Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Quezon City

Fifteenth Congress
First Regular Session

~ COMMITTEE REPORT NO, _th?2

OTdUN 257

Submitted by the Committee on Higher and Technical Education on

Re: House Bin'No,__ 4779.4

Recommending its approval, in substitution of House Bill Nos. 807, 632, 2472, 2476, 4175 &
4559

‘Sponsors: Representatives Juan Edgardo M. Angara & Raymond V. Palatino

‘Mr. Speaker:

The Committee on Higher and Technical Education, to which were referred:
House Bill No, 807, introduced by Rep. Raymond V. Palatino, entitled:

“AN ACT PENALIZING THE IMPOSITION OF A ‘NO PERMIT, NO EXAM’
POLICY OR ANY SUCH POLICY THAT PROHIBITS STUDENTS FROM
TAKING THEIR PERIODIC OR FINAL EXAMINATIONS DUE TO UNPAID
TUITION AND OTHER SCHOOL FEES”,

HB No. 632, introduced by Rep. Juan Edgardo M. Angara, entitled:
“AN ACT PROHIBITING PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS FROM
DISALLOWING STUDENTS WITH DELINQUENT TUITION FEES TO TAKE

THE MIDTERM OR FINAL EXAMINATIONS AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES”;

HB No. 2472, introduced by Rep. Mark A. Villar, entitled:
“AN ACT PROHIBITING PRIVATE SCHOOLS FROM DISALLOWING

STUDENTS WITH DELINQUENT TUITION FEES TO TAKE THE MIDTERM
OR FINAL EXAMINATIONS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES";

HB No. 2476, introduced by Rep. Marcelino C. Teodoro, entitled:

“AN ACT PROHIBITING PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS FROM DISAL-
LOWING STUDENTS WITH UNPAID TUITION AND OTHER SCHOOL


FEES TO TAKE PERIODIC OR FINAL EXAMINATIONS,PROVIDING
PENALTIES THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES”;

HB No. 4175, introduced by Rep. Abigail Faye C. Ferriol, entitled:

“AN ACT PROHIBITING PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS FROM DISAL-
LOWING STUDENTS WITH DELINQUENT TUITION FEES TO TAKE THE
MIDTERM OR FINAL EXAMINATIONS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES”; and

HB No. 4559, introduced by Rep. Carlo V. Lopez, entitled:

“AN ACT PROHIBITING PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS FROM DISAL-
LOWING STUDENTS WITH DELINQUENT TUITION FEES TO TAKE THE
MIDTERM OR FINAL EXAMINATIONS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSE”

iar A791
has considered the same and recommends that the attached House Bill No. —_—?*
entitled:

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

be approved in substitution of House Rill Nos. 807, 632, 2472, 2476, 4175 and 4559
with Representatives Raymond V. Palatino, juan Edgardo M. Angara, Mark A. Villar,
Marcelino C. Teodoro, Abigail Faye C, Ferriol, and Carlo Lopez as authors thereof.

Respect mitted,

JUN EDGARDO M. ANGARA
Chairman
Committee on Higher
& Technical Education

THE HONORABLE SPEAKER

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Quezon City


Fifteenth Congress
First Regular Session

1
HOUSE BILL NO. 4791

{In substitution of House Bill Nos. 807, 632, 2472, 2476, 4175 & 4559)

Introduced by Representatives Raymond V. Palatino, Juan Edgardo M.
Angara, Mark A. Villar, Marcelino R. Teodoro, Abigail Faye C. Ferriol &
Carlo V. Lopez

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. \t is hereby declared untawtul 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 concemed 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 concemed, 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


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

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

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8 (a) To withhold the release of the grades of a student with delinquent
9 account until the unpaid tuition and other school fees, plus interest
10 charges, are fully paid;
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12 {b) To deny admission or enrolment of any student having unsettled tuition
13 or other school fees at the next succeeding semester classes, in the case
14 of higher education, or at the next succeeding short-term course, in the
15 case of post-secondary tech-voc education, as the case may be, until the
16 previous delinquencies are fully paid; and
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18  (c)To refuse issuance of school clearance to students with financial
19 obligations to the school until atl previous delinquencies are fully paid.
20

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

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25 (a) Disaltowing students with due and unpaid tuition and other school fees
26 from taking the mid-tenm or final examination;

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

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

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

44 SEC. 9. Implementing Guidelines. The TESDA and the CHED shall

45 promulgate the implementing guidelines necessary to enforce the objectives of
46 this Act.


CONAN AWN

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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. Repeating Clause. All laws, presidential decrees, executive orders,
proclamations, issuances, administrative orders, rules and regulations contrary
fo 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 (45) days after
its publication in a newspaper of general circulation

Approved,


FACT SHEET

Substitute Bill to House Bills 807, 632, 2472, 2476 , 4175 & 4559

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

Introduced by: Reps. Palatino, Angara, Villar, Teodoro , Ferriol & C,
Lopez

Committee Referral: COMMITTEE ON HIGHER AND TECHNICAL
EDUCATION

Committee Chairperson: JUAN EDGARDO M. ANGARA
Objectives:

@ To address the problems of having incomplete grades and suffering
undue embarrassment on the part of the students for failure to take the
midterm or final examination due to unpaid tuition and other school
fees

* To ensure compliance of schools to the Manual of Regulations of Private
Schools as well as the Memorandum Order of the Commission on
Higher Education (CHED)

© To enable the students to concentrate on the review for the midterm or
final examination instead of worrying about how to pay the tuition and
other school fees and not being able to take the midterm or fina)
examination on the scheduled dates

Key Provisions:

© Declares that post-secondary and higher education students shall have
the right to take the midterm or final examination notwithstanding the
existence of unpaid financial obligations to the school.

