Sangguniang Kabataan
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Youth Council Sangguniang Kabataan |
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| Type | |
| Type | |
| History | |
| Founded | 1975 |
| Disbanded | 2013 positions left unfilled |
| Preceded by | Kabataang Barangay |
| Seats | 41,995 SK Chairmen 293,365 Councilors |
| Elections | |
| Direct election | |
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Last election
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October 2010 |
| Meeting place | |
| often the barangay hall | |
Sangguniang Kabataan ("youth council" in English), commonly known as SK, is a council for youth in each barangay in the Philippines. It was put "on hold", but not quite abolished, prior to the 2013 barangay elections. In January 2016, the Sangguniang Kabataan Reform Law was signed into law which made some significant changes to the SK and schedules new elections for October 2016.
The SK Chairman leads the Sangguniang Kabataan council.
A Local Youth Development Council (LYDC) composed of representatives of different local youth groups supports the SK and its programs.
The Sangguniang Kabataan is the successor of the KB or the Kabataang Barangay (Village Youth) which was abolished by the Local Government Code of 1991. The author, Senator Aquilino Pimentel Jr. abolished SK because of allegations that this organization faces.
The Kagawads, or councilors, approve resolutions and appropriate money allotted to the council. The Chairman automatically sits on the barangay council as an ex officio member and is automatically chairman of the Committee on Youth and Sports, one of the standing committees of the barangay council.
The council represents youth who have resided in their barangay for at least six months and registered to vote. It leads the local youth programs.
Members of the SK receive payment for serving on the council. Under the Local Government Code, only the SK Chairman receives money but in some areas the practice was that the chairman shares his payment with other members of the SK council. In one barangay, each SK member received 500 pesos per month from the chairman.
Under the 2016 reform, a new Local Youth Development Council was formed to support the SK programs and to be composed of representatives from different youth organizations in the community including student councils, church and youth faith groups, youth-serving organizations, and community-based youth groups. "The LYDC aims to harmonize, broaden and strengthen all programs and initiatives of the local government and non-governmental organizations for the youth sector," said Sen. Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV, chairman of the Senate Committee on Youth and co-author of the reform act.
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