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Reporter: Fredoh M. Toreña

Date: August 17, 2013

Professor: Dr. LLamas

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9155
 AN ACT INSTITUTING A FRAME WORK OF
GOVERNANCE FOR BASIC EDUCATION,
 ESTABLISHING AUTHORITY AND
ACCOUNTABILITY,
 RENAMING THE DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION, CULTURE AND SPORTS AS
THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
 CHAPTER 1
Governance of Basic Education
N 1  This Act shall be known as the "Governance of Basic

CT IO Education Act of 2001."

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 SECTION 2: DECLARATION OF POLICY
 It is hereby declared the policy of the State to protect and promote the
right of all citizens to quality basic education and to make such
education accessible to all by providing all Filipino children a free and
compulsory education in the elementary level and free education in the
high school level. Such education shall also include alternative learning
systems for out-of-school youth and adult learners. It shall be the goal
of basic education to provide them with the skills, knowledge and
values they need to become caring, self-reliant, productive and patriotic
citizens.
 The school shall be the heart of the formal education system. It is where
children learn. Schools shall have a single aim of providing the best
possible basic education for all learners.
 SECTION 2: DECLARATION OF POLICY
 Governance of basic education shall begin at the national level it is at the
regions, divisions, schools and learning centers herein referred to as the field
offices - where the policy and principle for the governance of basic education
shall be translated into programs, projects and services developed, adapted and
offered to fit local needs.
 The State shall encourage local initiatives for improving the quality of basic
education. The State shall ensure that the values, needs and aspirations of a
school community are reflected in the program of education for the children,
out-of-school youth and adult learners. Schools and learning centers shall be
empowered to make decisions on what is best for the learners they serve.
 SECTION 3: PURPOSES AND OBJECTIVES;
 To provide the framework for the governance of basic education which shall set
the general directions for educational policies and standards and establish
authority, accountability and responsibility for achieving higher learning
outcomes?
 To define the roles and responsibilities of and provide resources to, the field
offices which shall implement educational programs, projects and services in
communities they serve;
 To make schools and learning centers the most important vehicle for the
teaching and learning of national values and for developing in the Filipino
learners love of country and pride in its rich heritage;
 To ensure that schools and learning centers receive the kind of focused attention
they deserve and that educational programs, projects and services take into
account the interests of all members of the community;
 SECTION 3: PURPOSES AND OBJECTIVES;
 To enable the schools and learning centers to reflect the values of the community
by allowing teachers/learning facilitators and other staff to have the flexibility to
serve the needs of all learners;
 To encourage local initiatives for the improvement of schools and learning
centers and to provide the means by which these improvements may be achieved
and sustained; and
 To establish schools and learning centers as facilities where schoolchildren are
able to learn a range of core competencies prescribed for elementary and high
school education programs or where the out-of-school youth and adult learners
are provided alternative learning programs and receive accreditation for at least
the equivalent of a high school education.
 .Basic/Quality
Education
Learner Facilitator Cluster of School

