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Sangguniang Kabataan (abbreviated as SK; lit. 'youth council') is a council
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meant to represent the youth in each barangay in the Philippines. It was put
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"on hold", but not quite abolished, prior to the 2013 barangay elections.[1] In
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January 2016, the Sangguniang Kabataan Reform Act was signed into law Founded 1975

Tools which made some significant changes to the SK and initially scheduled new Preceded by Kabataang Barangay

What links here elections for October 2016.[2] In March 2017, the elections were postponed Seats 41,995 SK Chairmen
293,365 Councilors
Related changes anew to May 2018.[3]
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The SK Chairman leads the Sangguniang Kabataan. A Local Youth
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Next election December 2022
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The Sangguniang Kabataan is the successor of the Kabataang Barangay
Print/export (KB; lit. 'Village Youth') which was abolished by the Local Government Code of 1991.
The author, Senator Aquilino Pimentel Jr. abolished KB because of allegations that
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Cebuano 1 Function and structure

Edit links 1.1 Local Youth Development Council
1.2 SK Federations
2 History
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2.1 Predecessors Barangay Tungay, Santa Barbara, Iloilo
2.2 Sangguniang Kabataan reform
3 SK elections
4 See also
5 References
6 External links

Function and structure [ edit ]

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barangay. Please expand the section to include this information. Further details may
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The Kagawads, or councilors, approve resolutions and appropriate money allotted to the council. The Chairman
automatically sits on the barangay council as an ex officio member and is automatically chairman of the Committee on Youth
and Sports, one of the standing committees of the barangay council.

The council represents youth who have resided in their barangay for at least one year and registered to vote. It leads the
local youth programs.

Members of the SK receive payment for serving on the council.[5] Under the Local Government Code, only the SK Chairman
receives money but in some areas the practice was that the chairman shares his payment with other members of the SK
council.[5] In one barangay, each SK member received 500 pesos per month from the chairman...[5]

Local Youth Development Council [ edit ]

Under the 2016 reform, a new Local Youth Development Council was formed to support the SK programs and to be
composed of representatives from different youth organizations in the community including student councils, church and
youth faith groups, youth-serving organizations, and community-based youth groups.[4] "The LYDC aims to harmonize,
broaden and strengthen all programs and initiatives of the local government and non-governmental organizations for the
youth sector," said Senator Bam Aquino, then chairman of the Senate Committee on Youth and co-author of the reform act.[4]

SK Federations [ edit ]

Every Sangguniang Kabataan is part of a municipal or city SK association, which are in turn members of a provincial SK
association. A barangay's SK Chairman represents the barangay in the municipal or city association. The presidents of the
city and municipal federation are, in turn, members of the provincial or metropolitan associations, all of which have their own
elected president as well. The presidents of independent cities' and provinces' associations compose the membership in the
national association and elect the national president who automatically sits on the National Youth Commission.

History [ edit ]

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Predecessors [ edit ]

The SK developed out of the Kabataang Barangay, established during martial Politics of the Philippines
law by President Ferdinand Marcos.[5] Marcos established the KB in 1975 to
give youth a chance to be involved in community affairs and to provide the
government means to inform youth of the government's development
efforts.[citation needed] His daughter Imee Marcos was chairman.[5]

Controversy surrounded the KB, including the enforcement of authoritarian rule

among youth, opposition of militant youth activity, and the KB's failure to Government [show]
develop youth as a responsive collective. Since then, the KB grew less popular [show]
Executive
among youth and instead student activism became the trend in youth
Legislature [show]
participation in the country. In June 1986, a study was conducted on the KB
Judiciary [show]
and came up with the following recommendations: abolish the KB; create a
Constitutional commissions [show]
National Youth Commission (NYC); establish a National Youth Assembly; and
set up genuine youth representation in government. Youth consultations were Elections [show]

held, and the KB was abolished by the government. However, then-president Political parties [show]

Corazon Aquino have already established the Presidential Council for Youth Administrative divisions [show]
Affairs (PCYA) instead of NYC, which was successful in coordinating with the Related topics [show]
youth federations to develop future national leaders, but lacked the powers
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envisioned for the NYC because PCYA merely coordinated with youth groups.
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A proposal was then crafted by the Congress youth representatives and
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PCYA's technical committee in 1989 to 1990.[citation needed]

The proposal that created the Katipunan ng Kabataan (KK) and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) was incorporated into the 1991
Local Government Code (known as Local Autonomy Act or Republic Act No. 7160). It formally abolished the KB and created
the KK and SK. The KK includes all Filipino citizens, age 10 to 18 years, residing in each barangay for at least six months
and are registered in the official barangay list. The SK is the governing body of the KK, a set of youth leaders elected by the
KK members to represent them and deliver youth-focused services in the barangay.

The age range of the youth eligible for the KK and SK was reduced to 15 from below 18 due to the changes by Republic Act
No. 9164, which amended the Local Autonomy Act, in 2002.

