Republic Act No 7079 PDF

REPUBLIC ACT NO.
7079
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT
AND PROMOTION OF CAMPUS JOURNALISM
AND FOR THIER PURPOSES
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives

of the Philippines in Congress Assembled
SECTION 1. Title This act shall be known and referred to as the Campus Journalism
Act of 1991.
SECTION 2. Declaration of Policy- It is the declared policy of the State to uphold and
protect the freedom of the press even at the campus level and promote the development and
growth of campus journalism as a means of strengthening ethical values, encouraging critical and
creative thinking, and developing moral character and personal discipline of the Filipino youth.
In furtherance of this policy, the State shall undertake various programs and projects aimed at
improving the journalistic skills of students concerned and promoting responsible and free
journalism.
SECTION 3. Definition of terms.

a) School An institution for learning in the elementary, secondary or tertiary level
comprised of the studentry, administration, faculty and non-faculty personnel.
b) Student Publication The issue of any printed material that is independently
published by, and which meets the needs and interests of the studentry.
c) Student Journalist Any bona fide student enrolled for the current semester or term
who has passed or met the qualification and standards of the editorial board. He must
likewise maintain a satisfactory academic standing.
d) Editorial Board In the tertiary level, the editorial board shall be composed of
student journalists who have qualified in placement examinations. In the case of
elementary and high school levels, the board shall be composed of a duly appointed
faculty adviser, the editor who qualified and a representative of the parents
teachers Association, who will determine the editorial policies to be implemented by
the editor and staff members of the student publication concerned.
At the tertiary level, the editorial board may include a Publication adviser at the
option of its members; and
e) Editorial Policies A set of guidelines by which a student publication is operated
and managed, taking into account pertinent laws as well as school administrations
policies. Said guidelines shall determine the frequency of publication, the manner of
selecting articles and features and other similar matters.
SECTION 4. Student Publication the student body through an editorial board and
publication staff composed of students selected by fair and competitive examinations.
Once the publication is established, its editorial board shall freely determine its editorial
policies and manage the publications funds.
SECTION 5. Funding of Student Publication - Funding for the student publication
may include the savings of the respective schools appropriations, student subscriptions,
donations, and other sources of funds.
In no instance shall the Department of Education, Culture and Sports or the school
administration concerned withhold the release of funds sourced from the savings of the
appropriations of the respective school and other sources intended for student publication.
Subscriptions fees collected by the school administration shall be released automatically to the
student publication concerned.
SECTION 6. Publication Adviser The publication adviser shall be selected by the

school administration from a list of recommended submitted by the publication staff. The
function of the adviser shall be limited to one of technical guidance.
SECTION 7. Security of Tenure A member of the publication staff must maintain his
or her status as student in order to retain membership in the publication staff. A student shall not
be expelled or suspended solely on the basis of articles he or she has written, or on the basis of
the performance of his or her duties in the student publication.
SECTION 8. Press Conference and Training Seminars The Department of

Education, Culture and Sports shall sponsor periodic competitions, press conferences and
training seminars in which student editors/writers and teacher advisers of student publication in
the elementary, secondary and tertiary levels shall be held at the institutional, divisional and
regional levels, culminating with the holding of the annual national elementary, secondary or
tertiary School Press Conferences in the places of historical and/or cultural interest in the
country.
SECTION 9. Rules and Regulations The Department of Education, Culture and

Sports, in coordination with the officers of the national elementary, secondary tertiary
organizations or official advisers of student publications, together with student journalist at the
tertiary level and existing organizations of student journalists, shall promulgate the rules and
regulations necessary for the effective implementation of this Act.
SECTION 10. Tax Exemption Pursuant to paragraph 4, Section 4, Article XIV of the
Constitution, all grants, endowments, donations or contributions used actually directly and
exclusively for the promotion of campus journalism as provided for in this Act shall be exempt
from donors or gift tax.
SECTION 11. Appropriations For the initial year of implementation, the sum of Five
million pesos (5,000,000.00) is hereby authorized to be charged against the savings from the
current appropriations of the Department of Education, Culture and Sports. Thereafter, such
amount as may be necessary shall be included in the General Appropriations Act
SECTION 12. Effectivity - This Act shall take effect after fifteen (15) days following
the completion of its publication in the Official Gazette or in at least two (2) newspapers of
general publication.

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REPUBLIC ACT NO.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives

SECTION 3. Definition of terms.

SECTION 6. Publication Adviser The publication adviser shall be selected by the

SECTION 8. Press Conference and Training Seminars The Department of

SECTION 9. Rules and Regulations The Department of Education, Culture and

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