QuestionsQuestions (Republic Act No. 1886)
RA 1886 further amends Sections 2 and 3 of Republic Act No. 65 (as amended by RA 1362) to extend educational benefits to veterans of the Korean War, and provides for other related matters including qualifications, procedure, and funding.
RA 1886 amends Sections 2 and 3 of Republic Act No. 65, as amended by Republic Act No. 1362.
Beneficiaries include: (1) officers and enlisted men in good standing of the Philippine Army and recognized/deserving guerrilla organizations who actively participated in resistance/liberation against the enemy; (2) those who honorably served with the Philippine Expeditionary Forces to Korea (PEFTOK) and have neither previously enjoyed educational benefits under this Act nor under United States laws; and also (3) subject to renunciation rules, one child of a veteran, or the widow or child of a deceased veteran.
It generally means the veteran must be favorably situated administratively/morally with respect to his service standing at the time of application; the text uses it as a qualification, typically requiring compliance with eligibility criteria recognized by the Philippine Veterans Board.
He must have honorably served with the PEFTOK and must not have previously enjoyed educational benefits under either the Act (RA 65 as amended) or United States laws.
The educational benefit may be extended to 'one child of a veteran in whose favor he renounces such right,' meaning the veteran gives up his own entitlement so the child can claim the benefit.
If the widow remarries, she loses the educational benefits granted under that section.
The Philippine Veterans Board shall decide as to who of the children shall enjoy the benefits, considering that multiple marriages produced multiple sets of children.
The length is determined based on the veteran’s war-time service between December 8, 1941 and December 2, 1945, and for PEFTOK veterans between September 15, 1950 and May 31, 1955, plus one year—but in no case less than two school years.
A school is defined as four quarters or two semesters and one summer.
They may be utilized for review courses such as the pre-bar, pre-board, and the CPA review.
The veteran is considered not to be using the number of school years he is entitled to if he is enrolled only in the elementary grades or in the high school.
The Board may, in its discretion, allow the veteran to finish the course depending on his scholastic standing.
Yes. The Board may, in its discretion and for plausible reasons, authorize the veteran to change the course originally applied for or actually taking.
They must signify their desire to study to the Chairman of the Philippine Veterans Board not later than one year after the approval of the amendatory Act.
It authorizes the appropriation of one million eight hundred thousand pesos from the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated for initial implementation following approval, with additional needed sums included in the annual General Appropriations Act thereafter.
It takes effect upon its approval.