© States that unlawful practice constitutes the following acts: 1)
disallowing students with unpaid tuition and other school fees from
taking any midterm or final examination; 2) requiring students to
secure a permit prior to the administration of the midterm or final
examination; and 3) compelling the students to pay upon enroliment 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 academic year, semester or duration of the course


* Enumerates the rights of the the school authorities against students
with delinquent financial obligations to their schools.

© Obligates the students and/or their parents to pay an interest for the
unpaid tuition and other school fees, which shal! not be more than six
percent (6%) per annum, computed from the date of the examination
taken by the student until the date when the overdue and unpaid
tuition and other school fees are fully liquidated unless such interest is
waived by the concerned school authorities.

 Imposes a fine of not less than Twenty Thousand Pesos (P20,000.00)
but not more than Fifty Thousand Pesos (P50,000.00} for violations
committed by any HEI or tech-voc institute official or employee,
including deans, coordinators, advisers, professors, instructors and
other concerned individuals found guilty of violating any of the
provisions of the proposed Act

Related Laws:

« Batas Pambansa 232 (Education Act of 1982)
© Republic Act 7722 Higher Education Act of 1994)


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE ON HIGHER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION
HELD ON MAY 47, 2011 (TUESDAY), 9:30 A.M., CONFERENCE ROOMS 3 & 4, R.V. MITRA BLDG.,
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, QUEZON CITY

1. CALL TO ORDER

Rep. Juan Edgardo M. Angara, Chair of the Gommittee on Higher and Technical Education (CHTE)
and the Presiding Officer, called the meeting to order at 10:05 A.M.

Ww, ROLL CALL
‘On motion of Rep. Raymond Palatino, duly seconded, the Committee dispensed with the rai! cal
I, APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING

‘The Committee also dispensed with the reading of the minutes of the previous meeting and approved
the same.

IV. APPROVAL OF THE SUBSTITUTE BILL TO HOUSE BILLS 807, 632, 2472, 2476 & 4175 ~ An Act
Penalizing the Imposition of a ‘No Permit, No Exam Policy’ Or Any Such Policy That Prohibits
‘Students From Taking Their Periodic Or Final Examinations Due to Unpaid Tuition and Other
‘School Fees (Reps. Palatino, Angara, Villar, Teodora & Ferrio)

Rep. Raymond Palatino, author of the lead bill, proposed to consolidate HB 4555 with the other
bills after noting that the bill authored by Rep. Carlo Lopez and just recently referred to the CHTE is
similar to the other bills earlier consolidated by the Committee secretariat. He emphasized that in his bill,
there is no provision obligating students to pay an interest rate for delayed payment of tuition fees.
Nevertheless, he said, he agreed to incorporate the payment of interest rates to address the concems of
schools and to balance the interests of both the schools and the students. He added that the substitute
bill contains several provisions that would ensure that schools will achieve a healthy financial standing.

However, Rep. Mariano Piamonte made known his apprehension on approving the bill. He called
the attention of the body to the fact that the substitute bill also covers basic education. Hence, he said,
this should have been discussed jointly with the Committee on Basic Education and Culture (CBEC), He
also lamented that the schools participating in the GASTPE (Government Assistance to Students and
Teacher in Private Education) program are already experiencing delayed payments as far back as two
years ago. He then proposed to limit the coverage of the bill to higher education institutions (HEIs),

Echoing the sentiment of Rep. Piamonte, Atty. Joseph Noel Estrada of the Coordinating Council
of Private Educational Associations (COCOPEA) expressed his fear that the schools might not be able to
sustain their operations if the bill does net provide for safeguards to the fatter.

Rep. Angara allayed the fears of both Rep. Piamonte and the COCOPEA representative by
pointing out that the bill does not only enumerate the rights of students, but also the rights of schools. He
also informed the body that the CBEC gave the go signal for the CHTE to take up the substitute bill and
will concur with the decision of the latter. Thereafter, he requested the principal author to comment on the
proposal of Rep. Piamonte to limit the scope of the bill to post-secondary and higher education.

Expressing agreement to the proposal, Rep. Palatino acknowledged that the bill will have more
impact on higher education than on basic education considering that educational institutions catering to
‘elementary and high school students are mostly publicly owned.

On motion of the author, the Committee approved the bill with amendments

VL CONTINUATION OF DISCUSSION ON HOUSE RESOLUTION 162 (CR # 107) - Resolution
Directing the Committee on Higher and Technical Education to Inquire into the Problems Affecting

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Graduates, Nursing Students and Nursing Schools (Rep. Alcala); and HR 434 (CR# 310) -
A Resolution Directing the Committee on Higher and Technical Education to Conduct an inquiry,
in Aid of Legislation, on the Fees Charged by Hospitals on Nursing Students for their On-the Job
Training and Other Similar Internship Programs (Rep. Palatino).

Recalling that the issue on collection of affiation faes by hospitals has remained an unfinished
business of the Committee, Rep. Angara asked Dr, Patricia Licuanan, the Commission on Higher
Education (CHED} chair, to update the body on the status of the guidelines and public hearings on the
matter.

