Date: September 30, 2013

To establish as public policy the formulation of continuous and recurrent ten-year education plans, with broad citizen participation, that give direction and link, starting from the decade 2014-2024, the Department of Education, the Puerto Rico Council of Education and other related agencies; to establish mechanisms and structures for broad citizen participation for the formulation and approval of the same; to adopt the initial proposal of thematic axes that emerge from citizen forums, transsectoral dialogues and the Working Table, which will be object of consultation, discussion and citizen deliberation; creating the Transsectoral Commission for the Ten-Year Education Plan (CTPDE), an entity responsible for facilitating citizen consultation and deliberation processes, as well as designing, convening and directing the General Assembly of the Ten-Year Education Plan; providing for the Proclamation and implementation of ten-year plans; allocating budget for the consultation, deliberation and formulation of plans.

To amend Article 2 and add Articles 5-A and 5-B to Act No. 97-2000, as amended, known as the “Puerto Rico Vocational Rehabilitation Act”, for the purpose of empowering the Vocational Rehabilitation Administration to review and update transportation subsidy tables for students participating in its programs; establish a periodic review mechanism and interagency agreements; and for other related purposes.

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To order the Puerto Rico Statistics Institute, within a strict compliance period of three (3) months, to take appropriate steps to request that a question about deafness and hearing loss be included in the 2030 Census and the Puerto Rico Community Survey; and to establish other complementary provisions.