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Entitled: AN ACT RECOGNIZING EVEREST ACADEMY AS AN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION OF INTERNATIONAL CHARACTER, GRANTING CERTAIN PREROGATIVES TO HASTEN ITS GROWTH AS SUCH, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES [ FIRST REGULAR SESSION, 17TH CONGRESS ] [ 2017 ] 3/30/2017 Introduced by Senator PANFILO M. LACSON; 5/2/2017 Read on First Reading and Referred to the Committee on EDUCATION, ARTS AND CULTURE; 5/23/2017 Conducted JOINT COMMITTEE MEETINGS/HEARINGS; [ THIRD REGULAR SESSION ] [ 2018 ] 11/26/2018 Returned and submitted by the Committee on EDUCATION, ARTS AND CULTURE per Committee Report No. 517, recommending its approval with amendments; 11/27/2018 Committee Report Calendared for Ordinary Business; 11/27/2018 Sponsor: Senator FRANCIS "CHIZ" G. ESCUDERO; 11/27/2018 Transferred from the Calendar for Ordinary Business to the Calendar for Special Order; 11/27/2018 Sponsorship speech of Senator FRANCIS "CHIZ" G. ESCUDERO; 11/28/2018 Interpellation of Senator FRANKLIN M. DRILON; 11/28/2018 Period of interpellation closed; 11/28/2018 Manifestation of Senator Drilon that he be made co-author; 11/28/2018 Manifestation of Senator Zubiri that he be made co-author and co-sponsor; 11/28/2018 Period of committee amendments; 11/28/2018 Period of committee amendments closed; 11/28/2018 Period of individual amendments closed; 11/28/2018 Approved on Second Reading with Amendments; 11/29/2018 Printed copies were distributed to the Senators; 12/3/2018 Approved on Third Reading; 12/3/2018 In favor: (18) JUAN EDGARDO "SONNY" M. ANGARA, PAOLO BENIGNO "BAM" AQUINO IV, MARIA LOURDES NANCY S. BINAY, FRANKLIN M. DRILON, JOSEPH VICTOR G. EJERCITO, FRANCIS "CHIZ" G. ESCUDERO, SHERWIN T. GATCHALIAN, RICHARD J. GORDON, GREGORIO B. HONASAN II, RISA HONTIVEROS, PANFILO M. LACSON, EMMANUEL "MANNY" D. PACQUIAO, AQUILINO KOKO III L. PIMENTEL, RALPH G. RECTO, VICENTE C. SOTTO III, JOEL VILLANUEVA, CYNTHIA A. VILLAR and JUAN MIGUEL F. ZUBIRI; 12/3/2018 Against: (None) ; 12/3/2018 Abstention: (None) ; 12/5/2018 Sent to the House of Representatives requesting for concurrence; [ 2019 ] 1/23/2019 Senate adopted HBN-7005 as an amendment to SBN-1413; 2/14/2019 Letter from Acting Secretary General of the House of Representatives, Mr. Dante Roberto P. Maling, dated February 13, 2019, transmitting nine (9) enrolled copies of the consolidated version of HBN-7005 and SBN-1413, for the signature of Senate Secretary Atty. Myra Marie D. Villarica and Senate President Vicente C. Sotto III; 2/21/2019 Letter for Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, dated February 20, 2019, returning eight (8) enrolled copies of the consolidated version of HBN-7005 and SBN-1413, which were signed by Senate Secretary Myra Marie D. Villarica and Senate President Vicente C. Sotto III; FINAL TITLE: AN ACT RECOGNIZING THE EVEREST ACADEMY AS AN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION OF INTERNATIONAL CHARACTER AND GRANTING THE ACADEMY CERTAIN PREROGATIVES TO PROMOTE ITS DEVELOPMENT 6/4/2019 Considered in HBN-7005, which was Approved and Signed into Law by the President of the Philippines, His Excellency, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte on March 29, 2019 and became 6/4/2019 REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11255. (Pursuant to paragraph g, Sec. 7, Rule V of the Rules of the Senate, R.A.No. 11255 (SBN-1413) with the pertinent documents transmitted to the Legislative Records and Archives Service for safekeeping and preservation on June 3, 2019) (The legislative history/plenary deliberations is prepared by the INDEXING, MONITORING AND LIS SECTION, LEGISLATIVE BILLS AND INDEX SERVICE; The data entry on committee meetings is prepared by the Committee Affairs Bureau)
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115 OG No. 19, 4752 (May 13, 2019)
[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11255, March 29, 2019 ]
AN ACT RECOGNIZING THE EVEREST ACADEMY AS AN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION OF INTERNATIONAL CHARACTER AND GRANTING THE ACADEMY CERTAIN PREROGATIVES TO PROMOTE ITS DEVELOPMENT
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:
SECTION 1. The Everest Academy, herein referred to as the "Academy:, registered as Everest International Academy, is hereby declared and officially recognized as a basic educational institution of international character authorized to operate educational programs that primarily and principally adhere to universally accepted and recognized educational policies.
SEC. 2. The Academy shall be governed by a board of trustees, herein referred to as the "Board", elected in accordance with its corporate character.
SEC. 3. To enable the Academy to continue carrying out its educational program, improve its standard of instruction, and meet the special needs of the foreign diplomatic and temporary resident community for quality education, it shall:
(a) Accept applicants for admission, regardless of nationality, in accordance with its own eligibility standards, and rules for admission and grade placement, the Academy having been established primarily for foreign diplomatic personnel and their dependents and for other temporary residents and, as such, the Academy shall be covered by the exemption provided in Section 4 (2), Article XIV of the Philippine Constitution.
(b) Be managed and administered by a Head of the Academy, who shall possess the qualifications prescribed by the Board.
(c) Upon consultation with the Secretary of Education, determine its own curriculum, calendar of studies and work schedule, teach whatever language it may deem appropriate and determine the reasonable amount of fees which shall be imposed upon its students to maintain and conform to the Academy's standard of education;
(d) Maintain standards of education compatible with those obtaining in similar schools of generally recognized international standing;
(e) Employ its own teaching and management personnel selected by the Board either locally or abroad, from the Philippines or other nationalities; such foreign personnel being exempt from laws that impose nationality restrictions on employment, and control of administration of educational institutions, except laws that have been or will be enacted for the protection of employees: Provided, That such exemption shall not extend to their liability for income taxes; and
(f) Enjoy the privileges provided by law to nonstock, nonprofit educational institutions.
SEC. 4. The Academy shall be under the supervision and regulation of the Department of Education (DepEd) and shall adhere to basic laws, and rules and regulations of the DepEd governing international or foreign schools.
SEC. 5. Within sixty (60) days from the approval of this Act, the Secretary of Education, in consultation with the members of the Board of the Everest Academy, shall formulate the rules and regulations implementing the provisions of this Act.
SEC. 6. If any provisions of this Act is held invalid or unconstitutional, the other provisions not so declared shall remain in force and effect.
SEC. 7. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.
Approved,
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(SGD.) VICENTE C. SOTTO III |
(SGD.) GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO |
This Act was passed by the House of Representatives as House Bill No. 7005 on November 26, 2018 and adopted by the Senate as an amendment to Senate Bill No. 1413 on January 23, 2019.
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(SGD.) MYRA MARIE D. VILLARICA |
(SGD.) DANTE ROBERTO P. MALING |
Approved: MAR 29 2019
(SGD.) RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE
President of the Philippines
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