Inclusive Education for Children and Youth with Disabilities
Current status
The current status of the Inclusive Education Bill in Senate is in the Committee of Education, Arts and Culture sponsored by the Chairperson himself, Senator Chiz Escudero. Senate Chiz Escudero gave a sponsorship speech on the floor introducing the first draft of the Inclusive Education Bill. Through further consultations and advocacy campaigning, he will be introducing amendments before the Congress ends.
In House of Representatives, the Inclusive Education Bill has not move forwarded from the Committee of Basic Education and Culture. A bill was consolidated and authored by House Representative Villarica.