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SIXTEENTH CONGRESS )
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES —).
FIRST REGULAR SESSION )

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Introduced by Representative Rufus B, Rodriguez and
Representative Maximo B, Rodriguez, Jr.

1216

House Bill No.
EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill was originally introduced as House Bill No. 1395 by the
undersigned Rufus B. Rodriguez during the 15" Congress where it was
approved by the Committee on Higher and Technical Education and substituted
by House Bill No. 5953, approved on 2" reading, approved on 3" reading and
was transmitted to the Senate where it was not acted upon.

This bill seeks to create the TESDA Skills and Training and Accreditation
Center in the City of Cagayan de Oro located at Barangay Camaman-an.

The convenience and availability of the training center in Cagayan de
Oro City will provide the out-of-school youths and our constituents with the
opportunity to develop themselves to be self-reliant and learn new techniques
geared towards eaming a livelinood. Likewise, it provides the necessary
atmosphere where inborn talents are developed into self-reliant individuals.

The necessity for its creation in Cagayan de Oro City shall also serve
the other 56 barangays in the Second District of Cagayan de Oro City. With the
proper technology and other resources available in our locality, our constituents
shall be blessed with the technical knowledge of helping themselves to sustain
the worth of being a productive individual of our society on a self-help basis and
help themselves towards self-sustainability

In view thereof, the approval of this bill is urgently urged.

RUFUS B. RODRIGUEZ

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SIXTEENTH CONGRESS )
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES —_—)
FIRST REGULAR SESSION )

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Introduced by Representative Rufus B. Rodriguez and
Representative Maximo B. Rodriguez, Jr.

House BillNo._ 1216

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE TECHNICAL
EDUCATION AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (TESDA)
TRAINING AND ACCREDITATION CENTER IN THE CITY OF CAGAYAN DE.
ORO LOCATED AT BARANGAY CAMAMAN-AN AND APPROPRIATING
FUNDS THEREFOR

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 “Cagayan de Oro
City TESDA Training and Accreditation Center Act of 2013”.

SEC. 2. Establishment. - There is hereby established the Technical Education
and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Training and Accreditation Center in
the City of Cagayan de Oro, located at Barangay Camaman-an under the
supervision of the TESDA, hereinafter referred to as the Training and
Accreditation Center.

SEC. 3. General Mandate. - The Training and Accreditation Center shall
primarily provide technical and vocational training and skills development
programs to low-income families and out-of-school youth in the City of Cagayan
de Oro to make them productive, as well as to help them develop into middle-
level skilled manpower, so as to hasten the social development of the city and
to meet the needs of both local and international markets, It shall also serve as.
the assessment center for technical and vocational skills in the city

SEC. 4. Currioular Offerings. ~ The Training and Accreditation Center shall
offer short-term technical-vocational certificate courses within its areas of
specialization.

SEC. 5. Administration. - The Training and Accreditation Center shall be
headed by a Technical Vocational Administrator under the supervision of the
TESDA.

SEC. 6. Appropriations. ~ The Director General of the TESDA shall include in
the TESDA's program the establishment of the Cagayan de Oro City TESDA
Training and Accreditation Center, the funding of which shall be included in the
annual General Appropriations Act. The city government of Cagayan de Oro
City shall also set aside funds from any available local revenues in an amount


deemed appropriate by the city officials concerned as subsidy for the
operationalization of the Training and Accreditation Center.

SEC. 7. Implementing Rules and Regulations. - The TESDA, in coordination
with the Department of Trade and Industry, shall formulate and issue the
necessary rules and regulations for the effective implementation of this Act.

SEC. 8. Separabilily Clause. - If, for any reason, any part or provision of this
Act is declared invalid or unconstitutional, the remaining parts or provisions not
affected shall remain in full force and effect.

SEC. 9. Repealing Clause. - Alll laws, presidential decrees, executive orders,
ules and regulations contrary to or inconsistent with the provisions of this Act
are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

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

Approved,