AN ACT MANDATING THAT EDUCATIONAL CURRICULUM AND THE CONSEQUENT PREPARATION OF TEXTBOOKS AND RELATED MATERIALS SHOULD HAVE CONTINUITY AND STABILITY, AND THAT THE SAME SHOULD NOT BE AFFECTED FOR A PERIOD OF AT LEAST SIX (6) YEARS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE R.A. NO. 8047, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE BOOK PUBLISHING INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT ACT

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK AND MECHANISMS FOR THE CREATION, OPERATION, ADMINISTRATION, AND COORDINATION OF THE PHILIPPINE BOOK PUBLISHING INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT CENTER, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE ‘BOOK CITY’, CREATING FOR THE PURPOSE, THE BOOK PUBLISHING ENTERPRISE ZONE AUTHORITY (BPEZA) AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT MANDATING THAT EDUCATIONAL CURRICULUM AND THE CONSEQUENT PREPARATION OF TEXTBOOKS AND RELATED MATERIALS SHOULD HAVE CONTINUITY AND STABILITY, AND THAT THE SAME SHOULD NOT BE AFFECTED BY ANY CHANGE DURING THE PERIOD OF AT LEAST SIX (6) YEARS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE R.A. NO. 8047, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE BOOK PUBLISHING INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT ACT

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, ARTS AND CULTURE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ALLEGED NON-IMPLEMENTATION OF SECTION 15 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8047, AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BOOK PUBLISHING INDUSTRY THROUGH THE FORMULATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A NATIONAL BOOK POLICY AND A NATIONAL BOOK DEVELOPMENT PLAN, WHICH MANDATES TRANSFER OF ASSETS, PROPERTIES, FUNDS AND LIABILITIES INCLUDING THE DUTY TO REVIEW TEXTBOOKS FROM THE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL CORPORATION (IMC) TO THE NATIONAL BOOK DEVELOPMENT BOARD (NBDB) WITH THE VIEW OF UPGRADING THE QUALITY OF ELEMENTARY AND HIGH SCHOOL TEXTBOOKS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, ARTS AND CULTURE TO INQUIRE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE REPORTED PLANS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (DEPED) AND THE COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION (CHED) TO EVALUATE TEXTBOOKS BEING USED AND INTENDED TO BE USED BY PRIVATE SCHOOLS, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF DETERMINING ITS PROPRIETY AND LEGALITY IN LIGHT OF THE PROVISIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8047, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE 'BOOK PUBLISHING INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT ACT' AND PROVIDE REMEDIAL LEGISLATIONS THAT WILL BRING ABOUT QUALITY TEXTBOOKS TO PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS

RESOLUTION URGING THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, ARTS AND CULTURE TO INQUIRE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE PROPOSED BUREAUCRATIC INTERVENTION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (DEPED) AND THE COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION (CHED) ON TEXTBOOK PUBLICATION WITH THE END-IN-VIEW OF PROMOTING THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH OF THE BOOK PUBLISHING INDUSTRY

RESOLUTION URGING THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, ARTS AND CULTURE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE EXTENT OF BOOK PIRACY IN THE COUNTRY WITH THE OBJECTIVES OF PROMOTING THE BOOK PUBLISHING INDUSTRY AND THE INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF COPYRIGHT SUPPORT SERVICES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, ARTS AND CULTURE TO INQUIRE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE NEW RULE ON THE CANCELLATION OF REGISTRATION OF PUBLISHERS THAT PRODUCE POOR QUALITY TEXTBOOKS AND THE SUBSEQUENT ISSUANCE OF NBDB QUALITY SEAL ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL BOOK DEVELOPMENT BOARD (NBDB) WHICH IS ALLEGED TO BE UNLAWFUL AND UNCONSTITUTIONAL BY THE STAKEHOLDERS, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF REVIEWING WHETHER THE SAME CONFORM TO THE PROVISIONS OF R.A.NO. 8047, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE BOOK PUBLISHING INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT ACT AND OTHER EXISTING LEGISLATIONS AND PROPOSING REMEDIAL LEGISLATION FOR THE PURPOSE