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This paper examines the Level of Acceptance of the parents and distinct industries from selected municipalities in the province of Bulacan, to the proposed Senior High School Curriculum, identifies which factor greatly influence the acceptance of the proposed curriculum. The 12-item self-constructed survey questionnaire was developed and validated by the researchers. The parents which represent the community have shown a result of “neutral/undecided” in four areas: family finances, K+12 awareness, government resources, and teacher preparedness. It simply means that the government which promotes this educational reform is lacking of information dissemination program to the community, particularly to the parents. On the contrary, all factors being presented to the industry representatives have shown a result of “accepted”. It shows that the industry practitioners are somehow knowledgeable to this program of government in education. In addition, based on the study conducted, the community/parents have expressed interest in the inclusion of technical-vocational competencies such as commercial cooking, food and beverage service and automotive repairs and services and employability of the future graduates in the Senior High School program.