Or. Licuanan informed the Committee that the CHED reviewed and amended its existing policy to
have stricter norms. She related that CMO No. 14, which has a transitory provision that kept CHED from
taking action on nursing schools until 2013, was amended to allow it to act in 2011 and seriously start
phasing out substandard or low-performing nursing schools. She also told the Committee Members that
the CHED is fast-tracking the drafting of the guidelines on on-the job training (O.IT) and collection of
afflabon fees and Is now conducting public cansutations in coordination with the Department of Health

DOH)

PO xe Committee Chair then advised the CHED to act ‘swiftly on nursing schools, He also stated
that it would be desirable if the Commission can come up with policy guidelines and standards before the
opening of classes

in reply, Dr, Licuanan assured the Committee that it is possible for the CHED to issue the CMO
as soon as it has finished the conduct of public consultations either on the last week of May or in early
part of June.

The other resource persons underscored the importance of making a distinction among the
different terms mentioned in the resolutions. Ms. Leah Primitiva Samaco-Paquiz, president of ANG
NARS, clarified that Related Learning Experience (RLE) fees are for undergraduates while OJT fees are
for registered nurses giving service to hospitals. Dr. Teresita Barcelo, president of the Philippine Nurses,
Association (PNA), noted that nursing students refer to undergraduates while nursing graduates are those
who are not yet board passers. She added that nurses are those who are board passers and registered
with the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC). She also pointed out that registered nurses should
not be made to volunteer and to pay because they are very much qualified for employment. She added
that the training programs that registered nurses should undergo are those that are specialized and
beyond the basics.

Meanwhile, Rep. Rachel Arenas brought up the issue of not atfowing nursing students to
graduate and requiring them to take the revalida for an additional fee. She related that some of her
constituents sought her help and complained that they were not allowed to graduate because they were
required to pay P'15,000.00 to take the revalida. She then inquired from CHED if this is valid

Or. Licuanan assured the lawmaker that she would look into the matter, In the meantime, she
explained that the revalida is part of the program of the school iit is in the curriculum. However, she sakd
that if the requirement is not part of the curriculum and has no corresponding unit, then the additional
requirement is considered anomalous.

Ms. Paquiz lamented that this is another form of hindering the progress of students and violating
their rights because the schools think that the students might not be able to pass the board examination.
That is why, she continued, the schools require the students to take the revatida and to enroll in review
centers. She added that schools not only eam from these arrangements, but they see it as. a way of
improving their performance in licensure examinations.

Suessing that all fees should be approved by the CHED, Rep. Piamonte reminded the
Commission to ensure the monitoring of ail fees charged by schools. On problems conceming the
required enrojiment in review centers and the taking of the revalida or pre-board exams, he said these
should not compensate for the school's failure to perform well

For her part, Rep. Castro sought to know what CHED does to schools which charge additional
fees to students, Likewise, Rep. Angara inquired about the sanctions for such violation.

Dr. Licuanan responded that in recognition of academic freedom, the CHED focuses more on the
‘minimum requirements, However, she pointed out that if the collection of fees or the imposition of
additional requirement is not legal and is just part of the school’s mechanism to eam more money of to
discourage poor performing students from taking the board exams, then CHED can use this as one of the
criteria for withdrawing the permit of schools.

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Meanwhile, Dr. Barcelo apprised the body about the practice of some schools of requiring the
students to sign a contract stipulating that they will have to pass the revalida or the pre-board exam prior
to graduation and taking of the board examination as a way of ensuring that the students are prepared to
take the licensure exams.

‘Ms. Carmelita Divinagracia, a member of the CHED's Technical Panel on Nursing Education,
mentioned that CMO No. 14 already includes alh subject matters concerning the Bachelor of Science in
Nursing (BSN) curriculum, with the addition of two new subjects that will cover the review for the entire
curnculum as preparation for the board exam. The two new subjects, she said, consist of Competency
Appraisal | and Competency Appraisal lh

Echoing the sentiment of Rep. Piamonte that the charging of additional fees to students is a case
of exploitation, Rep. Castro stressed that it is high time for the CHED to act on complaints regarding the
fees, if not totally scrap them.

For her part, Ms. Elizabeth Roxas, president of the Association of Deans of Philippine Colleges of
Nursing {ADPCN), clarified that a revalida is a preparation for the board exam after completion of a four-
year course. However, she emphasizes that this should not prevent the students from graduating

‘As regards the affiliation fees charged by hospitals, Ms. Roxas pointed out that these are stil
based on the od DOH policies. She also underscored the need for the CHED and the DOH to meet and
to come up with a standardized policy.

‘On Ms. Grace Fernando's claim that the CHED has the mandate to prescribe affiliation fees, Dr.
Licuanan stressed that although the Commission has jurisdiction aver schools and regulation of OJT fees,
it is the DOH which has the mandate on hospitals imposing additional fees. However, Ms, Femando
clarified that the DOH has no jurisdiction over lawer level hospitals because these are under the local
government units (LGUs)

This prompted the Committee Chair to remark that the situation has become more problematic
because of finger-pointing

To further enfighten the body on issues conceming affiliation and other fees, Dr. Divinagracia

. explained that hospitals require schools to comply or else, there will be no contract for the RLE of
students. In addition, she said, hospitals charge a user's fee. The third one, she continued, is the so-
called ‘donation’ which hospitals ask from nursing schoois to allow them to use their facilities.

Dr. Divinagracia also informed the body that aut of 1,900 hospitals, only 58 goverment hospitals
are capable of accepting students during affiiation hours between six o'clock and ten o'clock in the
moming. However, she said, some hospitals allow students to work on the night shift. She then appealed
to the body to address the issues considering the scarcity of money and the downward enroliment trend
in cursing.

