Legal Foundation of Special Education

Legal
Foundation of
Special
Education
Care and Protection of Disabled
Children (C.A. 3203)
- The rights of the child to live in an
atmosphere conclusive to his physical,
moral, and intellectual development
and the concomitant duty of the
government to “promote the full
growth of the faculties of every child”
Accessibility Law (Batas
Pambansa Blg. 344)
- Requiring certain buildings, institution,
establishments and public utilities to
install accessible facilities and other
devices, including transportation and
communication devices
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White Cane Act (R.A. 6759)
- Declared the 1 day of August
st
each year as White Cane Safety

Day,” white cane being symbol of
the need of blind persons.
The Economic Independence of
Disabled Persons Act (S.B. 1730)
Requires that all governmental agencies,
instrumentalities and government owned and
controlled corporations to source at least ten
percent of their supplies and equipment
requirements from cooperatives of PWDs that
are engaged in the manufacturing and
fabrication in order to support their economic
independence.
The Magna Carta for Disabled
Persons (R.A. 7277)
- Affirms the full participation and total
integration of persons with disability into
the mainstream of our society by giving
them equal opportunities to develop their
skills and potentials and affording them to
equal access to the basic services extended
by the government.
Section 12, Chapter 2 of R.A. 7277.
ACCESS TO QUALITY
EDUCATION
 The State shall ensure that disabled person
are provided with adequate access of
quality education and amply opportunities
to develop their skills. It shall take
appropriate steps to make such education
accessible to all disabled persons.
The State shall take into consideration the special
requirements of disabled persons in the formulation
of educational policies and programs. It shall
encourage learning institutions to take into account
the special needs of disabled persons with respect to
the use of school facilities, class schedules, physical
education requirements, and other pertinent
consideration.
The State shall also promote the provision by learning
institutions, especially higher learning institutions, of
auxiliary services that will facilitate the learning
process for disabled persons
Section 1.2, Rule III of R.A. 7277.
Formal Education
 In order to ensure that quality education
is accessible to ff. components namely
curriculum, educational program,
teaching methods and services shall be
given importance by learning institutions.
SEC. 46. Penal Clause. –
(a) Any person who violates any provision
of this Act shall suffer the following
penalties:
1. For the first violation, a fine of not less than Fifty
Thousand pesos (P50,000.00) but not exceeding One
hundred thousand pesos (P100,000.00) or
imprisonment of not less than six months but not more
than two years, or both at the discretion of the court;
and
2. For any subsequent violation, a
fine of not less than One hundred
thousand pesos (P100,000.00) but
not exceeding Two hundred
thousand pesos (P200,000.00) or
imprisonment for not less than two
years but not more than six years, or
both at the discretion of the court.
(b) Any person who abuses the
privileges granted herein shall be
punished with imprisonment of not
less than six months or a fine of not
less than Five thousand pesos
(P5,000.00), but not more than Fifty
thousand pesos (P50,000.00), or
both, at the discretion of the court.
•(c) If the violator is a corporation,
organization or any similar entity, the
officials thereof directly involved shall
be liable therefore.
•(d) If the violator is an alien or a
foreigner, he shall be deported
immediately after service of sentence
without further deportation
proceedings.
DECS ORDER NO. 26 s 1997
mandates the following:
 Organize at least one (1) SPED Center in
the Region or Division, which will cater
to Children with Special Needs (CSNs)
 Organize SPED program in all districts
in schools where there are identified
CSNs
School School Divisi Munici Curricular
Subclassifi
Region ID Name on pality cation
Regio 402329 Holy

Nazarene
Cavite Tanza Regular
School
n IV- Christian
School &
with SPED
Classes
A SPED
Center of
Cavite
Region IV- 424369 God's Gift Cavite TRECE Regular

A Sped MARTIRE School
Learning S CITY with SPED
Center (Capital) Classes
School School Divisio Munici Curricu
ID Name n pality lar
Region Subclas
sificatio
n
Region 427507 Harvest Lucena LUCEN Purely
IV-A of Hope City A CITY SPED
Foundat (Capital Center
ion, Inc. )
(SPED
Center)
 Expanded the role/ function of SPED
Centers
• Supports children with special needs
who are integrated in regular schools
• Assist in the conduct of in-service
training
• Conduct continues assessment of
CSNs
 Initiate and conduct regional division/
district- based training
 Plan incentives to sustain the
continuing interest in the
implementation of the program
through the ff. initiatives:
• DECS ORDER No. 5 s 1998 –
Reclassification of Regular Teacher
and Principal Items to SPED Teacher and
Special School Principal Items
• R.A No. 6758 (Prescribing a Revised
Compensation and Position
Classification System in the
Government)
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Regio 402329 Holy

Region IV- 424369 God's Gift Cavite TRECE Regular

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