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SENATE BILL NO. 
INTRODUCED BY HONORABLE RALPH 6. RECTO 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
This legislation shall be known as “School Visitation Rights Act.” 
This bill seeks to grant employed parents or legal guardians of schoolchildren 
three (3) days paid leave to attend school-related activities. It aims to encourage parental 
involvement in the educational system. Thus, employed parents and guardians who are 
unable to meet with educators because of a work conflict are given the right to an 
allotment of time during the school year to attend necessary educational or behavioral 
conferences in the educational institution of their children. 
This bill covers employees who have rendered service for at least six (6) 
consecutGe months and whose child is attending public or private pre-school, 
elementary, and secondary schools. 
This measure is in line with the policy of the state to recognize the Filipino family 
as the foundation of the nation. 


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S. BILLNO. 
Introduced by SENATOR RALPH G. RECTO 
AN ACT 
GRANTING EMPLOYEES THREE DAYS PAID LEAVE TO ATTEND 
SCHOOL-RELATED ACTIVITIES OF THEIR CHILDREN 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
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SECTION 1. -TitZe This Act shall be known as School Visitation Rights Act.” 
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Declurution of Policy. 
It is hereby declared the policy of the 
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State to encourage parental involvement in the educational system and grant employed 
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parents and guardians who are unable to meet with educators because of a work conflict 
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the right to an allotment of time during the school year to attend necessary educational or 
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behavioral conferences at the school their children attend. 
SEC.3. - 
Definition of Terms. - 
As used in this Act, the following 
terms shall mean: 
“Employee” means a person who performs services for hire for an 
employer for at least six (6) consecutive months immediately 
preceding a requrst for leave under this Act; 
“Employer” means any of the following: a government agency, 
officer, or department, local government unit, a school district, an 
individual, a corporation, a partnership, an association, or a 
nonprofit organization; 
“Child” means a biological, adopted or foster child, a step-child or 
a legal ward of an employee and who is enrolled in a public or 
private pre-school, elementary or secondary school; 
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“School” means any public or private pre-school, elementary or 
secondary school or educational facility located within the country; 
“School 
administrator” means 
the .principal 
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administrator who is responsible for the operation of the school. 
School conference and activity leave.- 
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employer must 
grant an employee paid leave of up to three days during any school year which 
may be taken on any given day, to attend school conferences or classroom 
activities related to the employee’s child if the conference or classroom activities 
cannot be scheduled during non-work hours; Provided, However, That no leave 
may be taken by an employee unless he has exhausted all accrued vacation leave, 
personal leave, compensatory leave and any other leave that may be granted to the 
employee except sick leave and disability leave. 
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Before arranging attendance at the conference or activity, the employee 
shall provide the employer with a written request for leave at least seven (7) days 
in advance of the time the employee is required to utilize the visitation right. In 
emergency situations, no more than 24 hours notice shall be required. The 
employee must consult with the employer to schedule the leave so as not to 
disrupt unduly the operations ofthe employer. 
SEC. 5. Verification. - 
Upon completion of visitation rights by a parent or 
guardian, the school administrator shall provide the parent or guardian 
documentation of the school visitation. The parent or guardian shall submitmch 
verification to the employer. The Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of 
Education shall suggest a standard form of documentation of school visitation to 
schools for use as required by this Section. The standard form of documentation 
shz11- include, but not limited to, the exact time and date the visitation occurred 
and ended. Failure of a parent or guardian to submit verification statement from 
the school to his employer within two (2) working days of the school visitation 
subjects the employee to the standard disciplinary procedures imposed by the 
employer for unexcused absences fiom work, 
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SEC.6.- 
No diminution of visitution rights. - 
Nothing in this Act 
shall prevent an employer from providing school visitation rights in excess of the 
requirements of this Act. The rights afforded by this Act shall not be diminished 
by any collective bargaining act or by any employee benefit plan. 
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Limits on leuve. 
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No employer that is subject to this 
Act is required to grant school visitation leave to an employee if granting the 
leave would result in more than 5% of the employer’s work force or five percent 
(5%) of an employer’s work force shift taking school conference or activity leave 
at the same time. 
SEC. 8. 
Implementing Rules and Regulations. - The Department of Labor 
and the Civil Service Commission shall issue the implementing rules and 
regulations within one week from approval ofthis Act . 
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Effectivig. - This Act shall take effect upon its publication in two 
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