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ACTNO.638

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cActNo.10533

May15,
2013

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S.No.3286

H.No.6643

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REPUBLI
CACTNO.10533]

ANACTENHANCINGTHEPHILI
PPI
NEBASI
CEDUCATI
ONSYSTEM BYSTRENGTHENI
NGI
TS
CURRI
CULUM ANDI
NCREASI
NGTHENUMBEROFYEARSFORBASICEDUCATION,
APPROPRI
ATI
NGFUNDSTHEREFORANDFOROTHERPURPOSES

Beitenactedbyt
heSenat
eandHouseofRepr
esent
ati
vesoft
hePhi
l
ippi
nesi
nCongr
ess
assembled:

SECTI
ON1.Shor
tTi
tl
e.—Thi
sActshal
lbeknownast
he“
EnhancedBasi
cEducat
ionActof
2013”
.

SEC.2.Declar
ati
onofPolicy.—TheSt at
eshall
establi
sh,mai
ntai
nandsuppor
tacomplete,
adequat
e,andintegr
atedsystem ofeducat
ionr
elevanttot
heneedsoft
hepeople,
thecountr
y
andsociet
y-at
-l
arge.

Li
kewise,iti
sher ebydeclar
edt hepoli
cyoftheSt atethatev er
ygraduat eofbasiceducati
on
shal
lbeanempower edindi
vidualwhohasl earned,thr
oughapr ogram thatisroot
edonsound
educat
ionalprincipl
esandgear edtowardsexcellence,thefoundationsf orl
earni
ngthroughout
l
ife,
thecompet encetoengagei nworkandbepr oducti
ve,theabili
tytocoexistinfr
uit
ful
harmonywi t
hlocal andglobalcommuni ti
es,thecapabilit
ytoengagei nautonomous,creati
ve,
andcri
ticalt
hinking,andthecapacityandwi l
li
ngnesst otransform othersandone’sself
.

Forthi
spur pose,theStateshal
lcreat
eafuncti
onalbasi
ceducat i
onsyst
em thatwil
ldev
elop
producti
veandr esponsibl
eciti
zensequi
ppedwiththeessenti
alcompetenci
es,ski
ll
sandv al
ues
forbothli
fe-l
onglearni
ngandempl oy
ment.I
nordertoachiev
et hi
s,t
heStateshall
:

(a)Gi
veev
erystudentanoppor
tuni
tytor
ecei
vequal
i
tyeducati
onthati
sglobal
lycompeti
ti
ve
basedonapedagogical
l
ysoundcurri
cul
um t
hati
satparwit
hinter
nati
onalst
andards;

(
b)Br
oadent
hegoal
sofhi
ghschool
educat
ionf
orcol
l
egepr
epar
ati
on,
vocat
ional
andt
echni
cal
careeroppor
tunit
iesaswell
ascreat
ivear
ts,spor
tsandent
repr
eneur
ial
empl
oymenti
nar
api
dly
changingandincreasi
ngl
yglobal
i
zedenvi
ronment;and

(
c)Makeeducat i
onlear
ner-
or i
entedandr esponsivetotheneeds,
cognit
iveandcultur
alcapaci
ty,
t
hecircumst
ancesanddi v
er si
tyoflearners,schoolsandcommuniti
esthroughtheappropri
ate
l
anguagesofteachi
ngandl earni
ng,includingmot hert
ongueasalearni
ngresource.

SEC.3.BasicEducation.—Basi ceducati
onisintendedtomeetbasicl
earningneedswhi
ch
provi
desthefoundationonwhi chsubsequentlearningcanbebased.I
tencompasses
ki
ndergar
ten,elementaryandsecondar yeducati
onaswel lasal
ter
nati
velearni
ngsyst
emsfor
out-
of-
schoollearner
sandt hosewi t
hspecialneeds.

