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

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

4254

House Bill No.

Introduced by Representative Sol Aragones

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) has recognized
that the Province of Laguna has been considered in 2018 as the second most competitive
province during the 6 Regional Competitiveness Summit. In order to sustain that
competitiveness, a need for an additional training center is necessary to cater to those
municipalities in the second, third, and fourth districts of the province.

In view of the abovementioned, this measure seeks to establish a Technical Education
Skills and Development Authority — Laguna Lake Development Authority Provincial Training
Center (TESDA-LLDA PTC) under the control of the Technical Education Skills and
Development Authority (TESDA). It shall be located at Barangay Bangyas, Municipality of
Calauan, Province of Laguna.

The specific targets of this program shall be the Out of School Youths (OYS),
unemployed adults, learners who need skills upgrading and/or updating, housewives,
marginalized groups, distressed OFWs, and other groups deemed qualified by TESDA. This
aims to help these people get back to the mainstream economy as wage employees or as self-
made entrepreneurs and be able to contribute as productive citizens of the country. The
graduates of this program will serve as the source of manpower needed by industries and
companies nearby.

In view of the foregoing, the immediate passage of this bill is earnestly sought.

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SOL ARAGONES

3° District, Laguna


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

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

54
House Bill No.

Introduced by Representative Sol Aragones

AN ACT
ESTABLISHING A TECHNICAL EDUCATION SKILLS AND DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY — LAGUNA LAKE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY PROVINCIAL
TRAINING CENTER (TESDA-LLDA PTC) IN CALAUAN, LAGUNA,
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

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

Congress assembled:

SECTION 1. TESDA-LLDA PTC. ~ There shall be established a Technical Education
Skills and Development Authority — Laguna Lake Development Authority Provincial Training
Center (TESDA-LLDA PTC) under the control of the Technical Education Skills and
Development Authority (TESDA). It shall be located at Barangay Bangyas, Municipality of

Calauan, Province of Laguna.

SECTION 2. General Mandate. ~ The TESDA-LLDA PTC shall primarily provide
technical-vocational training and skills development to Out of School Youths (OYS),
unemployed adults, leamers who need skills upgrading and/or updating, housewives,
marginalized groups, distressed OF Ws, and other groups deemed qualified by TESDA. It shall
develop the students to become productive, self-reliant, globally-competitive workers who can
contribute as productive citizens of the second, third, and fourth-class districts in the Province
of Laguna.

SECTION 3. Curricular Offerings. ~The TESDA-LLDA PTC shall address the skills
development priorities of the Province of Laguna and nearby provinces. It shall offer short-
term courses in preferred market-driven and relevant technical-vocational courses or


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qualifications within its areas of specialization in consultation with the Department of Labor
and Employment (DOLE), the Local Government Units (LGUs), and other relevant agencies.

The TESDA-LLDA PTC may likewise establish research and development centers,
mobile training programs, satellite offices throughout the Province of Laguna to strengthen
linkages between the industry, academe, and the technology programs.

SECTION 4. Organizational Structure and Staffing Pattern. — The TESDA-LLDA
PTC shall adopt the organizational structure and staffing pattern prescribed by TESDA in
accordance with the existing guidelines of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM),
and the Civil Service Commission (CSC).

SECTION 5. Appropriations. ~The amount necessary to implement the provisions of
this Act shall be included in the General Appropriations Act for the year following the approval
of this Act.

SECTION 6. Separability Clause. — The provisions of this Act are hereby declared
separable, and in the event one or more of such provisions or part thereof are declared
unconstitutional, such declaration of unconstitutionality shall not affect the validity of the other
provisions thereof.

SECTION 7. Repealing Clause. — All laws, acts, presidential decrees, executive orders,

proclamations and/or administrative regulations which are inconsistent with the provisions of
this Act, are hereby amended, modified, superseded or repealed accordingly.

SECTION 8. Effectivity. — This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days following the
completion of its publication in two (2) national newspapers of general circulation.

Approved.