In reaction, Rep. Castro stressed that the DOH should took into the _case of hospitals charging
fees. She also underscored the need to modify DOH policies to address the issue

Meanwhile, the Committee Chair requested the DOH to submit data on the number of regional
training hospitals in the country, as welll as the number of students affiliated with hospitals.

Relative thereto, Ms. Roxas raised her concem that there are Colleges of Nursing that are
affliated not only with one hospital. She suggested that the number of students affiliated with hospitals be
considered also.

‘When asked by the Committee Chair to give her recommendations to address the issue, Dr.
Licuanan stressed the need to apply CMO No. 14 to improve the result of learning and to balance the
number of hospitals and schools. She contended that hospitals accept donations because the nursing
schools do not have base hospitals where the students can practice.

Meanwhile, Ms. Paquiz tackled the issue of unemployment of nurses. She averred that nurses
do not have jobs because they are used as volunteers by hospitals. She further recommended the
following: 1} The DOH took inte the condition of nurses and the problem of exploitation; 2) Imprement the
DOH mandate of 1:12 nurse-patient ratio; 3) Implement the plantilla positions for nurses and create more
Plantitia positions for public, private institutions and “Nurses to the Barangays” program for LGUs; 4)
Implement “equal pay for equal work" or Salary Grade 15 for nurses; 5) Provide humane and safe working
‘conditions and decent working conditions; and 6) Create built-in-system policies for public and private
institutions within the DOH and LGUs for nurses.

On the question posed by the Committee Chair regarding how to bridge the gap between
unemployment and budget, Dr. Fernando maintained that the DOH is acting on the problem and has
come up with the “RN Heals" Program to employ 10,000 nurses in rural health areas or in communibes in

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coordination with the LGUs. She further said that it is up to the LGUs if they want to retain the nurses
after a year. She added that the DOH has also proposed a budget of P14.4 billion for 2012, which
includes the amount of P5.3 billion for all deployment programs and P8.3 billion for hospital upgrading
and staffing.

While Ms, Paquiz claimed that such Is only a band-aid solution, Rep. Angara remarked that itis
stil commendable on the part of the OOH to have acted on the problem even if it is just @ short-term
soluton.

Or. Ma. Linda Buhat, president of the Association of Nursing Service Administrators of the
Philippines (ANSAP), suggested that there should be a review of the plantila positions in goveiment
hospitals. She informed the body that goverment hospitals now need 40 percent more than the existing
nursing plantilla and some of these hospitals hire contractual personnel just to supplement the required
nurse-patent ratio. In other hospitals, Dr. Buhat continued, nurses are overworked and hospitals cannot

* do anything about the situation. She added that the Department of Budget and Management (DBM)
should do something about the matter.

Meanwhile, Dr. Carmencita Abaquin informed the Committee that the PRC has conceptualized a
nursing management information system as part of PRC modemization activity to have a more credible
data. She further said that the Board of Nursing is naw working in tandem with the CHED to start the
computerization of application system for nursing students and nurses,

For his part, Rep. Antonio Tinio stated that the solutions include goverment regulation or
intervention and the strengthening of the public health system. He lamented that hospitals are in dire
need of nurses and doctors. He also mentioned that the salary grade system for nurses is not being
implemented because nurses only receive a salary equivalent to salary grade 11. The possible solutions,
he said, have already been presented and what is needed is the political will from the government to
implement them.

Rep. Angara hinted that the problems have something to do with lack of funds considering that
there are costs that go with reguiation. Personally, he said, he would rather prefer the construction of
‘more hospitals and health centers than bloat the bureaucracy. He also requested the DOH representative
to submit to the Committee the list of regional training hospitals all over the country.

However, Rep. Tinio clarified that he was thinking of the Department of Labor and Employment
as the regulatory body that will oversee the practice of nursing in private hospitals.

On the part of the DOH, Ms. Femando stated that there is already an ongoing rationalization
program, which government hospitals have long been waiting for so they can employ not only nurses and
other health workers. She also informed the body that the Health Secretary has already directed the DOH
to create an ad hoc committee to investigate the complaints. She added that upon investigation, it
initally found out that the students themselves prefer to volunteer and even to pay so that they will have
the work experience to qualify for overseas employment. As for volunteerism, she said, there should be
no payment and no expectation of benefits. For trainings, there should be a clear structure on haw these
will be conducted and the competencies to be achieved at the end of the training program.

At this point, Rep. Tinio asked the DOH to justify the need to come up with guidelines considering
that nurses are already licensed.

‘Ms, Femando replied that she was referring to specialized and not basic training where the
‘students will undergo the same training they had acquired in school.

Rep. Angara remarked that it appears that nurses are being abused when they are used by
hospitals under the guise of some kind of training. He inquired if there is an office in the DOH to act on
‘comptaints or mechanisms to prevent abuse of nurses.

Ms. Femanda admitted that there is no office that receives and addresses complaints of abuse of
nurses. Nevertheless, she assured the Committee Chair that the DOH has already conducted a studyh on
the issues and would soon come up with guidelines on training

On the statement of Rep. Mercedes Alvarez that nurses should be informed that volunteerism is
not required, Dr. Roxas informed the body that its the advocacy of her group to advise graduates not to
volunteer for a fee. She clarified that while the ADCPN does not discourage volunteerism, it is against
paying for such act.

Meanwhile, King Philip So Chan, also of ANG NARS, condemned the ongoing exploitation of
‘furses through false volunteerism. He lamented that most nurses have no salaries, no benefits and no
protection



While acknowledging that there are multifaceted problems in the Nursing profession, Rep. Angara
also stressed that the Committee should not lose focus on what can be done to address the problem.
Hence, he said, the Committee specifically wants to determine what CHED is doing on the issue of
affiation fees. Finally, he requested the CHED Chair to be ready with the report on the outcome of its
public consultation on the fees when Congress resumes its session in July.

