SENATOR Juan Edgardo Angara refiled a measure that seeks to give discounts to underprivileged students.

The Underprivileged Students Discounts Act is one of Angara’s top 20 bills and resolutions in the 19th Congress.

The measure aims to give poor students 5 percent discount on food establishments, medicines, textbooks and school supplies and on entrance fees to museums and cultural events.

Angara filed the measure in the 18th Congress.

Under the bill, establishments and schools that provide the discounts to the students are eligible to claim the cost as allowable tax deduction from the gross income in the computation of the income tax in accordance with the provisions of the National Internal Revenue Code of the Philippines.

“Hindi biro ang gastusin ng mga magulang at estudyante para sa kanilang edukasyon. Marami sa ating mga estudyante ay hindi nakakapagtapos sa kanilang pag-aaral dahil sa kakulangan sa pera. Lahat ng klaseng tulong na matatanggap nila, gaano man kalaki o kaliit ay malayo ang mararating,” Angara said.

“Ang pangarap natin ay ang magkaroon ng college graduate ang bawat pamilya upang maiahon sila sa hirap. Obligasyon ng gobyerno na tulungan sila na makamit ang hangarin na ito,” he added.