HB 5718

House·20th Congress·Filed Oct 30, 2025

An Act Expanding the Coverage of the “masustansyang Pagkain Para Sa Batang Pilipino Act” to Include Undernourished Children in Public Secondary Schools, Amending for Said Purpose Republic Act No. 11037 and Appropriating Funds Therefor

In plain language

The bill would let the Department of Education give free fortified meals to poor students in public high schools, just as it already does for younger children.

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Author · Representative

Eric L. OlivarezReceipts →

Official sources

Similar in what they’d do, filed by any lawmaker.

HB 9820· Filed Jun 8, 2026
An Act Providing Free and Nutritious School Meals to All Public-School Children to Promote Health, Learning, and Inclusive Development
Pending First ReadingRep. Eric L. Olivarez
HB 3202· Filed Aug 6, 2025
An Act Providing Free School Meals for Kindergarten and Elementary Students, Establishing for This Purpose the Free School Meals Program, and Appropriating Funds Therefor
Substituted by HB09466Rep. Marlyn L. Primicias-Agabas
SB 87· Filed Jul 3, 2025
Expanded School-Based Feeding Program Act
Consolidated/substituted in the committee reportSen. Raffy T. Tulfo
SB 1375· Filed Sep 10, 2025
Expanded National Child Feeding Program Act
Consolidated/substituted in the committee reportSen. Jv Ejercito
HB 2325· Filed Jul 28, 2025
An Act Extending the National Feeding Program to Undernourished Children in Secondary Schools and Appropriating Funds Therefor, Amending for the Purpose Republic Act No. 11037, Entitled, �an Act Institutionalizing a National Feeding Program for Undernourished Children in Public Day Care, Kindergarten, and Elementary Schools to Combat Hunger and Undernutrition Among Filipino Children and Appropriating Funds Therefor�
Substituted by HB09466Rep. Bella Vanessa B. Suansing +1

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HB05718 · Sources: BatasWatch