VIL. ADJOURNMENT

Due to lack of time, the Presiding Officer deciared the meeting adjourned at 12:45 P.M.

Prepared by:

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Supervising Legislative Staff Officer I
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Committee Secretary, CHTE

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REP. JUAN EDGARDO M. ANGARA
CHTE Chair! Presiding Officer


REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
HOuSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
‘Quezon City, Metro Manila

FIFTEENTH CONGRESS:
First Regular Session

acon 807

House Bill No.

Introduced by Kabataan Party-List Rep. Raymond V, Palatino

EXPLANATORY NOTE

‘The 1987 Philippine Constitution, Article XIV, Section 1, states:

The State shall protect and promote the right of all citizens to quality
education at ail levels, and shall take appropriate steps to make such
accessible ta all,

Yet despite this constitutional guarantee, education in the country has remained largely
inaccessible to poor students. Despite a ‘no-collection policy’ imposed by the Department of
Education on public elementary and high schools, as per DepEd Order No. 19-2008,
collection of miscellaneous fees remains rampant in many schools nationwide. Meanwhile,
due to the government's long-standing policy with regards higher education, public tertiary
schools, including state colleges and universities, are becoming more and more privatized
resulting in the inevitable increase in tuition and other school fees. Private higher education
institutions (HEIs), on the other hand, have become mostly run as profit-making
enterprises with their routine imposition of higher or new school fees, unmindful of the

economic situation of the students and their parents.

It has been repeatedly pointed out that the State is not doing enough to protect the
Filipino’s right to quality and accessible education. Given that the State can barely ensure
quality public education, it has also not sufficiently exercised its regulatory role among
private schools, as Article XIV, Section 4 of the Constitution provides:

The State recognizes the complementary roles of public and private
institutions in the educational system and shati exercise reasonable

supervision and regulation of all educational institutions.

Consequently, apart from the unabated increase in tuilion and other school fees in private


schools, many have also taken to imposing a ‘no permit, no exam’ policy,

which prohibits
students who have not partially or fully settled their financial obligations from taking their
periodic or firial ‘examinations. ‘Such policy effectively bars unpaid students from graduating,
or abtaining an academic degree, regardless of how hard they bave worked for it or how
much they academically deserve it.

In eht of this situation, it is the State's obligation to intervene and ensure that our young

people's right te education is not compromised duc to financial difficulties — most specially
given the present economic situation of the country, in which millions of families struggle to

meet even their most basic needs.

Kabataan Party-List filed a similar bill last Congress with a specific focus on higher
educational institutions (H's) and though we were nit able t» see through the ratification
of the said measure into law, we were able to convince the Commission on Higher
Education to issue Memorandum No. 02-2010, enjoining all HEI's to allow students with
delinquent accounts to take their final examinations, This directive, however, was Proven to
be just that—an appeal without mandatory directives, and we witnessed how bundreds of
qchools nationwide ignored the memorandum. This strengthened our resolve that the only
way for schools to be forced to follow the directive is through legislation.

We are re-filing this bill, and expanding its scope to embrace even elementary and high
gchools, to protect deserving students from prematurely halting their studies due to their

understandable inability to pay high school fees on time, We must uphold the State's right
and responsibility to exercise reasonable regulation of private schools.

nen ip —
Representative bataan Party-List

ii


REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City; Metro Manila

FIFTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

r. 80

House Bill Né:

Introduced by KABATAAN Party-list Rep. Raymand V. Palatino

AN ACT
PENALIZING THE IMPOSITION OF A ‘NO PERMIT, NO EXAM’ POLICY OR
ANY SUCH POLICY THAT PROHIBITS STUDENTS FROM TAKING THEIR
PERIODIC OR FINAL EXAMINATIONS DUE TO UNPAID TUITION AND

OTHER SCHOOL FEES
Be it enacted by the Senate and the 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 2010"

SECTION 2. Declaration of Policy. - It is hereby declared the policy of the State to
ensure the accessibility of quality education and, towards this end, to exercise
reasonable regulation of private education institutions. This Act pursues this policy by
penalizing private education institutions that impose a ‘no permit, no exam’ policy or
any such policy that prohibits students from taking their periodic or final examinations
due to unpaid tuition and other school fees.

SECTION 3. Rights and Obligations of Students. - Students with delinquent fees shall
have the right to take an examination. Nevertheless, such students shall be subject to
the right of the school concerned to withhold the release or issuance of their school

clearance prior to their graduation until all prior delinquencies are fully paid.

SECTION 4, implementing Guidelines. ~ The Department of Education and the
Commission on Higher Education shall promulgate the implementing guidelines
necessary to enforce the objectives of this Act.

SECTION 5. Penalties. - Violations of the provisions of this Act shall be punished by
the suspension and/or cancellation of the permits of the offending schools and fine of


not legs than P30,000.00 but not more than. PS0,000.00

SECTION 6. Separability Clause. - If any provision or part hefeof, is"Héld “invalid or
unconstitutional, the remainder of the Act or the provision not otherwise affected shall

remain valid and subsisting

SECTION 7. Repeating 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 8. Hffectivity Clause. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its
publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation,

Approved,



Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City _ ___

FIFTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

632
H. B. No.

Introduced by HONORABLE JUAN EDGARDO “SONNY” M. ANGARA

EXPLANATORY NOTE

eatly burdens the society. The

The unhealthy state of our economy at present gr
including the

‘effect of our economic problems spans across almost all sectors,

studentry.

