NILAGDAAN na ni President Duterte ang Republic Act No. 11680 na nagbibigay ng prankisa sa Southern Luzon State University (SLSU) na magsimula at gamitin ang radio at television broadcasting stations para sa edukasyon, kultural, at iba pang serbisyo publiko upang maipaabot sa populasyon ang mahahalagang public issues, magkaloob ng maayos at balanseng programa at tumulong sa pagpapakalat ng public information at edukasyon.
Ang batas ay inakda nina Quezon Reps. Helen Tan at Wilfrido Mark Enverga.
Ayon kay Rep. Tan ang franchise law na nagbibigay kalayaan sa SLSU na maghatid ng serbisyo sa marginalized students at sa general public na nakatira sa mga lugar na walang internet. “The franchise to operate a radio and television stations serves to broaden the SLSU’s coverage and capacities as an effective instrument in information dissemination geared largely to promote community development and facilitate better public service. The law will enable the SLSU to heighten its response to the need to deliver educational services amid the COVID-19 pandemic,’’ sabi ni Tan.
Idinagdag pa ni Tan, “the grant of radio and TV franchise to the SLSU, a premier higher education institution in Quezon Province, is important in light of the UNESCO’s assessment of COVID-19 impact on education, which reveals that so many students enrolled in various higher educational institutions in the Philippines had been affected by the school closures caused by the pandemic.”