HOUSENF REPRESENTATIVES
SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS )

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES } RECEIVED
First Regular Session pare 08 AUG 2016
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Introduced by Representative Maximo B. Rofiriguezy uF. ——

House Bill No, 2074 REO'STRATION UNIT
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EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill was originally introduced as House Bill No. 1395 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. It was
again re-filed during the 16" Congress.

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 leam new techniques geared towards
earning a livelihood. 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 bills urgently urged.

MAXIMO 8. RODRIGUEZ, JR.


SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES )
First Regular Session )

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

introduced by Representative Maximo B. Rodriguez, Jr.

House Bill No. 2574

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’,

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. Curricular 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 concemed 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. Separability 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. - All laws, presidential decrees, executive orders, rules
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 (18) days after its
Publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation

Approved,