FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC 
) 
OF THE PHILIPPINES 
) 
First Regular Session 
) 
SENATE 
S. No. 2407 
Introduced by Senator Franklin M. Drilon 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
The first three months of the school year, June, July and August, are the 
peak periods for typhoons in the country. Thus, it has become impractical and 
unwise to commence the school year during the typhoon season as students, 
parents and school authorities have to deal with floods, landslides, diseases, lack 
of transportation, and damaged schoolbuildings. In the urban and metropolitan 
areas, traffic congestion becomes worse with the onset of the rainy season due to 
floods and bad road conditions. 
Also, in flood-prone areas, schoolbuildings are used as evacuation centers. 
These facilities can be better put to use if they are not being utilized as classrooms 
and are ready and properly equipped for such emergency measures during the 
height of the rainy season. 
This bill proposes the revision of the school calendar by transferring the 
commencement of the school year from June to September. By moving the school 
opening to September or about 3 months later, the country will avoid 
inconvenience and needless damage to life and property. In fact, the country can 
expect to realize untold savings in life and limb, manhours, health costs, and fuel, 
among others, with such proposal. 
Revising the school calendar would benefit not only students, parents and 
school authorities but also the government and the economy. 
Immediate approval of this bill is earnestly sought. 
F 
NKLIN M. DRILON 


FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC 
OF THE PHILIPPINES 
, 'H" 
First Regular Session 
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10 
,lUG 12 1'1 :'"1 
SENATE 
S. No. 2407 
Introduced by Senator Franklin M. Drilon 
AN ACT 
REVISING THE SCHOOL CALENDAR, AMENDING FOR THE 
])URPOSE SECTION 24, CHAPTER 9, TITLE VI, BOOK IV OF 
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 292, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE 
"ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF 1987" 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the 
Philippines in Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. School Calendar of Elementary and Secondary Levels. 
- Section 24, Chapter 9, Title VI, Book IV of Executive Order No. 292 is hereby 
amended to read as follow: 
"SEC. 24. School Year. - ( 1 ) The school year for public 
and private schools shall consist of not less than forty ( 40 ) 
weeks for the elementary and secondary levels [ , and thirty-six 
( 36 ) weeks for the college level or eighteen ( 18 ) weeks a 
semester ]. 
( 2 ) The opening date shall be fixed by the Secretary, but 
it shall not be earlier than the first day of [ June ] 
SEPTEMBER nor later than the last day of [ July] OCTOBER 
of each year unless prevented by fortuitous events. 
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SECTION 2, School Calendar of Higher Education or Post-Secondary 
Level. - The school year for higher education or post-secondary level shall 
commence 011 the first week of September and shall continue for thirty-six ( 36 ) 
weeks or eighteen ( 18 ) weeks a semester. 
SECTION 3. Rules and Regulations - Within thirty ( 30 ) days from the 
effectivity of this Act, the Department of Education, Culture and Sports (DECS) 
and the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) respectively shall issue and 
publish the necessary rules and regulations to implement the provisions o[this Act. 


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SECTION 4. Separabilty Clause. - If any provision of this Act is declared 
unconstitutional or invalid, such sections or parts not affected thereby shall remain 
in full force and effect. 
SECTION 5. Repealing Clause. - All laws, executive orders, presidential 
decrees, presidential proclamations, rules and regulations or parts thereof 
inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed or modified 
accordingly. 
SECTION 6. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen ( 15) days after 
its complete publication in the Official Gazette or in at least two ( 2 ) newspapers 
of general circulation. 
Approved,