Angara hopes Student Fare Discount Bill will be signed before summer vacation starts

Senator Sonny Angara on Sunday said he is hoping that the Student Fare Discount Bill will be enacted into law before summer vacation starts.

The proposed bill seeks to institutionalize and expand the 20-percent student fare discount to cover air and sea transport on all days of the year.

“Students need not have to wait for promo fares. They should be given a regular discount on air and boat fares as they return to their home provinces for their summer vacation, starting this April,” said Angara, author and sponsor of the said bill (Senate Bill 1597).

Angara added that more than 20 million public and private students may benefit from the student fare discount.

The Senate approved the bill on final reading on February 6. 

Under the bill, students will enjoy a 20 percent discount on fares in buses, jeepneys, taxis tricycle, transport network vehicle services or TNVS, MRT, LRT, and airline and passenger ships.

The students just have to present their school IDs and other pertinent documents that will serve as proof of their enrollment.

The bill will be enacted into law once signed by President Rodrigo Duterte. —KG, GMA News