SEC.4.EnhancedBasicEducati
onProgram.—Theenhancedbasi ceducat i
onprogram
encompassesatleastone(1)yearofki
ndergart
eneducati
on,si
x(6)y ear
sofelement ar
y
educati
on,andsix(6)year
sofsecondaryeducati
on,
inthatsequence.Secondaryeducati
on
i
ncludesfour(4)year
sofjuni
orhighschoolandtwo(2)yearsofseniorhi
ghschool educat
ion.

Kinder
garteneducat
ionshallmeanone(
1)yearofpr
epar
ator
yeducat
ionf
orchi
l
drenatl
east
fi
ve(5)yearsoldasaprerequisi
tef
orGr
adeI.

Element
aryeducati
onref
erstot
hesecondstageofcompul
sorybasi
ceducat
ionwhi
chi
s
composedofsix(6)year
s.Theent
rantaget
ot hi
slev
eli
sty
pical
lysi
x(6)y
earsol
d.

Secondaryeducati
onr ef
erstothethi
rdstageofcompul sor
ybasiceducati
on.I
tconsistsoffour
(4)year
sofjuniorhighschooleducat
ionandtwo( 2)yearsofseni
orhighschooleducati
on.The
entr
antaget othejuni
orandseniorhi
ghschool l
evelsaretypi
cal
lyt
wel v
e(12)andsixteen(16)
year
sold,respecti
vely
.

Basi
ceducati
onshall
bedeliv
eredi
nlanguagesunder
stoodbythel
ear
ner
sast
hel
anguage
pl
aysastr
ategicr
oleinshapi
ngthefor
mativeyear
soflear
ner
s.
Forkindergar
tenandthefirstt hree(3)yearsofelementaryeducati
on,i
nstr
uction,teachi
ng
material
sandassessmentshal lbeintheregi
onal ornati
velanguageofthelearners.The
DepartmentofEducati
on( DepED)shal lfor
mulateamot herl
anguagetr
ansit
ionpr ogram fr
om
Grade4t oGrade6sot hatFilipinoandEngl i
shshal lbegradual
lyi
ntr
oducedasl anguagesof
i
nstructi
onuntilsucht
imewhent hesetwo(2)languagescanbecomet heprimar ylanguagesof
i
nstructi
onatthesecondaryl ev el.

Forpurposesofthi
sAct ,mot herl anguageorf i
rstLanguage(LI
)r eferstolanguageorlanguages
fi
rstl
earnedbyachild,whichhe/ shei dent
ifi
eswith,i
sidenti
fi
edasanat i
velanguageuserofby
other
s,whichhe/sheknowsbest ,orusesmost .Thisincl
udesFi l
ipinosignlanguageusedby
i
ndivi
dualswithpert
inentdisabili
ties.Ther egi
onalornativ
elanguager ef
erstothetradi
ti
onal
speechvari
etyorvariet
yofFi li
pinosi gnlanguageexisti
nginar egion,areaorplace.

SEC.5.Curri
culum Development.—TheDepEDshal lf
ormulat
ethedesignanddet ail
softhe
enhancedbasiceducationcurr
iculum.Itshallwor
kwiththeCommissiononHi gherEducat i
on
(CHED)tocraftharmonizedbasicandt ert
iarycur
ri
cul
aforthegl
obalcompetiti
v enessof
Fil
i
pinograduates.Toensurecollegereadinessandtoavoi
dremedialandduplicationofbasic
educati
onsubjects,t
heDepEDshal l
coordinatewit
htheCHEDandt heTechnical Educati
onand
Skil
lsDevel
opmentAut horit
y(TESDA) .

Toachieveanef fecti
veenhancedbasi ceducationcurr
iculum,theDepEDshal lundertake
consult
ationswithothernationalgover
nmentagenci esandot herstakeholdersincluding,but
notli
mitedt o,
theDepar t
mentofLaborandEmpl oyment( DOLE),theProfessi
onal Regul at
ion
Commi ssion(PRC) ,
thepriv
at eandpublicschoolsassociati
ons, t
henationalstudent
organi
zations,t
henat i
onalteacherorganizat
ions,t
hepar ents-
teachersassociati
onsandt he
chamber sofcommer ceonmat tersaff
ectingtheconcernedst akehol
ders.