Sangguniang Kabataan reform [ edit ]

SKs developed a poor reputation. One youth advocate said he was dissuaded from
running for an SK because "Aside from the lack of concrete legislative and youth
development programs, I have heard of certain issues raised against the SK like
corruption, nepotism, and recurring programs focusing on sports festivals and
pageantry only."[6] A 2007 study by UNICEF and the Department of the Interior and
Local Government said, "The SK's performance for the past ten years has been
generally weak. This is especially true in terms of coming up with legislations,
promoting the development of young people, submitting reports and holding
consultations with their constituents."[6][7]

Because of concerns that the SK is a "breeding ground for political dynasty and
exposing the youth to corruption and the practice of traditional politicians" known Infographic from the National Youth
Council of the changes made by the
colloquially as trapos ,[8] Republic Act No. 10632 was enacted in 2013 to (a)
Sangguniang Kabataan Reform Act.
postpone the scheduled October 2013 SK elections until some time between
October 28, 2014 and February 23, 2015 and (b) leave vacant all the SK positions
until new officers are elected.[9][10] The bill explicitly prohibits the appointing of officials to fill the vacant positions.[9][10] Sen.
Francis Escudero said the vacancies would technically abolish the SK.[9] During this time, the Commission on Elections
(Comelec) and the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) issued regulations on how the barangays are to
use the 10% of Internal Revenue Allotment set aside for SK activities and mandating the creation in each barangay a "Task
Force on Youth Development".[1] In the place of SKs, ad hoc youth committees were formed.[11]

In January 2015, as the February 23 deadline approached for the date of the postponed elections, the Philippine House of
Representatives unanimously passed a reform bill.[12] Among the reforms are the raising of the age of SK officials from
between 15 and 17 years old to between 18 and 21; the raising of the age of voters from between 15 and 17 to between 15
and 21; an anti-dynasty provision that forbids candidates from having a relative in public office that is within the second
degree of affinity; and provisions to increase SKs' fiscal autonomy.[12] Immediately after passing the reform bill, the Philippine
House passed a bill further postponing the SK elections from February 2015 to October 2016 to be held at the same time as
the barangay elections of 2016.[12] In March 2015, a law postponing the elections to 2016 was signed by President
Aquino.[13] However, the elections were eventually held in May 2018.[3]

On January 15, 2016, the Sangguniang Kabataan Reform Act (Republic Act No. 10742) was signed into law which made
some significant changes to the SK.[2] It changed the age of the council from 15 to 17 years old to 18 to 24 years old and it
forbids individuals from seeking a youth council appointment who are closer than the second degree of consanguinity (have
the same grandparents) from any elected or appointed official in the same area.[2] It is the first Philippine law with an anti-
political dynasty restriction for elected positions, as permitted by the 1987 Philippine Constitution.[4] The reform also created
a Local Youth Development Council to support the SK programs composed of representatives from different youth
organizations in the community including student councils, church and youth faith groups, youth-serving organizations, and
community-based youth groups.[4]

SK elections [ edit ]

Since 1992, there have been three simultaneous nationwide SK elections held in the Philippines which each term lasting
from three to five years due to amendment of the regular 3-year term of the council.

Except in 1992 and 1996, Sangguniang Kabataan elections have been synchronized with the barangay elections starting in
2002, but in 2013, only barangay elections were held. The term limit for Sangguniang Kabataan officials is usually three
years but since the first election, there have been extension of terms ranging from one to two years more in office.

1992 Philippine Sangguniang Kabataan election on December 4, 1992

1996 Philippine Sangguniang Kabataan election on May 6, 1996
2002 Philippine barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections on July 15, 2002
2007 Philippine barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections on October 29, 2007
2010 Philippine barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections on October 25, 2010
2018 Philippine barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections on May 14, 2018
2022 Philippine barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections on December 5, 2022

See also [ edit ]

Youth council
Youth politics

References [ edit ]

1. ^ a b Catajan, Maria Elena (March 24, 2014). "NYC: Use
SK funds right" . SunStar Baguio. Retrieved March 26,
2014.
2. ^ a b c GOLEZ, PRINCE (January 20, 2016). "Aquino signs
SK reform bill" . Panay News. Retrieved January 23,
2016.
3. ^ a b "Duterte resets barangay, SK elections to 2018" .
GMA News. October 4, 2017.
4. ^ a b c d e Musico, Jelly F.; Reyes, Ernie (January 20,
2016). "Newly signed SK Reform Law bars gov't officials'
relatives from running" . MSN.com. Philippines News
Agency and InterAksyon.com. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
5. ^ a b c d e Lopez, Melissa Luz (October 30, 2013). "Sudden
timeout for SK leaders" . VERA Files. Retrieved
March 26, 2014.
6. ^ a b Ladia, Charles (September 27, 2014). "Why the
Sangguniang Kabataan needs an overhaul" . Rappler.
Retrieved January 30, 2015.
7. ^ "The Impact of Youth Participation in the Local
Government Process: The Sangguniang Kabataan
Experience" quoted in Charles Ladia's Rappler article. See
citation above.
8. ^ "Senate ratifies measure postponing SK elections" .
The Freeman. The Philippine Star. September 25, 2013.
9. ^ a b c Mendez, Christina (September 25, 2013). "SK polls
postponed; Congress says no holdovers" . Philippine
Star. Retrieved September 25, 2013.
10. ^ a b "Republic Act No. 10632" . Official Gazette.
Republic of the Philippines. October 3, 2013.
11. ^ Monzon, Alden M. (January 23, 2015). "Senate approves
bill to postpone anew Sangguniang Kabataan polls" .
BusinessWorld. Retrieved January 30, 2015.
12. ^ a b c Cayabyab, Marc Jayson (January 28, 2015). "House
panel OKs SK reform bill" . Philippine Daily Inquirer.
Retrieved January 30, 2015.
13. ^ Robillos, Alyosha J. (March 26, 2015). "Sangguniang
Kabataan polls moved to 2016" . CNN Philippines.
Retrieved August 12, 2015.

External links [ edit ]

Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) Constitution and By-Laws

Sangguniang Kabataan Reform Act on Gov.ph

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