SK HISTORY AND

SALIENT FEATURES
Module 1 Session 2
SESSION OBJECTIVES
At the end of this session, the participants will be able
to:
• Recall the history of the SK;
• Recognize the salient features of RA 10742;
• Enumerate the functions, duties, and responsibilities of
the Katipunan ng Kabataan (KK) and SK Officials;
and
• Identify and differentiate the amendments of the SK
Reform Law (RA 10742 vs RA 11768).
TOPIC OUTLINE
• History of Sangguniang Kabataan

• Functions of KK and SK

• Amendments of the SK Reform Law

SK HISTORY & SALIENT
FEATURES
AVP QUESTIONS
Question 1:

What is the first national organization for young

people that engages them to actively participate
in different development efforts of the country
that was created through Presidential Decree 684
of 1975?
 Answer 1:

KABATAANG BARANGAY (KB)

Question 2:
What agency was created under the Office of
the President through Presidential Decree 1191
last 1977?
 Answer 2:

Pambansang Katipunan ng
Kabataang Barangay (PKKB)
Question 3:
What institution replaced KB through Executive
Order 274 of 1987?
 Answer 3:

Presidential Council for Youth

Affairs (PCYA)
Question 4:
Question 4: What law created the Sangguniang
Kabataan?
 Answer 4:

Local Government Code of

1991 or Republic Act No. 7160
Question 5:
Question 5: On what year was Sangguniang
Kabataan created?
Answer 5:

1991
Question 6:

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What is the age bracket of the 1 SK officials?
 Answer 6:

15 to 21 years old
Question 7:

What is the agency created by virtue of Republic

Act No. 8044 that replaced the Presidential
Council on Youth Affairs?
 Answer 7:

National Youth Commission

(NYC)
Question 8:
In 2002, the age bracket for Sangguniang
Kabataan officials was adjusted. What was the
new age bracket?
 Answer 8:

15 to 17 years old
Question 9:
In 2013, the SK elections were postponed and
positions were left vacant. What is the alternate
venue for youth participation in governance that
was created by Republic Act No. 10632, and was
tasked to oversee the utilization of the SK funds in
the barangay?
 Answer 9:

Task Force on Youth

Development (TFYD)
Question 10:
What law passed in January 15, 2016 instituted
the major reforms in the Sangguniang Kabataan?
 Answer 10:

Republic Act No. 10742 or

SK Reform Act of 2015
The SK Reform Law
Republic Act No. 10742
 FIVE KEY REFORMS
1. Age Expansion
2. Anti-Political Dynasty
3. Mandatory and Continuing Training
4. Financial Independence
5. Creation of LYDO and LYDC
CIVIL DEGREE OF CONSANGUINITY &
AFFINITY
Mandatory and Continuing
Training
RA 10742 Chapter V: Capacity Building and Orientation towards Nation-building
and Empowerment