ALS/Non-formal
Learning Center
Learner Educ

Integrated School Formal Education

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 SECTION 5. PRINCIPLES OF SHARED GOVERNANCE
 Shared governance is a principle which recognizes that every unit in the
education bureaucracy has a particular role, task and responsibility inherent in
the office and for which it is principally accountable for outcomes;
 The process of democratic consultation shall be observed in the decision-making
process at appropriate levels. Feedback mechanisms shall be established to
ensure coordination and open communication of the central office with the
regional, division and school levels;
 The principles of accountability and transparency shall be operationalized in the
performance of functions and responsibilities at all levels; and
 The communication channels of field offices shall be strengthened to facilitate
flow of information and expand linkages with other government agencies, local
government units and nongovernmental organizations for effective governance.
 SECTION 6. GOVERNANCE
 The Department of Education, Culture and Sports shall
henceforth be called the Department of Education. It shall be
vested with authority, accountability and responsibility for
ensuring access to, promoting equity in, and improving the
quality of basic education. Arts, culture and sports shall be as
provided for in Sections 8 and 9 hereof.
SECTION 7. POWERS, DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS.
The Secretary of the Department of Education shall exercise overall authority and
supervision over the operations of the Department.
A. National Level In addition to his/her powers under existing laws, the Secretary of
Education shall have authority, accountability and responsibility for the following:
(1) Formulating national educational policies;
(2) Formulating a national basic education plan;
(3) Promulgating national educational Standards;
(4) Monitoring and assessing national learning outcomes;
(5) Undertaking national educational research and studies;
(6) Enhancing the employment status, professional competence, welfare and working
conditions of all personnel of the Department; and
(7) Enhancing the total development of learners through local and national programs and/or
projects.
SECTION 7. POWERS, DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS.
The Secretary of Education shall be assisted by not more than four (4)
undersecretaries and not more than four (4) assistant secretaries whose assignments,
duties and responsibilities shall be governed by law. There shall be at least one
undersecretary and one assistant secretary who shall be career executive service
officers chosen from among the staff of the Department.
B. Regional Level
There shall be as many regional offices as may be provided by law. Each regional
office shall have a director, an assistant director and an office staff for program
promotion and support, planning, administrative and fiscal services.
Consistent with the national educational policies, plans and standards, the regional
director shall have authority, accountability and responsibility for the following:
SECTION 7. POWERS, DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS.
(1) Defining a regional educational policy framework which reflects the values, needs
and expectations of the communities they serve;
(2) Developing a regional basic education plan;
(3) Developing regional educational standards with a view towards bench-marking
for international competitiveness;
(4) Monitoring, evaluating and assessing regional learning outcomes;
(5) Undertaking research projects and developing and managing region wide
projects which may be funded through official development assistance and/or or
other finding agencies;
(6) Ensuring strict compliance with prescribed national criteria for the recruitment,
selection and training of all staff in the region and divisions.
 SECTION 7. POWERS, DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS.
(7) Formulating, in coordination with the regional development council, the budget to support the
regional educational plan which shall take into account the educational plans of the divisions and
districts;
(8) Determining the organization component of the divisions and districts and approving the
proposed staffing pattern of all employees in the divisions and districts;
(9) Hiring, placing and evaluating all employees in the regional office, except for the position of
assistant director;
(10) Evaluating all schools division superintendents and assistant division superintendents in the
region;
(II) Planning and managing the effective and efficient use of all personnel, physical and fiscal
resources of the regional office, including professional staff development.
(12) Managing the database and management information system of the region;
(13) Approving the establishment of public and private elementary and high schools and learning
centers; and
(14) Preforming such other functions as may be assigned by proper authorities.
SECTION 7. POWERS, DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS.
C. Division Level
Consistent with the national educational policies, plans and standards
the schools division superintendents shall have authority, accountability
and responsibility for the following:
(1) Developing and implementing division education development plans;
(2) Planning and managing the effective and efficient use of all personnel, physical
and fiscal resources of the division, including professional staff development;
(3) Hiring, placing and evaluating all division supervisors and schools district
supervisors as well as all employees in the division, both teaching and non-
teaching personnel, including school heads, except for the assistant division
superintendent;
SECTION 7. POWERS, DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS.
(4) Monitoring the utilization of funds provided by the national government and the
local government units to the schools and learning centers;
(5) Ensuring compliance of quality standards for basic education programs and for
this purpose strengthening the role of division supervisors as subject area
specialists;
(6) Promoting awareness of and adherence by all schools and learning centers to
accreditation standards prescribed by the Secretary of Education;
(7) Supervising the operations of all public and private elementary, secondary and
integrated schools, and learning centers; and
(8) Performing such other functions as may be assigned by proper authorities.
SECTION 7. POWERS, DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS.
D. Schools District Level
The schools district supervisor shall be responsible for:
(1) Providing professional and instructional advice and support to the school heads
and teachers/facilitators of schools and learning centers in the district or cluster
thereof;
(2) Curricula supervision; and
(3) Performing such other functions as may be assigned by proper authorities.
SECTION 7. POWERS, DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS.
E. School Level
Consistent with the national educational policies, plans and standards, the school
heads shall have authority, accountability and responsibility for the following:
(1) Setting the mission, vision, goals and objectives of the school;
(2) Creating an environment within the school that is conducive to teaching and
learning;
(3) Implementing the school curriculum and being accountable for higher learning
outcomes;
(4) Developing the school education program and school improvement plan;
SECTION 7. POWERS, DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS.
(5) Offering educational programs, projects and services which provide equitable opportunities for
all learners in the community;
(6) Introducing new and innovative modes of instruction to achieve higher learning outcomes;
(7) Administering and managing all personnel, physical and fiscal resources of the school;
(8) Recommending the staffing complement of the school based on its needs;
(9) Encouraging staff development;
(10) Establishing school and community networks and encouraging the active participation of
teacher’s organizations, nonacademic personnel of public schools, and parents-teachers-
community associations;
(11) Accepting donations, gifts, bequests and grants for the purpose of upgrading teachers' learning
facilitators' competencies, improving and expanding school facilities and providing
instructional materials and equipment. Such donations or grants must be reported to the
appropriate district supervisors and division superintendents; and
(12) Performing such other functions as may be assigned by proper authorities.
 CHAPTER 2
Transfer of Cultural Agencies
Operational
Masterplan
 CHAPTER 3
Abolition of the Bureau of
Physical Education and school sports
SECTION 9. ABOLITION OF BPESS.
 All functions, programs and activities of the Department of Education related to
sports competition shall be transferred to the Philippine Sports Commission
(PSC). The program for school sports and physical fitness shall remain part of
the basic education curriculum.
 The Bureau of Physical Education and School Sports (BPESS) is hereby
abolished. The personnel of the BPESS, presently detailed with the PSC, are
hereby transferred to the PSC without loss of rank, including the plantilla
positions they occupy. All other BPESS personnel shall be retained by the
Department.
 CHAPTER 4
Support and assistance
of other Government Agencies
SECTION 10.
 The Secretary of Education and the Secretary of Budget and Management shall,
within ninety (90) days from the approval of this Act, jointly promulgate the
guidelines on the allocation, distribution and utilization of resources provided by
the national government for the field offices, taking into consideration the
uniqueness of the working conditions of the teaching service.
 The Secretary of the Department of Education shall ensure that resources
appropriated for the field offices are adequate and that resources for school
personnel, school desks and textbooks and other instructional materials intended
are allocated directly and released immediately by the Department of Budget
and Management to said offices.
SECTION 11.
 The Secretary of the Department of Education, subject to civil service laws and
regulations, shall issue appropriate personnel policy rules and regulations that
will best meet the requirements of the teaching profession taking into
consideration the uniqueness of the working conditions of the teaching service.

