The Senate on Monday passed on third and final reading
Senate Bill No. 2952 granting educational assistance and benefits to the
dependents of soldiers, firemen and law enforcers killed in action or
permanently incapacitated while performing their duties.
Senators Vicente Sotto III, Antonio Trillanes IV and Pia
Cayetano filed the bill, known as an act granting educational assistance and
benefits to the dependents of all members of the Armed Forces of the
Philippines (AFP), Philippine National Police (PNP), Bureau of Fire Protection
(BFP), Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP), National Bureau of
Investigation(NBI), Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), Philippine Coast
Guard (PCG) and Bureau of Corrections (BuCor).
“This measure seeks to address the need to improve the
government’s assistance to the dependents of our uniformed personnel and law
enforcement agents who are killed in action or are permanently incapacitated,
as a way of giving back and honouring their sacrifices for the country,” Senate
President Franklin Drilon said.
Under the bill, beneficiaries shall be extended full
scholarship from elementary to tertiary level whether baccalaureate, formal or
non-formal education or training program in a non-exclusive school or
institution.
The scholarship privilege would include the payment of
tuition and miscellaneous fees, allowance for books and school supplies, as
well as allowance for food and transportation, according to the bill.
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