ROBIN LORENZ V. DY

 

Class Recommencement Act of 2008   Authored by Robin Lorenz V. Dy     An act of moving the recommencement of classes of elementary, secondary and tertiary level from June to February effective nationwide.     Explanation Note           Due to the constant restraint of different educational institutions, this law shall embody the aspirations of those people in the Philippines who wish that the resumption of classes be moved from June to February.         This bill comprises all educational institutions registered in the Philippines and shall fulfill the needs of this bill. In accordance with the democratic rights of the people, this bill shall compensate for the legal holidays that shall be bypassed through the course of the change in the resumption of classes.         This bill will also benefit the public due to its nature of being a holiday friendly bill, as a matter of fact, the vacation time for students, if ever this bill should become into a law, will be from the last week of November to the third week of January to compensate for the enrollment during the last week of January to pave way for the resumption of classes.         This bill also benefits the economic sector due to the fact that this bill can empower and encourage the public to be an active economic member due to the nature of this bill. The vacation time will be from the last week of November to the third week of January which is the peek season for economic boom in the Philippines .             Section 1: This bill shall be known as Class Recommencement Act of                  2008. Section 2: Declaration of Policies – this law shall respect the                            democratic principles of the Republic of the Philippines and               shall be incorporated in all educational institutions                              provided that they are registered educational institution in                       the Philippines . Section 3: Definition of terms:         Recommencement – to begin again or a point at which                   something begins or is begun again.         Legal holidays – holidays which were declared legal by                   government and are traditionally accepted by the                             Philippines .         Sectarian Educational Institutions – an educational                    institution belonging to a religious group or sect.         Viable – practicable and is worthwhile; something that is                        considered. Section 4: All educational institutions, except vocational and military academic institutions, are contained within the boundaries of this act of legislation. Section 5: The resumption of classes shall start at the first Monday of February and shall end at the third week of November. Section 6: All legal holidays that shall be affected by the change of the recommencement of classes shall proceed with its natural holiday proceedings. Section 7: Suspension of classes is considered legal whenever there are: disasters, natural calamities, legal holiday suspensions and other viable reasons the educational institutions will provide. Section 8: Viable reasons includes: founding anniversary of the institution and feast day of the locality the educational institution is covered. Section 9: Sectarian educational institutions can submit their “class suspension reasons” to the Department of education and the Commission on Higher Education. Section 10: Educational institutions that shall violate Sections 5, 6,and 7 shall be dealt with by law. Section 11: Sanctions for violators are: payment of fine of not more than 10,000 pesos for the first incursion, Suspension of operation for not exceeding three days for second incursion, and Suspension of license to operate for the third incursion.