SIXTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE ) 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES ) 
Second Regular Session 
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SENATE BILL NO. 2416 
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Introduced by Senator Manuel "Lito" M. Lapid 
AN ACT GRANTING PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND PUBLIC 
HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS A NON-WAGE BENEFIT IN THE FORM OF 
FREE TERTIARY EDUCATION IN ANY STATE COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY 
FOR ONE (1) DEPENDENT CHILD, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 
A duly-licensed public school teacher receives a minimum salary of 
Php18,500, an amount substantially less compared to other professions that 
neither require a formal education or a bachelor's degree. As such, the clamor 
for higher pay for public school teachers is evident from the pending bills both in 
the House of Representatives and the Senate seeking to increase the minimum 
salary of public school teachers. 
Nevertheless, salary increases can still be 
overtaken by inflation. 
Even as the incomes of our public school teachers 
increase, the cost of living and education itself also increases. In fact, the current 
average annual cost of tuition for a student entering college, even a state 
university, is Php 60,000. Hence, it is important to provide a non-wage benefit to 
our public elementary school and public high school teachers to ensure that they 
will still be able to send their children to college regardless of the rising cost of a 
tertiary education. If not, it will be the highest point of irony, if not injustice, that 
those who mold and train the minds of our nation's human capital are unable to 
send their very own children to college. 
This bill seeks to address this need by providing a non-wage benefit in the 
form of free tertiary education in any state college or university for one 
dependent child of a public elementary or public high school teacher. Thus, the 
immediate passage of this bill is therefore requested. 
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"LITO" M. LAPID 
Senator 


SIXTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE ) 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES ) 
Second Regular Session 
) 
SENATE BILL NO. 2416 
Introduced by Senator Manuel "Lito" M. Lapid 
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SEP 22 A 9 :()2 
AN ACT GRANTING PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL 
TEACHERS A NON-WAGE BENEFIT IN THE FORM OF FREE TERTIARY EDUCATION 
IN ANY STATE COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY FOR ONE (1) DEPENDENT CHILD, AND 
FOR OTHER PURPOSES 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled: 
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SECTION 1. DECLARATION OF POLICY. - The Constitution recognizes the key 
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role of education in society. It is the duty of the State to give priority to education. One 
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means to do so is to ensure that the teaching profession will attract and retain its rightful 
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share to the best available talents through adequate remuneration and other means of job 
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satisfaction and fulfillment. 
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SECTION 2. SCOPE. - This law shall apply to all public elementary and public high 
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school teachers who are teaching in any public elementary school or public high schoo!. 
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SECTION 3. NON-WAGE BENEFIT. - All public elementary and public high school 
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teachers shall be exempted from paying tuition and other matriculation fees for one (1) 
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dependent child attending any state college or university. However, if both spouses are 
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public school teachers, they shall be entitled to two (2) dependent children who shall be 
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exempt from paying tuition and other matriculation fees. 
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SECTION 4. IMPLEMENTING RULES AND REGULATIONS. - The Department of 
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Education and Commission on Higher Education shall jointly promulgate rules and 
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regulations necessary to implement the provisions under this law. 
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SECTION 5. APPROPRIATIONS. - The amount necessary to carry out the provisions 
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of this Act shall be included in the General Appropriations Act of the year following its 
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enactment into law and thereafter. 
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SECTION 6. EFFECTIVITY CLAUSE. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days 
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after its publication in the Official Gazette or in at least two newspapers of general 
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circulation. 
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Approved,