Government policies, guidelines, regulations, and procedures concerning the suspension or cancellation of classes and work have been limited to public storm warnings.
All too often, authorities have not been timely and accurate in their declaration of class and work suspensions or cancellations.
Widespread confusion, chaos, and disruption of peoples’ lives have frequently resulted from the lack of a rational system governing suspension or cancellation of classes and work.
This bill factors in not just storms, but also floods, landslides, earthquakes, tsunami, storm surge, toxic chemical spills, fire, active shooter situations, hostage-taking, kidnapping, banditry, terrorism, and state of emergency.
Classes and work may also be suspended or canceled because of widespread loss of electric power distribution, water supply distribution, or non-functioning of sewerage systems and widespread collapse or offline status of several banking or financial systems that disrupt the normal functioning or cause serious financial incapacity or disruption of households, communities, institutions, and workplaces.
Implementing rules and regulations will be crafted and promulgated by an inter-agency and multi-sectoral committee.
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