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SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. 4256

Introduced by Representative Salvador B. Belaro, Jr.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Education should not be viewed as an end in itself but as a means to uplift
a person economically and socially.

In the context of millions of impoverished Filipino families, education
can only be a means to do so if at least one member of the family would be
assisted by the State to get an education that would be a means to uplift the
student firstly, and which would also redound to the benefit of his family.

This Act seeks to establish a scholarship program which will give a
scholarship grant to at least one member of every Filipino family so that said
scholar will in turn, help his family members get out from the morass of

poverty.
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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Constitution Hills, Quezon City

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL No, 4296

Introduced by Representative Salvador B. Belaro, Jr.

AN ACT
GRANTING A SCHOLAR FOR EVERY FILIPINO FAMILY

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 “Filipino Family
Savior Scholarship Act of 2016”.

SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy. The State shall give priority to education, and at
the same time recognizes the sanctity of family life and shall protect and
strengthen the family.

SEC. 3. A scholarship program is hereby established which will grant a
scholarship to at least one member of a qualified Filipino family. Such
scholarship shall be either for an appropriate college course or a training for a
technical and/or vocational skill provided that the scholarship or grant has the
potential of uplifting the economic and social life of the scholar upon the time
of grant, and the scholar commits to, in turn, help his family after graduation.
The scholarship grant shall cover all the school expenses of the scholar plus
reasonable lodging expenses, if necessary, and shall not be dependent on the
academic performance of the scholar but on his financial need provided that the
scholar gets a passing mark for all his subjects.


SEC.4. The Commission on Higher Education (CHED), Technical Skills and
Development Authority (TESDA) and Department of Social Welfare and
Development (DSWD) are hereby jointly mandated to formulate the rules and
regulations of this Act.

SEC. 5. The funds necessary to carry out the provision of this Act shall be
included in the General Appropriation Act of the year following its enactment
into law and thereafter

SEC. 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.

SEC. 7. Repealing Clause. All laws, orders, issuances rules and regulations or
parts thereof inconsistent with any provisions of this Act are hereby repealed,
modified or amended accordingly.

SEC. 8. Effectivity Clause. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its
publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation.

Approved.