Senate ratifies no permit, no exam bill

By Bernadette E. Tamayo

Dec 08, 2023 12:05 am

(UPDATE) THE Senate on Wednesday ratified the reconciled version of the proposed No Permit, No Exam Prohibition Act as lawmakers agreed that forcing a student to forfeit an exam is the 'cruelest of fines.'

The bicameral conference committee on Monday consolidated Senate Bill (SB) 1359 and House Bills 6483 and 7584 which propose to ban the 'no permit, no exam' rule.

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