Section 27 “any SK Official, whether elected or appointed, or any member of the

LYDC must undergo the mandatory and continuing training programs before he
or she can assume office.”
Financial Independence
SK shall have financial independence in its operations,
disbursements, and encashments of their funds, income,
and expenditures.
Local Youth Development Office
LYDO is established in every province, city and
municipality, under the Office of the Local Chief
Executive (LCE), the Office of Planning and
Development, the Office of Social Welfare, or
under/in any other office deemed appropriate by
the LGU.
Local Youth Development Council
The LYDC is convened in every province, city and
municipality and is known as Provincial Youth
Development Council (PYDC), City Youth
Development Council (CYDC) and Municipal
Youth Development Council (MYDC).
SK will coordinate with the LYDO
in the following activities:
1.In the registration and verification of youth
and youth-serving organizations;
2.In SK’s participation to the mandatory and
continuing training programs; and
3.In convening the Local Youth Development
Councils.
SK will coordinate with the LYDC
in the following activities:
1.Finalizing the LYDP, and then crafting of the
CBYDP; and
2. Conducting monitoring and evaluation of the
implementation of LYDP and the execution of
youth development programs and projects.
Functions of
KK and of SK
The KK shall:
1. Elect the SK chairperson and seven (7)
members; and
2. Serve as the highest policy-making body to
decide on matters affecting the youth in the
barangay.
The SK, in general shall:
1. Create a federation in city/municipal and
provincial level;
2. Conduct SK and KK meetings;
3. Conduct an annual activity to be known as the
Linggo ng Kabataan.
The SK, in general shall:
4. Convene the Local Youth Development
Council (LYDC);
5. Coordinate with Local Youth Development
Office;
6. Promulgate resolutions necessary to carry out
the objectives of the youth in the barangay;
The SK, in general shall:
7. Initiate and implement programs, projects to
promote general welfare, development and
empowerment of the youth; and
8. Ensure timely submission of documentary
outputs.
 Documentary Outputs
1. Local Youth Development Plan (LYDP) - Provincial
and City/Municipal Level
2. Comprehensive Barangay Youth Development
Plan (CBYDP)
3. Annual Barangay Youth Investment Program
(ABYIP)
4. Annual and End-of-Term Program Accomplishment
5. Financial Reports
Grounds for Suspension and Removal from Office
1. Absence from the regular SK meetings without valid cause for
two (2) consecutive meetings or accumulated absences of
four (4) days within a period of twelve (12) months.
2. Failure of the SK Chairperson to convene the regular assembly
of the KK for two (2) consecutive times;
3. Failure to convene the regular SK meetings for three (3)
consecutive months in the case of the SK Chairperson;
4. Failure to formulate the CBYDP and the ABYIP, or approve the
annual budget within the prescribed period of time without
justifiable reason;
Grounds for Suspension and Removal from Office
5. Failure to implement programs and projects outlined in the
ABYIP without justifiable reason, as evaluated by the C/MYDC;
6. Four (4) consecutive absences during the regular Sangguniang
Barangay sessions without valid cause in the case of the SK
Chairperson;
7. Conviction by final judgment of a crime involving moral
turpitude; and violation of existing laws against graft and
corruption and other civil service laws, rules, and regulations;
and
8. Failure in the discharge of his/her duty or has committed an
abuse of authority.
 PEDERASYON NG MGA SK
PROVINCE HIGHLY URBANIZED/
INDEPENDENT CITIES
 REQUIREMENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN
SK PEDERASYON ELECTION
1. Submit Certificate of Proclamation to be issued by
COMELEC.
2. Submit Certificate of Completion of Mandatory
Training.
3. Undergo orientation on the Roles of SK Pederasyon
Officers prior to the SK Pederasyon elections.
THE NEW SK
Amendments of the SK Reform Law
(RA 11768 vs RA 10742)
AMENDMENTS OF THE SK REFORM LAW
1. Powers and Functions of SK Officials
2. Qualifications
3. Privileges
4. Succession and Filling-up of vacancies
5. Priority PPAs under SK funds
6. Pederasyon ng mga SK (Duties and Function,
and Structure)
Powers and functions of SK Officials
RA 11768
Section 1 (e)
Fund-raising shall be in line with
existing applicable budget,
accounting and auditing rules
and regulations, such as those
issued by the DBM and COA
RA 10742
Section 8(e)
Fund-raising shall be in line with
existing applicable budget,
accounting and auditing rules
and regular in accordance with
existing applicable budget,
accounting and auditing rules
and regulations.
Powers and functions of SK Officials
RA 11768 RA 10742
Section 1 (j)
The SK, within sixty days from their assumption, No provision stated
shall:
• Formulate and approve its Internal Rules
and Procedures;
• Appoint its Secretary and Treasurer; and
• Set the schedule of Regular SK and KK
Assemblies
Qualifications
RA 11768 RA 10742
Section 2 Section 10
1. SK Treasurer and SK Secretary: at least eighteen 1. SK Treasurer and
(18) years but not more than thirty (30) years of Secretary: at least
age on the day of the appointment eighteen (18) years
2. SK Chairperson shall appoint a treasurer with an but not more than
educational or career background relating to twenty-four (24)
Business Administration, Accountancy, Finance, years of age on the
Economics, or Bookkeeping – If no person day of election.
meets the requirements then the SK 2. No provision stated
Chairperson can consider other suitable
nominees
Qualifications
RA 11768 RA 10742
3. Appointed SK Treasurers shall undergo a No provision stated
mandatory bookkeeping training from,
and be duly certified by, the Technical
Education and Skills Development
Authority (TESDA)
4. SK Treasurers shall also be prioritized in the
allocation of appropriate TESDA
Scholarships
5. SK Treasurer shall also be a bonded officer
Privileges
RA 11768 RA 10742
Section 4 Section 16 (a)
1. Be exempt from taking any of 1. Be exempt from
the components of the NSTP; taking NSTP-CWTS
2. SK Members, Treasurers and only.
Secretaries shall receive monthly 2. The SK Chairperson
honorarium – chargeable only received the
against SK Funds, at the end of honorarium
every regular monthly SK
Meeting
Privileges
RA 11768 RA 10742
3. Monthly compensation shall not exceed No provision
the monthly compensation received by stated
their SK Chairperson, and that not more
than 25% of the SK Funds shall be
allocated for Personal Services
4. LGUs may provide additional honorarium,
social welfare contributions, and hazard
pay to the SK Officials
Privileges
RA 11768 RA 10742

