01:02.5
Concerns and those concerns weren't really answered because for the lack of time and I was informed that I need to produce certain documents to justify some things that I did mention during that particular hearing.
01:22.2
Ang concern ko lang po talaga.
01:23.3
For the longest time...
01:25.2
May I just, before the gentleman proceeds, the Senate version is now 718.08.
01:32.8
Okay, 718. Let's make it 719.
01:36.4
No, we have to be accurate here.
01:37.9
Okay, sige. 700. Like I said, I don't have any problem whatsoever pagdating po sa budget ngayon for 2024 para sa DepEd.
01:47.0
Wala po tayong question dyan. Regardless, kahit na po medyo kumulang, wala pa rin po akong problem.
01:54.3
Para maging klaro po tayo.
01:56.3
Ang problema ko, ang issue ko lang po kasi, for so many years po sa programa ko sa Wanted sa radyo, palagi po ako nakakatanggap ng reklamo mula sa mga magulang ng mga estudyante sa elementary and high school na karamihan sa kanila ay mga mag-aaral, mga magulang mag-aaral ng mga security guard, kasambahay, factory worker,
02:23.3
na sila po ay naobliga mag-contribute na required ng eskwelahan through PTA para sa iba't ibang mga pangangailangan tulad ng electric fan, tulad ng jobos, tulad ng band paper, tulad ng pambayad para sa sweldo ng security guard, sweldo ng janitor, para sa utility bills, etc., etc., etc.
02:53.3
na hindi po dapat dahil meron man po talaga budget ang deped dyan through the MOOE.
03:00.5
Now, paano po naku-collect tayo itong perang ito? Para magkaroon po tayo ng idea lahat, ang nangyari po ay dinadaan sa PTA, Parents Teachers Association.
03:15.2
Now, pag start po ng school year, nagpapatawag po ang PTA ng General Assembly.
03:23.3
At pagdating po doon sa General Assembly, magbobotohan sila muna ng mga officers.
03:27.1
Right after na maboto po yung officers, ang next agenda agad ay maghanap sila ng proyekto, kailangan nilang mag-identify ng proyekto para sa eskwelahan.
03:40.7
At ano po yung mga proyektong yun, yun po yung mga gastusin na akin pong binanggit.
03:45.5
Dapat ganun. Dapat libre yan.
03:46.9
Okay. Now, I want to put a stop to it. I really do.
03:53.3
As much as possible, during my watch as a Senator of the Republic.
03:59.3
Pero napagsabihan po ako noon na kung gusto ko pong baguhin yung pulisiya ng pang-elected to PTA, gumawa na po ako ng batas.
04:11.4
Now, I don't have to dahil nakita ko na po, very clear na sa akin, na meron naman pala talagang batas.
04:20.0
Kaya lang, yung batas na yun ay hindi na-implement.
04:23.3
Public Act 4206, noong 1965, nainak yan.
04:28.1
Which prohibits collection and even voluntary or otherwise from elementary schools sa public schools.
04:45.1
Except for Red Cross.
04:53.3
Except for, in fact, the only ones that was mentioned was Red Cross.
05:03.5
Now, noong 1969, RA 5546 was enacted para ma-amend yung 4206.
05:17.9
Dito po sa 5546, mas lalo naging malawak po yung prohibits.
05:23.3
Prohibition sa koleksyon.
05:29.1
Maybe, the good sponsor might want to react doon po sa dalawang batas na akin po nabanggit.
05:39.1
Senador Caeta, Senador Caeta na tinatanggap niya.
05:44.7
Okay. Thank you, Mr. President.
05:50.3
Mr. President, uh, the concern of the...
05:53.3
The gentleman was raised during the hearing.
05:56.2
And, uh, the Vice President Secretary of, uh, DepEd, uh, responded by mentioning Department Order No. 49-0 of...
06:08.3
Series of 2022, which is a no-fee, no-collection policy.
06:15.7
No fee, no-fee, no-collection policy, uh, which, which they are strictly implementing.
06:20.5
And it was further discussed during...
06:23.3
During that hearing that, um, there, there is, uh, the PTA in almost every school that does their own fundraising efforts.
06:34.2
And, uh, it being a parent-initiated, um, organization, uh, they are allowed to do that.
06:43.5
So, in connection with the law that his honor pointed out, that is exactly consistent with the Department Order of the...
06:53.3
But the Department Order cannot...
06:55.3
If I may, if I may just continue, Your Honor.
06:57.3
Sorry, sorry. Okay.
06:59.3
So, the Department Order has the very same policy.
