Bill expanding education voucher program ratified - BusinessWorld Online
The expanded program targets 121,035 K-6 students from congested public schools, with a new bureau within the Department of Education overseeing implementation.
- On Tuesday, Congress ratified the Basic Education Voucher Program bill, expanding assistance to students from kindergarten to Grade 6 to benefit 121,035 learners and help decongest public schools.
- Updating the 37-year-old Government Assistance to Students and Teachers in Private Education Act, the expanded program prioritizes students from public schools declared congested by the Department of Education.
- Senate Committee on Basic Education Chairperson Paolo Benigno 'Bam' A. Aquino IV stated the measure "provides opportunities" for students to transfer to private institutions that are not as congested.
- The legislation establishes a Bureau of Private Education within the Department of Education to oversee implementation and institutionalizes the Nationwide School Congestion Mapping and Strategic Allocation Framework.
- Pasig City Rep. Roman T. Romulo, co-chairperson of the Second Congressional Commission on Education, remarked that the targeted system ensures government investment delivers "greater access, better learning opportunities, and a stronger education system.
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Senate ratifies expanded school voucher bill
THE Senate has ratified the reconciled version of a bill overhauling the Government Assistance to Students and Teachers in Private Education (Gastpe) Act, expanding government support for private basic education and creating a targeted voucher system from Kindergarten to Grade 12.The measure, a Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council (Ledac) priority, was principally authored by Senators Bam Aquino, Joel Villanueva, Sherwin Gatchalian…
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