TheDepEDshall
adheretot
hef
oll
owi
ngst
andar
dsandpr
inci
plesi
ndev
elopi
ngt
heenhanced
basi
ceducat
ioncur
ri
culum:

(
a)Thecur
ri
cul
um shal
lbel
ear
ner
-cent
ered,
incl
usi
veanddev
elopment
all
yappr
opr
iat
e;

(
b)Thecur
ri
cul
um shal
lber
elev
ant
,responsi
veandr
esear
ch-
based;
(
c)Thecur
ri
cul
um shal
lbecul
tur
e-sensi
ti
ve;

(
d)Thecur
ri
cul
um shal
lbecont
ext
ual
i
zedandgl
obal
;

(
e)Thecurri
cul
um shall
usepedagogi
calappr
oachest
hatar
econst
ruct
ivi
st,
inqui
ry-
based,
r
efl
ect
ive,
coll
abor
ativ
eandintegr
ati
ve;

(f)Thecurri
cul
um shal
ladheretot
hepri
ncipl
esandf r
amewor kofMot herTongue-
Based
Mul ti
l
ingual
Educati
on(MTB-MLE)whichstar
tsf
r om wherethelearner
sareandfrom whatt
hey
alreadyknewproceedi
ngfrom t
heknownt ot
heunknown; inst
ructi
onalmater
ial
sandcapable
teacherstoimpl
ementtheMTB- MLEcurr
icul
um shal
l beavail
abl
e;

(g)Thecur
ri
culum shal
lusethespi
ral
progr
essi
onappr
oacht
oensur
emast
eryofknowl
edge
andskil
l
saftereachlev
el;and

(h)Thecurri
culum shall
bef l
exi
bleenoughtoenableandal l
owschool stolocal
ize,i
ndigeni
ze
andenhancet hesamebasedont hei
rrespecti
veeducat i
onalandsocialcont
exts.The
producti
onanddev elopmentoflocal
lyproducedteachingmat er
ial
sshallbeencouragedand
approvaloft
hesemat er
ial
sshalldev
olvetotheregionalanddivi
sioneducati
onunits.

SEC.6.Cur r
iculum Consultati
veCommi t
tee.—Ther eshallbecreatedacur ri
culum consul
tati
ve
commi t
teechai redbyt heDepEDSecr etaryorhi
s/herdul yaut
horizedr epresentati
veandwi th
member scomposedof ,butnotli
mitedto,arepresentati
veeachf rom t heCHED, theTESDA, the
DOLE, thePRC, theDepar t
mentofSci enceandTechnol ogy(DOST) , andar epresentati
vefr
om
thebusi nesschamber ssuchast heInformati
onTechnol ogy–Busi nessPr ocessOut sour
cing
(IT-BPO)industr yassociat
ion.Theconsultati
vecommi t
teeshallover seetherev i
ewand
ev al
uati
onont heimpl ementati
onoft hebasiceducat i
oncurri
culum andmayr ecommendt othe
DepEDt heformul ati
onofnecessar yrefi
nementsint hecurri
cul
um.

SEC.7.TeacherEducat
ionandTraini
ng.—Toensur
ethattheenhancedbasi
ceducat
ion
progr
am meetsthedemandf orquali
tyt
eacher
sandschooll
eaders,
theDepEDandtheCHED,
in
coll
aborat
ionwithr
elevantpart
nersingover
nment,academe,
indust
ry,
andnongover
nment
al
organi
zati
ons,shal
lconductteachereducat
ionandtr
aini
ngpr
ograms,asspeci
fi
ed:

(
a)In-
servi
ceTrai
ningonCont
entandPedagogy—Curr
entDepEDteacher
sshal
lber
etr
ainedt
o
meetthecont
entandperf
ormancestandar
dsoft
henewKt o12curr
icul
um.

