An Act Requiring All Public Elementary And Secondary Schools To Prepare And Implement A Land Use Development And Infrastructure Plan For The Optimum Utilization Of Its Resources In Addressing Basic Education Facility Shortages

• Amending the PAGCOR charter by allocating the 50% share of the government in the aggregate gross earnings of the government corporation to fund the K to 12 Program of the Department of Education (DepEd) by augmenting funds for the following:
  • Construction of needed classrooms;
  • Hiring of teachers;
  • Provision of additional chalk allowances for all public teachers;
  • Supplementary feeding program in all public elementary schools;
  • Continuing education program for public school teachers;
  • Provision of internet access in all public schools, and
  • Acquisition of equipment and facilities for the technical-vocational courses under the K to 12 program.
• Inclusion of the equivalent amount in the General Appropriations Act (GAA) under the DepEd budget.

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