[As tuitian and school fees continue to increase in Both private and public schoois,
more students find themselves struggling to meet tne scheduled dates of payment since
folure to do such would mean being disallowed by the ‘schoo! administrators from taking

the mid-term or fina! examinations.

jeclares unlawful for any school, public
iid-term or final exam due to Non-

To aid the studenis in their plight, this £
o7 private, to disallow any student from taking any mi

payment of tuition fees.
aks to prescribe a reasonable compromise between the

Furthermore, this bill $2
nd the school administration.

competing needs of students ar

b “SONNY” M. ANGARA

Lone District, Province of Aurora



FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE )
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES }
)

First Requiar Session a —

H.B.No.__©

Introduced by Honorable JUAN EDGARDO “SONNY” M. ANGARA

AN ACT
PROHIBITING PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS FROM DISALLOWING
STUDENTS WITH DELINQUENT TUITION FEES TO TAKE THE MIDTERM OR
FINAL EXAMINATIONS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Ba it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in
Congress assembled:
SECTION 1. Unlawful Practice. it is hereby declared unlawful for any school,

public or private, to disallow any student from taking any midterm or final examination

due to non-payment of tuition fees not exceeding ane instaliment under the established

terms of payment prescribed by the school concemed and approved by the Department

of Education,

SEC. 2 Rights of Schools.- Students permitted to take mid-term or final

examinations notwithstanding, the schoot authorities have the fallowing rights:

a. The school authorities concerned are entitled to withhold the release of the
grades of such students until the unpaid tuition, plus interest charges, are fully
paid;

A student with an unpaid tuition fee, may not be admitted by the school
authorities concerned at the next succeeding semester classes or at the next

succeeding opening of a new academic year, as the case may be, until the

prior vetinquencies are fatty paid;


c. The school authorities concerned cannot be compelled to issue clearance to

- _.studeats with financial obligations to their schools, which remain due and

unpaid

SEC. 3. 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 fees, an amount equivalent to nat more than 14% per annum, computed from the

date of the examination taken until the tustian due and unpaid, are fully liquidated.

SEC. 4. Implementing Guidelines- The Department of Education shall

promulgate the implementing guidelines necessary to enforce the abjectives of this Act.

SEC. 5. Penalty Imposed, Violations of the provisions of this Act shall be

punished by the suspension and/or cancellation of the permits of the offending schools

and fine of not less than P20,000.00 but not more than P50,000.00.

SEC. 6. Effectivity Ciause. This Act shati take effect fifteen (15) days after its

publication in at ieast two newspapers of generat circulation.

Approved,



CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES
FIFTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
House Bill No. 2472

Introduced by REP. MARK A. VILLAR,

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Article XIV, Section 1 of the Constitution provides that the State shall
protect and promote the right of all citizens to quality education at ali levels and
shall take appropriate steps to make such education accessible to all

Unfortunately, despite the said Constitutional mandate, it has been a
common practice by most private schools to disallow students with delinquent
tuition fees to take examinations. This practice does not ‘only run counter to
afore-stated policy, it also embarrasses the students whose only fault is being
unable to provide for their education. This traumatizes the students and
discourages them from continuing with their studies. As a result, it shutters their
hopes and dreams. Thus, it is about time to put an end to this practice.

The ends sought by this Bill should not, however, mean that schools
should be left without recourse in cases of delinquent tuition fees as the
protaction of schools is vital to ensure accessibility 10 quality education. As such,
In addition to their existing rights, this Bill expressly and clearly sets forth the
school's rights and recourse in cases of delinquent tuition fees.

In view of the foregoing, early passage of this bill is earnestly requested

MARK A. VILLAR
Representative, Lone District of Las Pifias City



CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES
FIFTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2472

House Bill No.

Introduced by REP. MARK A VILLAR

AN ACT
PROHIBITING PRIVATE SCHOOLS FROM DISALLOWING
STUDENTS WITH DELINQUENT TUITION FEES TO TAKE THE MIDTERM OR
FINAL EXAMINATIONS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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

SECTION 1. Unlawful Practice - It is hereby declared untawful for any
private schoo! to disallow any student from taking any midterm or final
examination due to non-payment of tuition fees under the established terms: of
payment prescribed by the school concemed and approved by the Department of
Education.

SECTION 2. Rights of Schools.- Students permitted to take mid-term or
finat examinations notwithstanding, in addition to the existing rights provided by
law, the school authorities shall have the following rights:

a. A student with an unpaid tuition fee, may not be admitted by the private
school authorities concerned at the next succeeding semester classes or at the
next succeeding opening of a new academic year, as the case may be, until the
prior delinquencies are fully paid; and

b. The private schoo! authorities concerned cannot be compelied to issue
clearance to students with financial obligations to their schoois, which remain due
and unpaid.



SECTION 3. Obligation of Students- The students and/or their parents,
unless waived by the school authorities concemed, shall be obligated to pay an
interest for the unpaid tuition fees, an amount equivalent to not more than 14%
per annum, computed from the date of the examination taken until the tuition due
and unpaid, are fully liquidated.

SECTION 4, Implementing Guidelines- The Department of Education shall
promulgate the implementing guidelines necessary to enforce the objectives

of this Act.

SECTION 5. Penalty Imposed.- Violations of the provisions of this Act shalt
be punished by the suspension and/or cancellation of the permits of the offending
schools and fine of not less than P20,000.00 but not more than P50,000. 00.