TheDepEDshallensur
ethatpr
ivat
eeducat
ioni
nst
it
uti
onsshal
lbegi
vent
heoppor
tuni
tyt
oav
ail
ofsucht
rai
ning.

(b)Traini
ngofNewTeacher s.—Newgr aduatesoft hecurrentTeacherEducat ioncur ri
cul
um
shallundergoaddi t
ional tr
aini
ng,uponhi ri
ng,toupgr adetheirskil
l
st othecont entst
andar dsof
thenewcur ri
culum.Fur t
hermor e,t
heCHED, i
ncoor dinati
onwi ththeDepEDandr el
ev ant
stakeholders,shallensur ethattheTeacherEducat i
oncur ri
culum offer
edint heseTeacher
EducationI nsti
tutes( TEIs)willmeetnecessaryqual i
tystandar dsfornewt eachers.Duly
recognizedor ganizat i
onsact i
ngasTEI s,incoor di
nationwi t
htheDepED, theCHED, andot her
rel
evantst akeholder s,shallensur
et hatthecurricul
um oft heseorganizat
ionsmeett he
necessaryqual itystandar dsfortr
ainedteacher s.

(c)Traini
ngofSchool Leadershi
p.—Superi
ntendent
s,pri
nci
pals,subj
ectareacoor
dinat
orsand
otherinstruct
ionalschoolleader
sshal
ll
ikewiseundergoworkshopsandt r
aini
ngtoenhance
thei
rski l
l
sont heirrol
easacademi c,
administr
ati
veandcommuni t
yleader
s.

Hencef
orth,
suchprofessi
onaldev
elopmentprogramsasthosestat
edaboveshal
lbeini
ti
ated
andconductedr
egularl
ythr
oughouttheschoolyeart
oensureconst
antupgr
adi
ngofteacher
ski
ll
s.

SEC.8.Hiri
ngofGr aduatesofScience,Mathemati
cs,Stati
stics,EngineeringandOther
Speci
ali
stsinSubjectsWi thaShortageofQuali
fi
edAppl i
cants, Technical-
Vocati
onalCourses
andHigherEducat i
onInstit
uti
onFaculty
.—Not wit
hstandingt heprovisionsofSecti
ons26, 27
and28ofRepubl icActNo.7836, other
wiseknownast he“ Phili
ppineTeacher s
Prof
essional
izati
onActof1994” ,theDepEDandpr i
vateeducat ioninstit
utionsshal
lhi
re,asmay
berel
evanttot hepart
icularsubj
ect:
(a)Graduat esofscience,mathematics,st
atist
ics, engineeri
ng,musicandot herdegr eecourses
withshortagesi nquali
fi
edLicensureExami nati
onf orTeachers(LET)applicant stoteachi n
thei
rspecial i
zedsubjectsint
heelement aryandsecondar yeducati
on.Qual i
fiedLETappl icants
shall
alsoincl udegraduatesadmitt
edbyf oundat ionsdul yrecogni
zedfort heirexpertiseinthe
educati
onsect orandwhosat i
sfact
or i
lycompletet her equir
ement ssetbyt heseor ganizati
ons:
Provi
ded,Thatt heypasstheLETwi t
hinf i
ve(5)y ear saftert
heirdateofhiri
ng: Provided,furt
her,
Thatifsuchgr aduat
esarewill
ingtoteachonpar t-ti
mebasi s,theprovi
sionsofLETshal lno
l
ongerber equired;

(b)Graduatesoft
echnical
-vocat
ionalcoursestot eachintheirspecial
izedsubject
si nt he
secondaryeducat
ion:Provi
ded,Thatthesegr aduatespossesst henecessarycer t
if
icat i
on
i
ssuedbyt heTESDA:Pr ov
ided,f
urther,Thattheyunder goappropriatein-
ser
vicetrainingtobe
administ
eredbytheDepEDorhi ghereducat i
oninstitut
ions(HEIs)attheexpenseoft heDepED;

