Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Quezon City

SIXTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

1198

HOUSE BILL NO.

Introduced by HONORABLE MARCELINO “iIARCY” R. TEODORO

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MARCELINO “MARCY” R. TEODORO
Representative, 1° District

City of Marikina

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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SIXTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House BiLLNO.__1198

Introduced by HONORABLE MARCELINO “MARCY” R. TEODORO

AN ACT
ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL PROGRAM TO EXPAND OPPORTUNITIES FOR
FILIPINO STUDENTS TO SERVE THEIR COMMUNITIES

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

SECTION 1. Short Title, - This Act shall

2 known as the “Service to the Philippines
Act."
SECTION 2. Purpose. - The purpose of this Act are -

(A) to enable the call to service to begin in the earliest grades, to grow into sustained
community action in secondary schools and colleges , and to become a lifelong habits;

(B) to provide students with service opportunities; and

{C ) to bulld on the existing organization framework provided by educational
agencies, schools, institutions of higher education, and community agencies

SECTION 3, Definition. - For purpose of this Title -

(A) The term’community-based agency" means a private non-profit organization that
is representative of a community or a significant segment of a community and hat is
engaged in meeting human,social, educational or environmental community needs.

(B) The term"education institution’means elementary or secondary school, institution
of higher education, or a community -based agency that provides educational services.

(C_) The term"appropriate government agency"means @ public agency that is
engaged in meeting human, social, educational, or environmental needs.

(0) The torm'participant'means a student or out-of-school youth who provides
services pursuant to a progra Act.

(E) The term’Secretary’means the Secretary of Education.

(F) The term’service opportunity'means a program or project enabling students to
perform meaningful and constructive service in agencies, institutions and situations where
the application of human talent and tion may help to meet, human, social educational
and environmental community needs, especially those relating to property.

(G) The term"student"means an individual who is enrolled full-time or part-time in an
elementary or secondary school or institution of higher education.

SECTION 4. School and Campus Based Community Service. - The Secretary shall,
in coordination with the Commission on Higher Education, National Youth Commission,
Department of Social Welfare and Devel ¢ and other appropriate government
agencies and community-based agencies, established a national program that will provide *
opportunities for students work with visible community. Such comprehensive program shall «
provide productive work with visible community benefits in a natural resource or human
service setting and give participants a mix of work experience basic and life skill education,
training and support services.

SECTION 6. incorporation in the Curriculum. - Such program shall be incorporated


into the curriculum as separate subject and shall require students, before they are allowed
to graduate form elementary, high schoo! or college, as the case may be, to render
community service by participation in the program.

SECTION 6. Program Components. - The Secretary, in carrying out the program,
shall:

(A) encourage cooperative efforts among educational institutions, local government
agencies, community-based agencies, business to provide service opportunities, including
those that involve the participate of urban, suburban, and rural youth working together;

(B) ensure that economically and educationally disadvantaged students are offered
service opportunities;

(C ) described the goals of the program, including goals that are qualification,
Measurable, and show benefits to the participants and the community;

(D) formulate program that-

(1) provide an age-appropriate learning component for participants to reflect
an service experiences;

(2) give pre-service and in-service training for both supervisors and
Parlicipants invalving representatives of the community where service-opportunities will be
provided; and

will make a sustained commitment to

(3) provide evidence that participant
the service project.

(E) involve individuats. of
backgrounds serving together.

tages, sexes, ethnic groups and economic,

SECTION 7. Rules and Regulations. - The Secretary shall formulate the necessary
tules and regulations in carrying out the provisions of this Act.

SECTION 8, Appropriation. - The national government shall appropriate such

amounts as may be necessary to carry out the provisions and objectives of this Act.

SECTION 9. Seperability Clause. - If any provision or part hereof, is held invalid or
unconstitutional, the remainder of the law of the provision nor otherwise affected shall
remain valid and subsisting.

SECTION 10. 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 11. Effectivity Clause. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its
publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation.

Approved,