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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE
Quezon City

SIXTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

H.B.No,_ 3091

Introduced by HONORABLE CZARINA D. UMALI

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Current economic realities show the great burden that we all have to shoulder.
The effects are felt by all sectors, specially the studentry.

With the unabated increase in tuition and school fees in both private and public
schools, more and more families and students find it hard to meet payment schedules
resulting to missed examinations

In acknowledgment of these harsh economic realities, this bill seeks to. aid the
students and their families by making it unlawful for any school, private or public, to
disallow students from taking their examinations due to non-payment of school fees.

Furthermore, this bill seeks to prescribe a reasonable compromise between the
competing needs of students and the educational institutions

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CZARINA D. UMALI

Representative
3% District, Nueva Ecija


REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
House of Representatives

Sixteenth Congress
First Regular Session

. House BILL NO3094

Introduced by: HONORABLE CZARINA D. UMALI

AN ACT
PENALIZING THE IMPOSITION OF A ‘NO PERMIT, NO EXAM POLICY’ OR
ANY SUCH POLICY THAT PROHIBITS STUDENTS OF POST-SECONDARY
AND HIGHER EDUCATION FROM TAKING THEIR MIDTERM OR FINAL
EXAMINATIONS DUE TO UNPAID TUITION AND OTHER SCHOOL FEES

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 “Anti-No Permit, No
Exam’ Act of 2011.”

SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy. It is hereby declared unlawful for any technical-
vocational (tech-voc) institute or higher education institution (HEI), whether
public or private, to disallow any student of post-secondary and higher
education from taking any midterm or final examination due to non-payment of
tuition and other school fees under the established terms of payment prescribed
by the concerned educational institution and approved by the Technical
Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), and the Commission on
Higher Education (CHED), respectively

SEC. 3. Coverage. This Act shall cover all public and private post-secondary
tech-voc institutes and HEls, including local colleges and universities

SEC. 4, Right of Students. Students of post-secondary and higher education
shall have the right to take the midterm or final examinations notwithstanding
the existence of unpaid financial obligations to the school.

SEC. 5. Obligation of Students. The students and/or their parents, unless
waived by the school authorities concerned, shall be obligated to pay an interest
for the unpaid tuition and other school fees, which shall not be more than six
percent (6%) per annum, computed from the date of the examination taken by


the students until the date when the overdue and unpaid tuition and other
school fees are fully liquidated

SEC. 6. Rights of Schools. The school authorities shall have the following
rights against students with financial obligations, which remain due and
unsettled, to their schools:

(a) To withhold the release of the grades of a student with delinquent
account until the unpaid tuition and other school fees, plus interest
charges, are fully paid; :

(b) To deny admission or enrolment of any student having unsettled tuition
or other school fees at the next succeeding semester classes, in the case
of higher education, or at the next succeeding short-term course, in the
case of post-secondary tech-voc education, as the case may be, until the
previous delinquencies are fully paid; and

(c) To refuse issuance of school clearance to students with financial
obligations to the school until all previous delinquencies are fully paid

SEC. 7. Unlawful Acts. In recognition of the students’ right to take their
midterm and final examinations, the following acts by tech-voc institutes and
HEIs shall be considered unlawful

(a) Disallowing students with due and unpaid tuition and other school fees
from taking the mid-term or final examination;

(b) Requiring the students to secure a permit to take the midterm or final
examination from the school authorities prior to the administration of
midterm periodic or final examination; and

(c) Compelling the students to pay upon enrollment a down payment or first
installment equivalent to more than thirty percent (30%) of the total
amount of tuition and other school fees for the entire semester or
duration of the course.

SEC. 8. Penalties. Any HEI or tech-voc institute official or employee, including
deans, coordinators, advisers, deans, professors, instructors and other
concerned individuals found guilty of violating any of the unlawful acts
enumerated in Section 7 of this Act shall be punished by a fine of not less than
Twenty Thousand Pesos (P20,000,00) but not more than Fifty Thousand Pesos
(P50,000.00)

SEC. 9. Implementing Guidelines. The TESDA and the CHED shall
promulgate the implementing guidelines necessary to enforce the objectives of
this Act


SEC. 10. Separability Clause. If any provision or part thereof is held invalid or
unconstitutional, the other sections or provisions thereof shall not be affected
thereby and shall remain in force and effect.

SEC. 11. Repealing Clause. All laws, presidential decrees, executive orders,
proclamations, issuances, administrative orders, rules and regulations contrary
to or inconsistent with any provision of this Act are hereby amended, repealed
or modified accordingly.

SEC. 12. Effectivity Clause. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after
its publication in a newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,