SECTION 6. Effectivity Clause. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days
after its publication in at least two newspapers of general circulation,

Approved



Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Philippines

FIFTEENTH CONGRESS:
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. 2476

INTRODUCED BY: HON. MARCELINO “MARCY" R. TEQDORO

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The alarming state of the economy aggravated by the instability of our country's:
political climate troubles the people in many ways. It may be one major problem that
had greatly hampered the advancement of quality and accessible education.

'As tuition and other school fees continue to increase both in public and private
gchools, it is very difficult for most students, especially their parents, to make good on
their obligations to pay tuition fees on time. And this is disheartening since failure to do

such would mean being prevented by the schoo! administrators from taking the mid-
term or final examinations.

The situation, indeed, runs counter to the pronouncements of the fundamental
law hich provides “that the State shall protect and promote the right of ail citizens to
quality and accessible education” and the State in recognition of the complementary
roles of public and private insti tution in the educational system “shall exercise
reasonable supervision and regulation of alt educational institutions.”

Hence, this bill hopes to help students in their request for knowledge by declaring
it unlawful for any public or private school, to disallow any student from taking any
periodic or final exam for mere failure to pay tuition fees on time, while providing for
penalties for violation of such policy

In view of the foregoing, cansideration of this bill is urgently sought.

Aah

MARCELINO “MARCY” R. TEODORO
Representative, 1* District
City of Marikina



Repubiic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
‘Quezon, City, Philippines

FIFTEENTH CONGRESS:
First Regular Session

House BILL No.__2476

INTRODUCED BY: HON. MARCELINO “MARCY” R. TEODORO

AN ACT
PROHIBITING PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS FROM DISALLOWING STUDENTS
WITH UNPAID TUITION AND OTHER SCHOOL FEES TO TAKE PERIODIC OR FINAL
EXAMINATIONS, PROVIDING PENALTIES THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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

SECTION 1. Declaration of Policy, - It is hereby declared unlawful for any public or
private school, to prevent or disallow its students from taking any periodic or final
examination due to non-payment of tuition and other school fees.

SECTION 2. Rights and Obligations. (1) The school authorities have the following
rights against students with financial obligations to their schools, which remain due and

unsettled:

a. To withhold the release of the grades of a student with delinquent account until the

unpaid tuition fees are fully paid.
b. To deny admission or enrolment of any student having unsettled tuition or otner
school fees at the next succeeding semester or at the next succeeding academic
year, as the case may be, until the previous delinquencies are fully paid; and
©. To refuse issuance of school clearance to students with unsettled account.

(2) Students are hereby accorded the right to take periodic or final examinations,
notwithstanding existence of unpaid financial obligations in favor of the school.

SECTION 3. Implementing Guidelines. - The Commission on Higher Education
shail issue such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the purpose of this
Act.

SECTION 4. Penalty Imposed. - Violations of the provisions of this Act shal! be
punished by the suspension and/or cancellation of the permits of the offending schools and
fine af not less than Php 20,000.00 but not more than Php 50,000.00

SECTION 5. Separability Clause. - !f any rpovision or part hereof is held invalid or
unconstitutional, the remainder of the faw or provision not otherwise affected shall remain

valid and subsisting.

SECTION 6. Repealing Clause. - All other laws, presidential decrees, executive
orders, proclamations andéor admnistrative regulations which are inconsistent with the
provisions of this Act are hereby amended, modified, superseded or repealed accordingly.

SECTION 7. Effectivity Clause. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its
complete publication in the Official Gazette or in at least two newspapers of generat
circulation.


”

Republic of the Phifippines
House of Representatives
‘Quezon Gity

FIFTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

4175

House Bill No.

Introduced by: REPRESENTATIVE ABIGAIL FAYE C. FERRIOL
EXPLANATORY NOTE

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Oftentimes + ally, ris hes been experienced both I public and private schools.
ones See eel ye erg oe gana an ar oan
ans ah ona om ny
vender to mtigat ie tuaton tut il prols, PNG SEG schools from
dlaabowing their sbaderds from taking {he - unerms and final exams Dacause Of delinquency i
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pa fs oe moet of 200! ans 2° SH

In view of the foregoing, the passage of the bit is camestly sought

a4

(GAWWFAYE C. FERRIOL



Republic of the Philippines
House of Representatives
‘Quezon City

FIFTEENTH CONGRESS
Fret Regular Session
4175

House Bit! No.

Introduced by: REPRESENTATIVE ABIGAIL FAYE G. FERRIOL

ANACT
PROHIBITING PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS FROM. DISALLOWING
WITH DELINQUENT TUITION FEES ‘TO TAKE THE MIDTERM OR
FINAL EXAMINATIONS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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

SECTION 1. Unlawtut Prectice. — tls hereby declared unlawtul for any school, whether
pubic or private, to dleslow any student from taking any midterm or final examination due to
non-payment of tuion fees not exceeding one installment under the established terms of
payment prescribed by the school concemed and approved by the Department of Education.

SEC, 2. Rights of Schools. ~ Students permitted to take mid-term or final examinations
notwithstanding, the schoot authorities have the following rights:

‘2. The schoo! authorities concemed are entitied to withhold the release of the grades of
such students until the unpaid tutlon, plus Interest charges, are fully paid

b. A student with an.unpald tuition fee may not be admitied by the schoo! authorities
concamed in the succeeding semester classes or in the succeeding opening of = new
academic yest, a9 the case may be, until prior delnquencies are fully paid:

¢, Tha school authorities conserned cannot be compelied to Issue clearance to students
with financial obligations to thelr schools, which remain due and unpaid.

