COMMITTEE ON BASIC EDUCATION AND CULTURE (MARCH 02, 2026) - PART 2 CHAIRPERSON: REP. ROMAN T. ROMULO District Representative City of Pasig, Lone District AGENDA: Deliberation on the following: Substitute Bill to HBs 437, 508 & 5060 – Institutionalizing support mechanisms and protection for public school teachers and personnel in matters of student discipline for classroom management (Reps. Antonio Tinio, Jaime Fresnedi, and Timothy Joseph Cayton) HB 440 – Providing overtime pay to school heads i

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COMMITTEE ON BASIC EDUCATION AND CULTURE CHAIRPERSON: ROMULO, ROMAN T. AGENDA: • Deliberation on the Substitute Bill to HBs 477, 1282, 1537, 3583, 3648 & 4248 – Providing education pathways for basic education students, and appropriating funds therefor (Reps. Roman Romulo, Marie Bernadette Escudero, Amado Carlos Bolilia IV, Ma. Victoria Co-Pilar, Lani Mercado-Revilla, and Ferdinand Martin Romualdez) • Briefing by the Department of Education (DepEd) on the following: a) On measures undertaken in