Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE 0F REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila
NINETEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session
House Bill No.
6026
Introduced by Representative Gabriel H. Bordado, Jr.
EXPI.ANATORY NOTE
Education   and   learning   cannot   be   confined   inside  the  four  walls   of  the
classroom. The pursuit of knowledge continues even as one steps out of the school
grounds.   In   fact,   the   1987   Philippine   Constitution   recognizes   and   encourages
nonformal,   informal   and   indigenous   learning   system,   as   well   as   self-learning
independent,  and  out-of-school  study  programs  particularly  those  that  respond  to
community needs. Therefore, academic institution should continuously find alternative
avenues to maximize the students'  learning.  immersion into the larger society would
provide our students with the awareness, experience, and lessons that could not be
gleaned from textbooks and modules alone.
One way to achieve this is through the introduction of the Alternative Classroom
Learning Experience (ACLE) Program. The program was first implemented and led by
the student council in UP Diliman. It is a one-day alternative classes program that aims
to   educate   the   students   with   additional   learning   not   usually  taught  within   the
classroom-a radical departure from the academic-based curriculum of schools through
symposia, film showings, and workshops. It has then been institutionalized in other UP
campuses after its success  in the  Diliman  campus.  Likewise,  other universities and
academic institutions  have been conducting  alternative classes such  as Ateneo de
Manila High School, University Of Santo Tomas, and the Polytechnic University of the
Philippines.  And  during  the  3rd  National  Youth  Parliament  of  the  National  Youth
Commission, the delegates approved a resolution  urging the Commission on Higher
Education to institutionalize the ACLE program to all universities and colleges in the
country.
This  bill  was   originally  filed   in   the   15th   Congress   by   Kabataan   Party-list
Representative   Raymond  V.   Palatino   and   was  subsequently  refiled   in   the   16th
Congress by Representative Terry L. Ridon. In the interest of further strengthening the
education and knowledge of our youth, we urge the swift passage of this bill.
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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila
NINETEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session
Housebiuin6!.       6026
Introduced by Representative Gabriel H. Bordado, Jr.
AN ACT INSTITUTIONALIZING THE ALTERNATIVE CLASSROO0M
LEARNING ExpERIENCE (ACLE) PROGRAM TO ALL sEcONDARy Ap`m
TERTIARY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS THROUGHOUT TIIE COUNTRY
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives  of the
Philippines in Congress assembled:
SECTION 1. Short Title. This act shall be known as the "Alternative classes Act"
SECTION   2.   Alternative   classroom   Leaming   Experience.   The   Alternative
Classroom  Learning  Experience  (ACLE)  Program  is  a  student-led  and  rorganized
activity that fosters academic freedom inside our nation's campuses. It aims to provide
students with  alternative viewpoints,  perspectives,  ideas,  and  concepts  not  usually
discussed through formal learning instruction and not usually found in textbooks and
official educational materials. Activities related to the ACLE Program shall include but
not   limited   to   the   following:   workshops,   educational   discussions,   training,   fora,
symposia, film showing and/or audio-visual presentations, lectures.
SECTION  3.  All  secondary  and  tertiary  educational  institutions  are  mandated  to
conduct an Alternative classroom Learning Experience (ACLE) activity at least once
every semester or term, as the case may be. Student Councils or student governments
shall be primarily in charge of organizing the said activity. School administrations shall
provide the  necessary assistance to the  student  body to  carry out the  aim  of this
activity.
SECTION 4. Implementing Rules and Regulations. -The College Editors Guild of
the  Philippines  as the oldest,  broadest and  only-existing  alliance of tertiary student
publication  in  the  Asia-Pacific  region  and  the  National  Union  of  Students  of  the
Philippines   as   a    nation-wide   alliance   of   student   councils/governments/unions
committed to the advancement of the students'  democratic rights  and welfare,  and
both are Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)-registered national formation of
student councils and government, in coordination with youth groups and organizations,
shall promulgate the necessary rules and regulations to enforce the objectives of this
Act.




SECTION 5. Effectivity Clause. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its
publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.
ApprcIved,