Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. House Bill No. 777, 12th Congress of the Republic |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT PROHIBITING EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS WHICH OFFER COURSES REQUIRING PROFESSIONAL EXAMINATIONS FROM COMPELLING THEIR GRADUATES TO TAKE REVIEW CLASSES AND/OR PRE-LICENSURE EXAMINATIONS IN THE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION OF WHICH HE IS A GRADUATE ANDPROVIDING PENALTIES THEREFOR |
| ABSTRACT : Rationale: Many student-graduat es decry certain objectionable practices by educational institutions offering courses requiring board, bar or any licensing examination. One of these practices is to compel the graduate to take review classes in the same educational institution of which he or she is a graduate under pain of delaying the release of transcripts or scholastic records. Considering the Constitutional provisions on the protection and promotion of education, it would be better to enhance and strengthen the same by granting these graduates the right to freely choose the educational institutions wherein they would take their review classes. |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : VILLAR, CYNTHIA A. |
| DATE FILED : 2001-07-06 |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : |
| 1. Zamora (017 ) |
| ADMINISTRATION BILL? No |
| URGENT BILL? No |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE |
| MOTHER BILL: House Bill No. 5326, 12th Congress of the Republic |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON HIGHER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION ON 2001-07-24 |
Abstract
Rationale: Many student-graduat es decry certain objectionable practices by educational institutions offering courses requiring board, bar or any licensing examination. One of these practices is to compel the graduate to take review classes in the same educational institution of which he or she is a graduate under pain of delaying the release of transcripts or scholastic records. Considering the Constitutional provisions on the protection and promotion of education, it would be better to enhance and strengthen the same by granting these graduates the right to freely choose the educational institutions wherein they would take their review classes.
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