SEN. Francis Tolentino has recently filed Senate Bill (SB) 1301 seeking to institutionalize government support for gifted and talented students.

In filing the bill to be known as the “Henyong Kabataan Pinoy Act of 2020,” Tolentino said the 1987 Constitution provides that “[t]he State shall: establish and maintain a system of scholarship grants, student loan programs, subsidies and other incentives, which shall be available to deserving students in both public and private schools, especially to the underprivileged.”