CENTRAL

BOARD

Room 200 MVP Student Leadership Center

Ateneo de Manila University, Loyola Heights
sanggusecgen@gmail.com

Central Board Authors:

Jann Railey E. Montalan, 2nd Year SOSE Central Board Representative
Franco Dominic D.G. Quilatan, 3rd Year SOH Central Board Representative
Therese Francesca A. Bonifacio, 4th Year SOSE Central Board Representative

An Act Allowing Students to Propose Bills and

Other Forms of Legislation to the Central Board
Be it enacted by the Central Board of the Sanggunian ng mga Mag-aaral ng mga Paaralang Loyola ng Pamantasang Ateneo de
Manila assembled:
Section 1. Short Title. This act shall be known as the Grassroots Empowerment Act of 2015.
Section 2. Declaration of Policy. It is hereby known that the Sanggunian ng mga Mag-aaral ng mga
Paaralang Loyola ng Pamantasang Ateneo de Manila, or the Sanggunian, is the sole autonomous student
government of the Loyola Schools.1 As an institution run by elected officials through popular elections, while
also being found on the ideals of participatory democracy2, it is within the best interest of the Sanggunian as
mandated by the Constitution to acknowledge the rights of the students to make recommendations to the
Sanggunian3.
Moreover, the Constitution further elaborates on the idea that The student body should be able to
participate in the formation and application of regulations affecting them []4 As such, student involvement is
then central to the practice of participatory democracy to which this institution as built upon.
Section 3. Eligibility. Any regular undergraduate student of the Loyola Schools taking the minimum
university requirement, whether on any kind of probation or not, under this act, is eligible.
Section 4. Process. The process of this act is as follows:
1. The Sanggunian Office of the Secretary General, or the acting office or official that serves similar
functions shall be the receiving end of the students proposed bill.
2. The bill is then forwarded to the Standing or Auxiliary CB Committee that the bill is classified into. In
the event that the office deems that the bill cannot be classified into any, then the bill will be forwarded
to the Committee on Rules.
3. The committee or office handling this bill will then decide whether the bill is deemed legitimate enough
for a hearing in the Central Board.
4. If approved by the committee via a 50%+1 vote, rounded down, the bill is then sent as an immediate
agenda in the CB for a hearing.
5. If disapproved, then the bill is withdrawn from any further agenda.
Section 5. Committee Structure. The CB Committee handling the screening of the bill shall be
composed of the CB Representative members of said committee and two magistrates from the Student Judicial
Court.
Section 6. Separability Clause. If any part of this bill is held invalid or unconstitutional, other provisions
that are not affected shall continue to be in full effect.
Section 7. Repealing Clause. All laws, rules, or regulations or other issuances or parts thereof that are
found inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

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Constitution of the Undergraduate Students of the Ateneo de Manila University, Article 5, Section 1.
Article V, Section 2.
3Ibid., Article II, Section 9.
4Ibid., Article II, Section 13.
2Ibid.,

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Room 200 MVP Student Leadership Center

Ateneo de Manila University, Loyola Heights
sanggusecgen@gmail.com

Section 8. Effectivity. The act shall take effect seven days after its, whichever comes first, online or
print publication in The GUIDON for general circulation. If the article has not been published within twentyfour days, then the act shall still continue to take effect.
Approved: June 30, 2015