SECTION 12.
 The Commission on Audit, in the issuance of audit rules and regulations that will
govern the utilization of all resources as well as the liquidation, recording and
reporting thereof, shall take into account the different characteristics and
distinct features of the department's field offices, its organizational set up as well
as the nature of the operations of schools and learning centers.
 CHAPTER 5
Final Provisions
SECTION 13. GOVERNANCE IN THE ARMM;
 The Regional Education Secretary for the Autonomous Region in Muslim
Mindanao (ARMM) shall exercise similar governance authority over the divisions,
districts, schools and learning centers in the region as may be provided in the
Organic Act. without prejudice to the provisions of Republic Act No. 9054, entitled
"An Act to Strengthen and Expand tile Organic Act for the Autonomous Region in
Muslim Mindanao, Amending for the Purpose Republic Act No.6734, entitled' An
Act Providing for the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, as amended"'.

SECTION 14. RULES AND REGULATIONS.

 The Secretary of Education shall promulgate the implementing rules and
regulations within ninety (90) days after the approval of this Act: Provided That
the Secretary of Education shall fully implement the principle of shared
governance within two (2) years after the approval of this Act.
SECTION 15. SEPARABILITY CLAUSE.
 If for any reason, any portion or provision of this Act shall be declared
unconstitutional, other parts or provisions hereof which are not affected thereby
shall continue to be in full force and effect.

SECTION 16. REPEALING CLAUSE.

 All laws, decrees, executive orders, rules and regulations, part or parts thereof,
inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, are hereby repealed or modified
accordingly.

SECTION 17. EFFECTIVITY CLAUSE.

 This Act. shall take effect fifteen (15) days following its publication in at least
two (2) newspapers of general circulation.
 IN SIGHTS
 The enactment of R.A. 9155 was issuance of its implementing
rules and regulations that further strengthened the Department’s
thrust to create an effective and efficient system of devolving
duties and responsibilities to empower concern key officials
responsible for delivering quality education to contribute to our
national goal of building a strong republic.
 The embodiment of changes, as stipulated in RA 9155,delineates
specific functions for all of those involved within this department.
Empowerment for all is the key word. We care that people know
the principle of empowerment .