BJMP), National Bureau ofInvestigation (NBI), Philippine Drug 
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Enforcement Agency (PDEA), Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and Bureau of Corrections 
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(BuCor) in the maintenance of peace and public order in our country and to ensure that the 
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dependents of those who are killed in action or are permanently incapacitated while in the 
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performance of their duty or by reason of their office or position are provided with 
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educational assistance and benefits. 
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SECTION 3. Permanent incapacity; Definition. - Permanent Incapacity shall refer to 
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physical or mental iII-health or infirmity which is: (i) permanent, (ii) prevents a member from 
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pursuing his normal employment, and (iii) seriously impairs his earning capacity. 
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SECTION 4. Grant of Educational Assistance and Benefits. - All the surviving 
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children of the members of the AFP, PNP, BFP, BJMP, NBI, PDEA, PCG and BuCor who 
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are killed or permanently incapacitated while in the performance of their duty or by reason of 
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their office or position shall automatically and without qualification be extended full 
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scholarship from elementary to tertiary level whether baccalaureate, formal or non-formal 
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education or training program in a non-exclusive school or institution. The scholarship 
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privilege shall include, but shall not be limited to, payment of tuition and miscellaneous fees, 
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allowance for books and school supplies and allowance for food and transportation. 
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SECTION 5. Uniformed Personnel Scholarship Board. - The scholarship funds 
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collected hereunder shall be managed and administered by an inter-agency scholarship board 
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to be known as the Unifornled Personnel Scholarship Board, which shall be created and 
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formally organized within thirty (30) days from the effectivity of this Act. The Board shall be 
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composed of the Secretary of the Department of the Interior and Local Government and 
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Secretary of the Department of National Defense as Co-chairmen and one (I) member each to 
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represent the AFP, PNP, BFP, BJMP, NBI, PDEA, PCG and BuCor. 
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The Board shall serve as the policy making body vested with the authority to come-up 
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with the mechanics, scope and limitations, and requirements for scholarship program 
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pursuant to the objectives of this Act. The Board shall, however, delegate the responsibility to 
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implement the screening, admission, disqualification and other scholarship-related availment 
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processes to the respective scholarship bodies of the AFP, PNP, BFP, BJMP, NBI, PDEA, 
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PCG and BuCor, in accordance with the guidelines to be prescribed by the Board. 
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SECTION 6. Authority to accept donations; Tax exemption. - The Board shall have 
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the authority to accept donations, contributions, grants in cash or in kind, from appropriate 
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sources, domestic or foreign. Said donations shall be used exclusively to complement the 
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funding requirements of the scholarship program subject to 111e existing govermnent 
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accounting and auditing rules and regulations; Provided, That any donation, contribution or 
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fmancial aid which may be made to the Board shall be exempt from taxes of any kind and 
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shall constitute allowable deductions in full from the income of the donors, contributors or 
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givers for income tax purposes. Furthermore, the Board is authorized to invest so much of the 
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idle funds as may be necessary for the purpose of generating additional revenue for the 
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benefit of the scholarship program. 
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SECTION 7. Appropriation. - The amount necessary to fund the educational 
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assistance and benefits specified above shall be included in the respective ammal budgets of 
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the AFP, PNP, BFP, BJMP, NBI, PDEA, PCG and BuCor to be enacted as part of the ammal 
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General Appropriations Act; Provided, That any deficiencies in the financial requirements 
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may be taken from savings on the personal services of the AFP, PNP, BFP, BJMP, NBI, 
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PDEA, PCG and BuCor and the Miscellaneous Persoffilel Benefits Funds (MPBF); Provided, 
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further, That the Uniformed Persoffilel Scholarship Board may, consistent with Sec. 5 of this 
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Act, identify, develop and/or generate additional sources of funds to further support this 
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scholarship program. 
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SECTION 8. Implementing Rules and Regulations. - The Unifonned Personnel 
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Scholarship Board herein created shall fonnulate and issue, within sixty (60) days from its 
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creation, the necessary rules and regulations for the effective implementation of this Act. 
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SECTION 9. Separability Clause. - If any provision or part hereof is held illegal, 
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invalid or unconstitutional, the remainder of the law or the provision not otherwise affected 
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shall remain valid and subsisting. 
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SECTION 10. Repealing Clause. - Presidential Decree No. 577 is hereby repealed. 
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RA 6963 and all other laws, presidential decrees or issuances, executive orders, letters of 
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instruction, administrative orders, rules and regulation or parts thereof which are contrary to 
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or inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed, modified or amended 
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accordingly. 
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SECTION 11. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its 
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complete publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation in the country or in 
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the Official Gazette. 
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Approved, 
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