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EXPLANATORY NOTE 
The Constitution, Article 11, Section 17 provides: 
Section 17. The State shall give priority to education, science and 
technology, arts, culture and sport to foster patriotism and nationalism, accelerate 
social progress, and promote total hnman liberation and development. 
Local businesses can play a key role in moving technology into schools, enhancing 
educators' technology capabilities, and making every student technologically literate. 
Educational technologies help children learn and teachers teach. Students who learn to 
use educational technologies are prepared for both high wage high skilled jobs and higher 
education. 
In order to encourage businesses to help schools provide educational technologies, this 
bill seeks to establish a program that will give national recognition to businesses, which show an 
exemplary commitment to participating with schools to make every student technologically 
literate.' 
* This bill was originally filed during the Thirteenth Congress, First Regular Session. 


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Introduced by Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago 
AN ACT 
RECOGNIZING BUSINESSES WHICH SHOW AN EXEMPLARY COMMITMENT TO 
PARTICIPATING WITH SCHOOLS TO ENHANCE EDUCATORS' TECHNOLOGY 
CAPABILITIES AND TO MAKE EVERY STUDENT TECHNOLOGICALLY LITERATE 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives ofthe Philippines in Congress 
assem bled: 
SECTION 1. Short iWe. - This Act shall be known as the "Business and Education 
Sharing Technology Act (BEST)." 
SECTION 2. Purpose. - It is the purpose ofthis Act - 
(A) To establish a program to give local and national recognition to businesses which 
show an exemplary commitment to participating with schools to make every student 
technologically literate; and 
(B) To make information about these exemplary partnerships available to other 
businesses and schools. 
SECTION 3. Nomination. - The Department of Education shall form a committees 
composed of qualified individuals, such as representatives from the government, academe, 
private sector and appropriate sectors to carry out the provisions of this Act. The members shall 
select, through a competitive process, the businesses engaged in technology partnerships with 
schools to receive a BEST award. 
Representatives of any educational institutions or schools may nominate businesses 
which show an exemplary commitment to participating with schools to enhance educators' 
technology capabilities and to make every student technologically literate. Such nominations 
shall, if available, include 
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(A) Name of business; 
(B) Address of business 
(C) Internet address of business; 
(D) A description of the partnership between school or school district and the business, 
including the specific services provided by the business to the school; 
(E) A description of how the partnership is helping to enhance the technological 
capabilities of educators or to make every student technologically literate; and 
(F) A description of why the partnership is exemplary. 
SECTION 4. Criteria. -To be eligible to receive a BEST recognition award - 
(A) A business must be in active partnership with a school, consortium of schools, or 
local educational agency; 
(B) The purpose of the partnership must be to enhance educators’ technology capabilities 
and contribute to making every student technology literate; 
(C) The partnership must have a plan to enhance educators’ technology capabilities or 
contribute to making every student technologically literate which can he shared with 
other schools; and 
(D) The partnership activities must he of a high level of quality. 
SECTION 5. Dissemination. - The Department of Education shall issue the necessary 
rules and regulations in implementing this Act and shall make information and descriptions 
regarding the programs and partnerships that are chosen for a BEST recognition award available 
to schools nationwide. 
SECTION 6. Separability Clause. - If any provision or part hereof, is held invalid or 
unconstitutional, the remainder of the law or provision not otherwise affected shall remain valid 
and subsisting. 
SECTION 7. Repealing Clause. - Any law, presidential decree or issuance, executive 
order, letter of instruction, administrative order, rule or regulation contrary to or inconsistent 
with the provision of this Act is hereby repealed, modified or amended accordingly. 
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SECTION 8. Effectivity Clause. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its 
publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation. 
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Approved, 
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