SEC. 3. Obligation of Students. — The students andlor their parents, unless walved by
the school authorities concamed shal be cbligated to pay an Intorest for the unpaid tuition fess,
fan amount equivalent to not more than5% per annum, computed from the date of the
‘examination taken until the tuition due and unpaid, are fully Bquidated,


SEC. 4. implementing Rutes and Regulations, - The Secreiary of the Department of
Education shal, within sbty (60) days from the effectivity of ths Act promulgate the necessary
roles and regulations forthe efteciveimplamentaton ofthe provisions ofthis Act

SEC. 5. Penal Clause. - Violations of the provisions of this Act shall be punished by the
suspension andlor cancelation ofthe permits ofthe offending scnocks.

SEC, @ Effectivity Clause. — This Act shell take effect fifteen (15) days afier its
complete pubaton in te Oficial Gaztle or atleast two (2 national newepapers of genera
circulation.

Approved,


Republic of the Philippines f
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES —f’
Quezon City jos:

{ Tie:
FIFTEENTH CONGRESS eg pe

FIRST REGULAR SESSION
4559

House Bill No.

Introduced by Representative Carlo V. Lopez

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Poverty is ('e most serious problem being encountered by various sectors of our
countrymen today. One such sector is education,

On account of economic difficulties besetting our country today, private schools are
forced to increase sools fees which naturally will have to be borne by our poor parents,

Consequently, to make effective the policy to increase schoo! fees, school authorities
are compelled to disnllow students with arrearages in school fees from taking mid-term or
final examinations uisless delinquencies are first settled.

To remedy ihe foregoing problem, this bill secks to prescribed reasonable
compromise between the competing needs of students and the admi
where such studenis .. enrolled.

April 4, 2010


SEC. 4, implementing Rules and Regutations. — The Secretary ‘of the Department of
Education shall, within sbty (60) days from the effectivity of this Act, promulgate the necessary
pues and regulations for the effective Implementation of the provisions of this Act.

£6, & Pena Cause, ~Vaons of the provisions of he Act shal ba punished by ine
suspension andoe cancelation ofthe pels ofthe offending spooks

ec, €: Enoctty Cause. ~ The Act shall tke effect ftaon (19) dave fet TS
compl uttecton be ofl Cat orn atleast wo (2) atonal ewer we
circulation.

Approved,


vo ae “ESE

House ‘OF REPRESENTATIVES I is RI hoe MER %
cones te aaa
FIFTEENTH CONGRESS Vs we ede}
FIRST REGULAR SESSION ,
House Bill No. __ 4559

Tatroduced by Representative Carlo V. Lopez

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Poverty is Uc most serious problem being encountered by various sectors of our
countrynien today, Onc such sector is education,

On account of economic difficulties besetting our couniry today, private schools are
forced to increase s¢'1ools fees which naturally will have to be borne by our poor parents.

Consequently, to make effective the policy to increase school fees, school authorities
are compelled to disallow students with amrearages in school fees from taking mid-term or
final examinations 1: sless delinquencies are first settled.

To remedy the foregoing problem, this bill sceks to prescribed a reasonable
compromise betwers: ihe competing needs of students and the administration of the schools
where such studen!s »: enrolled.

April 4, 2910


Republic of the
HOUSE OF REPRES!
Guezon City

FIFTE!

TH CONGRESS
FIRST REGULAR SESS{ON

59
iam reres
House Bit'No,__ 49

introduced by Representative Carlo V. Lopez

AN ACT

PROHIBITING PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS FROM DISALLOWING
STUDENTS WITH DELINQUENT TUITION FEES TG TAKE THE MID-TERM OR
FINAL EXAMINATIONS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSE.

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

Section 1, Unlavefal Practice ~ It is hereby declared unlawful for any sclisol. public o&
private. 10 disallow any student from taking any mid-term or final examination due (2 nen-
payment of tition fees subject to such terms of payment prescribed by the school coucerned
and approved hy the Department of Education.

Section 2, Rights of School — Students permitted to take mid-term or final
examinations, notwithstanding their non-payment of school fees shall be subject, wo the
following:

The school authorities concerned are entitled 10 withhold the release of the grades of
such students until the unpaid tuition fees, plus interest charges, are fully paid.

A sudent, with an unpaid tuition fee, may be admitted by the scho.L suthorities
concemed at the Hext succeeding semester's classes or at the next succeeding opening of a
new academic year, as the cause may be, until the prior delinquencies are fully paid.

The school authorities concerned cannot be compelted to issue clearance to students
with Hinancial obligations to their schools, which are due and unpaid.

Section 3. Obligations of Students ~The students and/or parents, unless waived & the


school authorities concerned shall be obligated to pay an interest for the unpaid nuition fees,
an amount equivalent to nut more than fourteen percent (14%), per annunt, computed sro:r
the dave of (he examination taken until the tuition fee due and unpaid, are fu.Sy liquidated.

Section 4, Implemeniation Guidelines - The Department of Fd:cation shall
promulgate the imptementing guidelines navessary to enforce fully the objectives of this Act

Section 5. Penaliy Imposed ~ Violations of the provisions of this Act Stail be punished
by suspension aud/or cancellation of the permits of the offending schoois ane ne of esi
than Twenty Thousand Pesos (P20,000.00) but not exceeding Fifty F-
(P50,000,000}.

S
suad Posus

¢ its rublication in the

Section 6. Effectivity This Act shall take effect 15 days
Otlicial Gazette or al least 2 newspapers of general circulation.

Approved,