5. Be entitled to the appropriate Civil No provision stated

Service Eligibility based on the years of
service to the Barangay, pursuant to
the Rules and Regulations of the CSC.
Succession and
Filling-Up of Vacancies
RA 11768 RA 10742
Section 5 Section 19
If the vacancy is caused by other reasons not No provision stated
stipulated in the law, the Mayor of the
Concerned Barangay shall appoint an OIC from
a list of at least three (3) nominees as submitted
by the SK Members, and that the appointed
OIC must meet the qualifications set under the
law
Priority PPAs under the SK Fund
RA 11768 RA 10742
Section 6 Section 20
1. SK Funds shall be for youth development and The same
empowerment purpose was stated
2. SK Fund shall attain the thrusts of the Philippine Youth but with less
Development Plan, and shall include the following: emphasis
• Student stipends, food, book and transportation and more
allowances, and other educational programs; generalized
• Sports and wellness projects to address physical and mental
health, teenage pregnancy , substance abuse, etc;
• Skills Trainings, summer employment, OJTs, and livelihood
assistance;
Priority PPAs under the SK Fund
RA 11768 RA 10742
• Projects promoting the participation of the youth and their No
initiation in agricultural, fishery, and forestry enterprises; provision
• Programs and activities for climate action, environmental stated
protection, and DRRM;
• Capacity-building for grassroots organizations, leadership, and
values education;
• Programs that address context-specific and intersectional
vulnerabilities of young people; and
• The SK may set aside an amount for the Mandatory and
Continuing Training, provided, that the total amount
appropriated for training shall not be more than fifteen
percent (15%) of the SK Fund.
Pederasyon ng mga SK
Duties and Functions
RA 11768 RA 10742
Section 7 Section 21
• The Pederasyon, together with the LYDC, No provision stated
shall draft the Local Youth Development
Plan (LYDP).
• They shall convene quarterly to ensure the
implementation of the LYDP and its
alignments with the CBYDPs and ABYIPs
• They shall also cascade information and
facilitate knowledge transfer
Pederasyon ng mga SK
Duties and Functions
RA 11768 RA 10742
• The president of the Pederasyon at all levels shall No provision
serve as an ex-officio member of the Local School stated
Board, Local Council for the Protection of
Children, Local Development Council, Local
Health Board, Local Tourism Council, and Local
Peace and Order Council
• Shall convene the LYDC every three (3) months to
conduct consultations with youth organizations
Pederasyon ng mga SK
Structure
RA 11768 RA 10742
Section 9
• The Presidents of the Panlalawigang Pederasyon No provision
and Presidents of the Panlungsod na Pederasyon stated
of HUCs and ICCs shall elect among themselves,
one (1) Representative from Luzon, one (1)
Representative from Visayas, and one (1)
representative from Mindanao to serve as
members of the Advisory Council created by the
Youth in Nation-Building Act.
Pederasyon ng mga SK
Structure
RA 11768 RA 10742
• The same Presidents shall also elect No provision stated
among themselves, a representative
who shall sit as an ex-officio member of
the National Youth Commission,
consistent with Section 5 of the Youth in
Nation Building Act
WRAP UP
• History of Sangguniang Kabataan

• Functions of KK and SK

• Amendments of the SK Reform Law

MIND MAPPING: GUIDE
QUESTIONS
a) What do you think is the advantage of
having the youth engaged in the
development of the country?
b) How does SK engage the youth in the
development of the country?
c) What purpose do the federation levels serve?