RA 10931: Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education
Republic of the Philippines
Congress of the Philippines
Metro Manila
Seventeenth Congress
First Regular Session
Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-fifth day of July, two thousand sixteen.
[REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10931]
AN ACT PROMOTING UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO QUALITY TERTIARY EDUCATION BY PROVIDING FOR FREE TUITION AND OTHER SCHOOL FEES IN STATE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES, LOCAL UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES AND STATE-RUN TECHNICAL VOCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. ESTABLISHING THE TERTIARY EDUCATION SUBSIDY AND STUDENT LOAN PROGRAM. STRENGTHENING THE UNIFIED STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE SYSTEM FOR TERTIARY EDUCATION AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:
Approved,
| (Sgd.) PANTALEON D. ALVAREZ Speaker of the House of Representatives |
(Sgd.) AQUILINO “KOKO” PIMENTEL, JR. President of the Senate |
This Act which is a consolidation of Senate Bill No. 1304 and House Bill No. 5633 was finally passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on May 30, 2017 and May 29, 2017, respectively.
| (Sgd.) CESAR STRAIT PAREJA Secretary General, House of Representatives |
(Sgd.) LUTGARDO B. BARBO Secretary of the Senate |
Approved: August 3, 2017
(Sgd.) RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE
President of the Philippines
RESOURCES:
• [PDF] Republic Act No. 10931, August 3, 2017
PRESS RELEASES:
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08 AUG 2017: Recto : Walang ‘forever’ sa Free Public College Tuition law
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04 AUG 2017: Free public college tuition can be funded in 2018 nat’l budget—Recto
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04 AUG 2017: Recto thanks ‘teacher-in-chief’ for signing tuition law, says funding, implementation must be ironed out
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02 AUG 2017: Recto to Palace: Don’t just veto tuition bill, send your version
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30 MAY 2017: Recto to Palace: Include cost of free public college in 2018 nat’l budget
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13 MAR 2017: Explanation of Vote on Senate Bill No. 1304: Free Higher Education for All Act – Free tuition is not an unrecoverable expense; it is an investment with a high return
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24 JAN 2017: ‘Free Public College Tuition is Not Too Big to Fund’
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23 JAN 2017: Claim that SUC students come from moneyed class baseless—Recto
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18 DEC 2016: Recto: CHED row won’t affect easy-to-implement 8B tuition fund
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13 DEC 2016: Statement on the Bicameral Conference Committee Approval of the National Budget for 2017
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01 DEC 2016: Free tuition looms for 1 M state college students; Recto amendment gives P5.7 B to SUCs for new bldgs
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07 MAY 2016: Don’t embargo P3.6 B for SUCs, Recto appeals to gov’t
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05 MAR 2016: Recto to gov’t: Cut gas and power expense by half, and make college free
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26 NOV 2015: Senator Recto’s Interpellation on the SUC Budget for 2016
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24 OCT 2015: Tuition deferment sought for college students financially ruined by typhoons
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25 MAY 2015: Free college tuition, student loans for deserving students Senate approves on 3rd reading UniFAST Act
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19 MAY 2015: Bill granting student loans, free college tuition moving fast in Senate
SENATE BILLS/AUTHORED LAWS
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23 JAN 2017: Free Higher Education for All Act
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30 JUN 2016: Senate Bill No. 61: Free Public College Tuition Act of 2016
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08 OCT 2015: Senate Bill No. 2986: Full Tuition Subsidy for Students Enrolled in State Universities and Colleges
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15 OCT 2015: Republic Act No. 10687: Unified Student Financial Assistance System for Tertiary Education (UniFAST)