(c)Facult
yofHEIsbeall
owedt oteachi
nt hei
rgeneraleducat
ionorsubjectspeci
alt
iesi
nthe
secondaryeducat
ion:
Provi
ded,Thatthefacul
tymustbeahol derofar el
evantBachelor
’s
degree,andmusthavesati
sfactor
il
yserv
edasaf ul
l
-ti
meHEIf acul
ty;

(d)TheDepEDandpr i
v at
eeducat i
oninsti
tut
ionsmayhi repracti
ti
oners,wit
hexperti
seint
he
speciali
zedlearni
ngareasofferedbytheBasi cEducati
onCur r
icul
um, toteachi
nthesecondar
y
l
ev el
;Provided,
Thattheyteachonpar t-
ti
mebasi sonly.Forthi
spur pose,t
heDepED, i
n
coordinati
onwiththeappropriategover
nmentagenci es,shal
ldeterminethenecessary
quali
ficat
ionstandar
dsi nhi
ri
ngt heseexpert
s.

SEC.9.Car eerGui danceandCounsel li

ngAdv ocacy.—Topr operlyguidethestudent sin
choosingthecar eert r
ackst hattheyi ntendt opursue, theDepED, incoordinati
onwi t
ht heDOLE,
theTESDAandt heCHED, shall r
egularlyconductcar eeradv ocacyactivi
tiesforsecondarylevel
students.Not wit
hstandingthepr ovi
sionsofSect i
on27ofRepubl i
cActNo.9258, otherwise
knownast he“ Gui
danceandCounsel l
ingActof2004” , careerandempl oymentgui dance
counsellor
s, whoar enotregi steredandl icensedgui dancecounsel lor
s,shallbeallowedt o
conductcar eeradv ocacyact i
viti
estosecondar ylevel student softheschool wheret heyare
current
lyempl oyed; Provi
ded, Thattheyunder goat rainingpr ogram tobedev elopedor
accredit
edbyt heDepED.

SEC.10.Expansi
onofE-
GASTPEBenef
ici
ari
es.—Thebenef
it
saccor
dedbyRepubl
i
cActNo.
8545,ort
he“ExpandedGov
ernmentAssi
stancetoStudent
sandTeacher si
nPriv
ateEducat
ion
Act”
,shal
lbeextendedt
oquali
fi
edst
udentsenrol
ledundertheenhancedbasi
ceducat
ion.

TheDepEDshal lengagetheservi
cesofpr i
vateeducat
ioninst
it
utionsandnon-
DepEDschool
s
off
eri
ngseniorhighschoolthr
oughthepr ogramsunderRepublicActNo.8545,andot
her
fi
nanci
alar
rangement sformul
atedbyt heDepEDandt heDepar t
mentofBudgetand
Management( DBM)basedont heprincipl
esofpublic-
pri
vatepart
nershi
p.

SEC.11.Appropri
ati
ons.—TheSecr etaryofEducat
ionshalli
ncludeintheDepar
tment’s
progr
am theoperati
onal
izat
ionoftheenhancedbasi ceducat
ionpr ogr
am,thei
nit
ialf
undingof
whichshall
bechargedagainstthecurrentappr
opri
ationsoftheDepED.Thereaf
ter,
theamount
necessar
yfortheconti
nuedi mplementati
onoftheenhancedbasi ceducat
ionpr
ogram shall
be
i
ncludedintheannualGeneralAppropri
ati
onsAct.

SEC.12.Tr ansit
oryPr ovisi
ons.—TheDepED, t
heCHEDandt heTESDAshal lformulatethe
appr opri
atest r
ategiesandmechani smsneededt oensur esmoot ht r
ansit
ionf rom theexist
ing
ten( 10)year sbasiceducat i
oncyclet ot heenhancedbasi ceducation(Kto12)cy cle.The
strategi
esmaycov erchangesi nphy sical i
nfr
astr
ucture,manpower ,organizati
onal and
structuralconcerns, bri
dgingmodel slinkinggrade10compet enciesandt heent r
yr equir
ements
ofnewt er
t i
arycurri
cula,andpar t
nershi psbetweent hegov er
nmentandot herent i
ti
es.Model i
ng
forseniorhi ghschool maybei mpl ement edinsel
ectedschool stosimulatet hetransit
ion
processandpr ovideconcr etedatafort het r
ansit
ionplan.

