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Introduced by Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago 
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EXPLANATORY NOTE 
The Constitution, Article X N ,  Section 4(1) mandates the State to exercise 
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supervision and regulation of all educational institutions. The crime incidence in c 
uses has 
steadily risen. There is a need to inform the parents and guardian, as well as their children and 
wards, about crimes that happened in a particular educational institution and about its security 
policies and procedures. 
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This bill aims to provide a safe and healthy environment for students by requiring 
educational institutions: 
1. To develop security policies and procedures; 
2. To report crimes on campuses; and 
3. To develop policies and procedures to address violent crimes on college campuses. 


THIRTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC) 
OF THE PHILIPPINES 
1 
First Regular Session 
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Introduced by Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago 
AN ACT 
TO PROMOTE CRIME AWARENESS AND SECURITY W 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
assembled: 
SECTION 1. Short Title. - This Act may be cited as the “Crime Awareness and Campus 
Security Act.” 
SECTION 2. Declaration of Policy. - It shall be the policy of the State to provide a safe 
and healthy environment for students by requiring educational institutions to disclose crime 
statistics that occur within the campus and its security policies and procedures. 
SECTION 3. Dejnition of Terms. - 
(1) The term “campus” includes - 
(a) any building or property owned or controlled by an institution of higher 
education within the same reasonably contiguous geographic area and used by the institution in 
direct supportof, or relatcd-bits educational purposes; 
(b) any building or property owned or controlled by student organizations 
recognized by the institution. 
In cases where branch campuses of an institution of higher education, schools 
within an institution are not within reasonably contiguous geographic area, such entities shall be 
considered separate campuses for purposes of the reporting requirements of this Act. 


(2) The term “Secretary” refers to the Secretary of Department of Education. 
SECTION 4. Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics 
(1) Disclosure Requirements - 
(a) Upon effectivity of this Act, each eligible campus shall begin to collect the 
following information with respect to campus crime statistics and campus security policies and 
each year thereafter, prepare, publish, and distribute, through appropriate publications or 
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current students and employees, and to any applicant for enrollment or 
employment upon request, an annual security report containing at least the following information 
with respect to the campus security policies and campus crime statistics of that institution; 
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(b) A statement of current campus policies regarding procedures and facilities for 
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students and other to report criminal actions or other emergencies occurring on c 
policies concerning the institution’s response to such reports. 
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SECTION 5. Separability Clause. - If any provision or part thereof, is held invalid or 
unconstitutional, the reminder o f t he 1 aw o f t  he provision not otherwise affected shall remain 
valid and subsisting. 
SECTION 6. Repealing Clause. - Any law, presidential decree or issuance, executive 
order, letter of i nstruction, administrative order, rule or regulation c ontrary t 0, or inconsistent 
with, the provisions of this Act is hereby repealed, modified or amended accordingly. 
SECTION 7. Effectivity Clause. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its 
publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation, 
Approved, 
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