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Senate hearing on school safety law begins Thursday
The Senate opened hearings on a proposed School Safety Act on July 9. The sessions address violence, bullying, and recent incidents including a drowning and a fatal school shooting.
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The Senate began hearings on the proposed School Safety Act on Thursday, July 9. The sessions address violence, bullying, and other threats inside and outside schools. The hearings include discussion of the June 8 drowning of two student-athletes during a team-building activity of the Ateneo men's basketball team in Dipaculao, Aurora.
The June 22 fatal school shooting in Tacloban City that left three students dead and 20 others wounded is also a central topic. Senator Bam Aquino, chairman of the Senate committee on basic education, leads the joint hearing with the committees on higher, technical and vocational education; science and technology; civil service, government reorganization and professional regulation; justice and human rights; and finance.
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