LOCAL 

POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE:

Baguio
 Manifestations Of Public
Service And Regulation:
Evidence From Ordinance
Numbered 119 (Series Of 2018)
Prohibiting Truancy In The
City Of Baguio
 ORDINANCE NUMBERED 119 (SERIES OF
2018) PROHIBITING TRUANCY IN THE
CITY OF BAGUIO
BACKGROUND: PURPOSE OF PROGRAM:
PROPOSED BY TO PROTECT THE

COUNCILOR JOEL STUDENTS AND HELP

ALANGSAB THEM STAY IN

MEANT TO ADDRESS THE SCHOOL

COMPLAINTS OF TO CONTROL AND

PARENTS ABOUT PREVENT JUVENILE

TRUANCY AND DELINQUENCY

LOITERING BY CHILDREN TO ASSURE PARENTS

TRUANCY: REFERS TO OF THE SAFETY OF

ACT OF BEING ABSENT THEIR CHILDREN

FROM SCHOOL DURING

CLASS HOURS WITHOUT

A VALID REASON
 ORDINANCE NUMBERED 119 (SERIES OF
2018) PROHIBITING TRUANCY IN THE
CITY OF BAGUIO
MAIN CHARACTERISTICS:
THE SAME APPLIES TO
IT IS MADE ILLEGAL FOR
DROPOUTS AND OUT-
STUDENTS TO LOITER,
OF-SCHOOL YOUTHS

LINGER OR STAY IN WITH THE ADDITION THEY

PUBLIC AREAS OR CANNOT BE NEAR

BUSINESS SCHOOLS IN CASE THEY

INFLUENCE STUDENTS
ESTABLISHMENTS
TEACHERS, SCHOOL
DURING SCHOOL
AUTHORITIES, PARENTS,
HOURS
AND OPERATORS OF
APPLIES TO ALL
BUSINESS
STUDENTS ENROLLED IN
ESTABLISHMENTS, ETC.

PUBLIC/PRIVATE WHO KNOWINGLY LET

SCHOOLS FROM OR STUDENTS DO TRUANCY

OUTSIDE OF BAGUIO WILL BE PUNISHED

(USUALLY A FINE)
CITY
 ORDINANCE NUMBERED 119 (SERIES OF
2018) PROHIBITING TRUANCY IN THE
CITY OF BAGUIO

GIVING PARENTS REASSURANCE

BY ENSURING THE SAFETY OF

DESIRED EFFECTS STUDENTS BY LIMITING THEM

TO PRIORITIZE THE FROM LEAVING SCHOOL WHICH

EDUCATION OF STUDENTS WILL ALLOW STUDENTS TO FOCUS

ON THEIR CLASSES AND OTHER

PROTECT THE WELFARE AND
ACADEMIC/CO-CURRICULAR
FUTURE OF THE STUDENTS
ACTIVITIES
INFLUENCE STUDENTS TO
REDUCING AND MANAGING THE
DEVELOP A DEEPER SENSE
POSSIBILITY OF “JUVENILE

OF RESPONSIBILITY AND DELINQUENCY” INFLICTING

ASSIST IN THEIR PENALTIES AND OTHER DETERRENT

PRODUCTIVITY BY ENSURING MEASURES TO BUSINESS

ESTABLISHMENTS, PARENTS,
THAT THEY FOCUS ON THEIR
SCHOOL OFFICIALS, AND
CLASSES AND STAY IN
EDUCATORS TO ENSURE THAT
SCHOOL
THEY HEED THE PROVISIONS OF

THE ORDINANCE