Country: Philippines                          
Title:    Guidelines on Tuition and/or Other School Fees in Private
          Schools, Colleges and Universities for School Year
          1990-1991
Author:            Isidro D. . Carino, Secretary.  
Institution:       DECS
Citations:         DECS ORDER No. 50, s. 1990.  
Descriptors:       Fees; Private schools.  
Full text: 3.3.1  Schedule of tuition and other fees of the previous
  year.

  3.3.2  Schedule of proposed increase of tuition and other fees for
  the current school year.

  3.3.3  Audited financial statements for three (3) years immediately
  preceding the current year.

  3.3.4  The processing of the above shall be undertaken by the
  respective Regional Directors.  Decision of Regional Dirieictors
  perceived by any of the parties concerned as unfair, may be
  elevated to the DECS Central Office for final review and decision.

  3.4  School with at least Level II accredited programs as of May
  1990 are deregulated with respect to these programs.  They shall be
  allowed to determine their rates of tuition and other school fees
  for said accredited programs, subject to consultation.

  3.5  Schools applying for increases only in other fees and not in
  tuition shall be subjected to the same principles and provisions as
  those applying for increases in tuition.

  4.0  GOVERNMENT TUITION FEE SUPPLEMENTS

         Financial assistance for tuition for students in private
  high schools and private colleges and universities shall be
  provided by the government as follows:

  4.1   For students enrolled in high schools which charged less than
  one thousand five hundred pesos (P1,500.00) per year in tuition and
  other fees during school year 1989-90 or such amount in sugsequent
  years as may be determined from time to time by State Assistance
  Council, the government shall provide them with a voucher equal to
  two hundred ninety pesos (P290.00) provided that the student pays
  in SY 1990-91 tuition and other fees equal to the tuition and other
  fees paid during the preceding academic year.

  4.2   For non-freshmen students enrolled in priority courses as
  determined by DECS, in private colleges and universities that
  charged an effective per unit tuition rate of eighty pesos (P80.00)
  or less in SY 1989-90 or such amount in subsequent years as may be
  determined by SAC, the government shall provide each student with a
  voucher to cover the tuition increase, up to twelve pesos (P12.00)
  per unit, provided that such assistance shall be given only to
  students who have completed one academic year in priority courses
  and shall not apply to future college students and to current
  college students who shall transfer to schools outside of their
  regions.