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EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
Second Regular Session

HOUSE BILL No. 8463

Introduced by HON. LUIS RAYMUND “LRAY” F. VILLAFUERTE, JR.

AN ACT
SUPPORTING EFFECTIVE PROGRAMS, THAT PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO.
PARENTS WHO WANT TO HELP THEIR CHILDREN BECOME SUCCESSFUL
READERS

The Constitution, Article XIV, Section 1 provides:

Section 1. The State shall protect and promote the right of all citizens to
quality to quality education at all levels and shalll take appropriate steps to
make such education accessible to all.

Reading is a fundamental skill for learning. Students who are not reading at
grade-level are very unlikely to graduate from high school, while those who do are likely
to succeed in life.

Parents are the best first teachers. Parents can help increase their children's
reading levels, for example, by reading with their child thirty minutes a day. Evidence
shows that greater parental support of children’s literacy success makes a significant
difference. One-on-one tutoring is a key component of bringing students up to reading
at grade-level.

Family involvement is widely recognized to improve student performance. By
preparing children to lear through their active involvement, parents get to play a crucial
role in preventing students from falling behind. With proper support and teaching, all
children can lear to read at grade-level by the end of the third grade.

The purpose of this bill is to support effective programs that provide assistance to
parents who want to help their children become successful readers.

Luis MUND Al j. VILLAFUERTE, JR.


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EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
‘Second Regular Session

8401

HOUSE BILL NO.

Introduced by HON. LUIS RAYMUND “LRAY” F. VILLAFUERTE, JR.

AN ACT
SUPPORTING EFFECTIVE PROGRAMS, THAT PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO
PARENTS WHO WANT TO HELP THEIR CHILDREN BECOME SUCCESSFUL
READERS

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

SECTION 1. Short Title. - This subsection shall be known as the “Parents as First
Teachers Challenge Grant Act.”

SECTION 2. Purpose. - The purpose of this Act is to support effective and proven efforts
that provide assistance to parents who want to help their children become successful
readers by the end of the third grade.

SECTION 3. Definition of Terms. — For the purpose of this Act, the term:

(A) “Eligible child" means an individual eligible to attend preschool, kindergarten, or first,
second, or third grade; and

(8) “Secretary” means the Secretary of Education.

SECTION 4. Grants for National or Regional Networks. — The Secretary is authorized to

award at least two (2) grants to non-profit community groups or organizations, or

consortia thereof per region, to enable such agencies, groups, organizations, or

consortia to create successful programs or activities that help a parent —

(A) Be a good teacher to the parent's eligible child; and

(B) Assist the parents eligible child in attaining reading skills while assisting the eligible
child to learn to read.


SECTION 5. Recipient Criteria. — In order to receive a grant under section 4, a group,
organization, or consortium shall establish a training institute and comprehensive
counseling program, where such group, organization or consortium will work with
parents to improve their eligible children’s reading.

SECTION 6. Applications. —
(A) In General. - Each entity desiring a grant under this Act shall submit an application to
the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by such information as the
Secretary may require.
(8) Applications for Grants for National or Regional Networks. — Each application
submitted for a grant under Section 4 shall—
(1) Demonstrate the likelihood that the proposed program or activity will have a
substantial regional or national impact;
(2) Demonstrate the cost-effectiveness of the proposed program or activity; and
(3) Describe how the proposed activity will be coordinated with private sector
Programs and activities, and government programs and activities that provide
support for parents of eligible children.
(C) Applications for Grants for Successful Programs or Activities. - Each application
submitted under paragraph (A) for a grant under paragraph (B) shall—
(1) Describe a program or activity that is capable of successful expansion or
replication;
(2) Contain evidence of community support for the proposed program or activity
from the private sector, a school, and another entity;

(3) Contain information demonstrating the cost-effectiveness of the proposed
program or activity; and
(4) Provide an assurance that the applicant will coordinate the proposed program

or activity with government programs and activities that provide support for
parents of eligible children.

SECTION 7. Authorization of Appropriations. —
(A) Appropriations. - There shall be appropriated an amount of Twenty Five Million
Pesos (P 25,000,000.00) to carry out the provision of this Act during the fiscal year in
which the same is enacted into law, as well as for each succeeding fiscal year thereafter.
(B) Entitlement. - Subject to paragraph (A), each entity receiving a grant under this Act
for a fiscal year shall be entitled to payments for such a year under the grant.

SECTION 8. 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.

SECTION 9. 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.

SECTION 10. Effectivity Clause. — This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its


publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation.

Approved,