07:03.3
No fee, no collection.
07:05.3
The Department and all their subordinates, meaning the teachers, are not allowed to initiate or to tolerate these collection efforts.
07:17.3
But this does not prevent the parents from having their own fundraising.
07:23.3
Uh, this system has been, um, practiced for decades.
07:28.3
Ayan, finally lumakas.
07:30.3
This system has been practiced for decades and it has been a...
07:34.3
A private initiative of the parents that has allowed, um, many projects to, to see the light.
07:44.3
No, anything from gate, fencing, gardening, um, events.
07:52.3
It's a PTA initiative and I think that's why it was mentioned that if there is a desire to change that policy, there must be a law because currently the DepEd order is consistent with the existing law mentioned by His Honor.
08:10.2
Okay, Mr. President, may I ask the good sponsor kung sabi niya sa akin yung bang Department Order na yon at saan po doon sa dalawang batas na binanggit ko, RA 4206 and RA 5546, alin doon na nagsasabing pinapayagan na manglekta ang mga eskwelaan o mga magulang para sa contribution sa eskwelaan.
08:37.7
Can you please show it to me?
08:40.2
Okay, koleksyon. Yung iso ko ng biyomanoy bayaran or kinukolekta through PTA daw?
08:59.6
Maybe I can help the good sponsor para mas mapabilis tayo rito, if she will allow me to.
09:07.9
Your Honor, if His Honor can...
09:10.2
Mr. President, if His Honor can give me a minute to just review and then I will be happy to yield the floor of...
09:16.3
Ayan. So, ayan po.
09:18.7
Actually, nung bandang huli yan, mahaba po yung debate sa budget na yan, deliberation na yan.
09:23.4
Nagtaasa na sila ng boses pero ayaw ko nang iparinig sa inyo kasi ayaw ko rin namang maginig ng mga bata na yung mga senador natin ay nagtataasa ng boses na parang mga galit.
09:32.8
Pero hindi naman, part ng trabaho yan kung minsan tumataas ang boses.
09:35.8
Ang sinasabi nito ni Sen. Rapi Tulpo, continuous.
09:40.2
Yung paniningil ng DepEd tungkol dun sa mga electric fund daw.
09:45.9
Kung ano-ano, mga facilities ng eskwilahan. Di ba dapat libre yan?
09:49.8
Pati rin pang bayad sa security guard. Wow, ang dami sinabi niya.
09:53.3
Ayun, sabi ni Cayetano, Pia Cayetano, senador, na siyang nag-sponsor, siya yung nagdidefensa ng budget ng Department of Education.
10:02.2
Well, kaya ako tumasa ang debate.
10:03.7
Alam nyo sa bandang huli, mayroong mahaba yan.
10:05.7
Ang galit na si Tulpo, sabi niya, hindi rin totoo kasi sabi ni Pia Cayetano.
10:10.2
Nabas ni Sen. Tulpo, yung mahaba ng listahan niya.
10:14.9
Ganun siya ng ganun, mahaba talaga.
10:16.8
Listahan ng mga sumbung sa kanya ng mga naglireklamang mga teachers sa buong bansa.
10:21.2
So, sino ngayon ang ating papaniwalaan?
10:24.1
Again, Office of the Vice President, Secretary ng Department of Education, ang issue rito.
10:29.9
Kasi siya yung sekretary, Sarah Duterte, Vice President ng Department of Education.
10:34.9
So, kung totoo, continuous yung paniningil na yan, abay, kawawa naman yung mga bata.
10:39.1
Eh ngayon pala, yung budget.
10:40.2
For 2024, proposed budget, 719 or 718 billion pala.
10:46.9
Eh bakit ang laking pera, may nangungulit na pa.
10:48.8
So, ano po nyo masasabi niyan?
10:51.1
Ah, yung ginagawa ni Sen. Tulpo laban sa mga maling gawain daw sa kanyang paniniwala.
10:55.5
May sinabi siyang batas na hindi naman dapat.
10:57.8
Pero bakit tuloy pa?
10:58.8
Sabi naman ng kabila, hindi raw totoo.
11:00.4
Nako, ang magsasabi ng katotohanan ay yung biktima.
11:04.1
Yung mga teachers, or sorry, yung mga magulang o yung mga kapatid na nagpapaaralan kayo ng mga anak.
11:10.2
Kayo na po ang makakapag-comment, react sa bagay na ito.
11:13.1
Parte yan ng pagtalakay sa budget.
11:16.9
Mahalagang budget dahil atin niyang pera.
11:19.8
Pero bakit sila pinagbabayad pa?
