14“’ CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC 
OF THE PHILJPPINES 
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First Regular Session 
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SENATE 
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S.B. NO. 
716 
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Introduced by Senator Ramon Bong Revilla, Jr. 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
The accessibility of quality education to all citizens is the main concern of this 
proposed measure. To concretize this vision, this measure seeks to require all colleges 
and universities to provide scholarship grants to poor but deserving students. 
Article XIV, Section 1 of the Constitution provides that “xxx The State shall 
protect and promote that the right of all citizens to quality education at all levels and shall 
take appropriate steps to make such education accessible to all.” 
In order to enforce this clear mandate of the Constitution, all colleges and 
universities are hereby required under this measure to give hll support in the 
implementation of an effective scholarship program geared towards the holistic education 
and training of poor but deserving students and providing them the necessary support 
mechanism to finish their education. 
This measure aims to empower and educate the poor Filipino students by giving 
them the avenue to finish their college education and pursue a productive career in their 
life. It is an established fact that quality education is the best and most effective tool in 
attaining one’s goal in life. 
When we edu.cate the poor and provide them with the educational support 
mechanisms to finish their studies, we proactively contribute to the welfare and well 
being of this nation. 
In view of the foregoing, the passage of this bill is earnestly sought 


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14‘h CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC 
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OF TBE PHILIPPINES 
) 
First Regular Session 
1 
SENATE 
S.B. NO. ’916 
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Introduced by Senator Ramon Bong Revilla, Jr. 
AN ACT 
REQUIRING ALL 
COLLEGES AND 
UNNERSITIES 
TO 
PROVIDE 
SCHOLARSHIP GRANTS TO AT LEAST FIVE PERCENT (5%) OF THEIR 
STUDENT POPULATION WHO ARE POOR BUT DESERVlNG STUDENTS, 
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 
Be it enacted to the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. Short Title - This Act shall be known as the “Scholarship for the 
Poor Act of 2007” 
SECTION 2. Declarafion ufPuZky - It is hereby the policy of the State to give 
priority to Education, protect and promote the right of all citizens to quality education at 
all levels and shall take appropriate steps to make such education accessible to all. 
Towards this end, there shall be provided scholarships grants to poor but deserving 
students Filipino students to all colleges and universities. 
SECTION 3. Nature andExtent of Scholarship Grants - Scholarship grants are 
hereby granted in the form of free tuition of at least five percent (5%) of the student 
population in all colleges and universities who are poor but deserving students. 
SECTION 4. Implementing Rules and regulations - The Secretary of the 
Department of Education, Culture and Sports (DECS) shall issue the necessary 
implementing rules and regulations for the speedy and effective implementation of this 
scholarship program. 
SECTION 5. Effectivity Clause - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days 
from its publication in the Official Gazette or in at least two (2) newspapers of general 
circulation. 
Approved,