Tomanaget heinit
ialimplement ationoft heenhancedbasi ceducat i
onpr ogram andmi t
igate
theexpect edmul ti
-yearlowenr olmentt urnoutf orHEIsandTechni calVocationalInsti
tuti
ons
(TVIs)st arti
ngSchool Year2016- 2017, theDepEDshal lengagei npar t
nershipswithHEI sand
TVI sfort heut i
l
izat
ionoft helatter’shumanandphy sicalresour ces.Mor eover,theDepED, t
he
CHED, theTESDA, theTVI sandt heHEI sshallcoordinateclosel ywi t
honeanot hertoimpl ement
strategiest hatensuret heacademi c,physical
,financial
,andhumanr esourcecapabi l
i
tiesof
HEI sandTVI st oprovideeducat i
onal andt rai
ningser vi
cesf orgr aduatesoft heenhancedbasi c
educat i
onpr ogram toensuret hatt heyar enotadv ersel
yaf f
ect ed.Thef acultyofHEI sandTVI s
all
owedt ot eachstudent sofsecondar yeducat i
onunderSect ion8her eof,shallbegivenpr i
ori
ty
i
nhi ringf orthedurat i
onofthet ransi t
ionper i
od.Fort hi
spur pose, thet r
ansiti
onper i
odshal lbe
prov i
dedf orintheimpl ementi
ngr ulesandr egulati
ons( I
RR) .
SEC.13.Joi
ntCongressi
onalOversi
ghtCommit
teeont
heEnhancedBasi
cEducat
ional
Program
(Kto12Program).—Thereisherebycreat
edaJoi
ntOv
ersi
ghtCommitt
eetoover
see,monit
or
andeval
uatethei
mpl ement
ati
onoft hi
sAct.

TheOv ersi
ghtCommi t
teeshallbecomposedoff i
ve(5)memberseachfr
om theSenateand
fr
om theHouseofRepr esentat
ives,
includi
ngChai
rsoftheCommitt
eesonEducation,
Artsand
Cult
ure,andFinanceofbothHouses.Themember shipoftheCommitt
eeforever
yHouseshall
haveatleasttwo(2)opposit
ionormi nori
tymembers.

SEC.14.Mandat or
yEvaluati
onandRev i
ew.—Byt heendofSchool Year2014- 2015,theDepED
shallconductamandat oryreviewandsubmi tamidter
mr eporttoCongr essast othestat
usof
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teachers;(b)cl
assrooms;(c)textbooks;
(d)seat
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oil
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beaddr essed.

TheDepEDshal li
ncludeamongot hers, i
nt hi
smi dtermr eport,t
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lowingkeymet r
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accesstoandqualityofbasiceducat ion:(a)parti
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d)compl etionrate;(e)teachers’wel f
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computerandsciencelaborator
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musi candart
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SEC.15.Commi t
menttoI
nter
nati
onal
Benchmarks.—TheDepEDshal
lendeavortoincr
ease
thepercapi
taspendi
ngoneducat
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hei mmedi
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nmentofint
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benchmarks.

SEC.16.I
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esandRegul at
ions.—Withinninet
y(90)day
saft ertheef
fecti
vi
tyof
thi
sAct,t
heDepEDSecret
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,theCHEDChai rper
sonandt heTESDADirector-Gener
alshall
promul
gatet
herulesandr
egulat
ionsneededfortheimplementat
ionofthi
sAct .

SEC.17.Separabi
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ityClause.—Ifanypr
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sionofthi
sActi
shel
dinval
idorunconst
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uti
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sameshallnotaff
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idi
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tyoft
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ti
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SEC.19.Eff
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tyCl
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akeef
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ft
een( 15)day
saf
teri
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