FOURTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC 
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Senate Bill No. 4 95 
INTRODUCED BY SEN. JINGGOY EJERCITO ESTRADA 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
The gifted and talented students manifest extraordinary skills in either or 
both areas of the academic and arts. Their high potentials for excellence can be 
the sources of bright and new ideas on how to make things around us work 
better. These children, therefore, should be given special education and training 
to enable them to maximize their knowledge and skills. 
In the light of the State’s recognition of the vital role of the youth in nation 
building, the “Gifted and Talented Students Education Act “ seeks to provide 
appropriate programs for these children. It aims to cater even those who belong 
to the lower economic classes in our society. Recognizing their advanced and 
higher intellectual, creative, artistic, or leadership capacity, this bill seeks to mold 
these children so they can be at par with their counterparts in the global 
competition. 
For these reasons, the passage of this bill is recommended. 
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S E N A T E  
Senate Bill No. 495 
INTRODUCED BY SEN. JINGGOY EJERCITO ESTRADA 
AN ACT 
GIVING INDIGENT BUT GIFTED AND TALENTED STUDENTS THE 
OPPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP THEIR CAPABILITIES 
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 "Gifted and 
Talenfed Sfudenfs Education A d .  
SEC 2. Purpose. The purpose of this Act is to provide grants to public 
schools to support programs, classes, and other services designated to meet the 
needs of the indigent but gifted and talented students in the elementary and 
secondary schools. 
SEC 3. Definition of Terms. For purposes of this Act: 
(1) The term "gifted" means such term as defined by the Department of 
Education. 
(2) The term "Secretary" refers to the Secretary of the Department of 
Education 
SEC 4. Program aufhorizafion and acfivifies. The Secretary is authorized 
to provide grants to each DepEd regional office for use by public schools to 
develop or expand gifted and talented educational programs through one or more 
of the following activities: 
(1) PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS. - The government 
may expend funds to develop and implement programs to address 
local needs in services of training programs for general educators, 
specialists in gifted and talented education, administrators, school 
counselors, or other personnel at the elementary and secondary 
levels. 
(2) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. - The government may make materials 
and services available through regional education service centers, 
universities, colleges, or other entities. 


(3) INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES -The government may 
provide funds to develop challenging, high-level course work to 
individual students or group of students in schools and school districts 
that do not have the resources to otherwise provide the courses 
through new and emerging technologies, including distance learning. 
Funds may be used to develop curriculum packages, compensate 
distance-learning educators, or for other relevant purposes, but may 
not be used for the purchase or upgrading of technological hardware. 
SEC 5. Sfafe infrastructure costs. Not more than 10 per cent of the total 
amount received under this Act may be used for DepEd administrative costs, 
such as facilitating the coordination of gifted and talented education programs 
and services, disseminating information and materials to teachers and parents, 
creating national or regional, as the case may be, gifted education advisory 
boards, and administering funds received under this Act. 
SEC 6. Application. 
(a) IN GENERAL - To be eligible to receive a grant award under this Act, 
each DepEd regional office shall submit an application to the 
Secretary at such time and in such form and manner as the secretary 
may reasonably require. 
(b) CONTENTS -The application shall include assurances that - 
(1) funds received under this Act shall be used to support gifted and 
talented students in public schools, including students from all 
economic and ethnic backgrounds, gifted students with disabilities 
and highly gifted students; 
(2) not less than 90 percent of the funds received by the DepEd 
regional office will be distributed to, public schools within the 
region; and 
(3) funds received under this Act shall be used only to supplement, 
but not supplant, the amount of funds expended for the 
specialized education and related services provided for the 
education of gifted and talented students. 
(4) the DepEd shall develop and implement program assessment 
(c) APPROVAL - To the extent funds area made available for this Act, 
the Secretary shall approve an application of an educational agency if 
such application meets the requirements of this section. 
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SEC 7. Allofmenf to Regions. 
(a) IN GENERAL - Except as provided in subsection (b), of the total 
amount made available for this Act, the Secretary shall award to each 
region an amount that bears the same relation to the total amount as 
the children ages 5 through 18 in the region for the preceding 


academic year bears to the total number of all such children in all 
region for such year. 
(b) MINIMUM AWARD - If sufficient funds are made available for this Act 
for region to receive P2,000, 000 each fiscal. State that meets the 
requirement of this Act shall receive not less than P2,OOO each fiscal 
year. 
(c) RATABLE REDUCTION - If the amount made available for this Act is 
insufficient to allocate the amount specified in subsection (b), the 
allocation shall be ratably reduced for each region. 
SEC 8. Reporting. Each regional DepEd office shall submit a report to 
the Secretary beginning one year after the date of the enactment of this Act and 
each subsequent year that describes the number of students served and the 
activities supported with funds provided under this Act. The report shall include a 
description of the measures taken to comply with the accountability requirements 
of Section 4. 
SEC 9. Authorization of Appropriation. There are authorized to be 
appropriated P30,000,000 to carry out this Act for each of the fiscal years 2005, 
2006,2007,2008 and 2009. 
SEC I O .  
Separability Clause. If any provision or part hereof, is held 
invalid or unconstitutional, the remainder of the law or the provision not otherwise 
affected shall remain valid and subsisting. 
SEC 11. 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. 
SEC 12. Effectivity Clause. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days 
after its publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation. 
Approved,