TWENTIETH CONGRESS OF THE 
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First Regular Session 
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SENATE
S.B. No.
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Introduced by SENATOR WIN GATCHALIAN
AN ACT
PROVIDING FOR A TWENTY THOUSAND PESO ACROSS-THE-BOARD 
INCREASE IN THE BASIC MONTHLY SALARY OF ALL PUBLIC 
ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS AND 
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Section 1 of Republic Act No. 4670 or the “Magna Carta for Public 
School Teachers” declares as policy “to promote and improve the social and 
economic status of public school teachers, their living and working 
conditions, their terms of employment and career prospects in order that they 
may compare favorably with existing opportunities in other walks of life, 
attract and retain in the teaching profession more people with the proper 
qualifications, it being recognized that advance in education depends on the 
qualifications and ability of the teaching staff and that education is an 
essential factor in the economic growth of the nation as a productive 
investment of vital importance.” This reinforces the State policy as enshrined 
in the Constitution to “enhance the right of teachers to professional 
advancement,” guarantee “non-teaching academic and non-academic 
personnel [to] enjoy the protection of the State,” and “ensure that teaching


will attract and retain its rightful share of the best available talents through 
adequate remuneration and other means of job satisfaction and fulfillment. 1
While the “Magna Carta for Public School Teachers” is considered a 
landmark legislation in education that provided hope to our educators, the 
government still needs to provide the Department of Education’s 880,547 
teaching personnel, serving around 22.5 million learners in public schools2, 
the salary that they lawfully deserve.
The salary grade of a Teacher I item has been Salary Grade (SG) 10 from 
1989 to 20093. It was only in June 2009 that the SG assignment was raised 
to its present level at SG 11, pursuant to Executive Order No. 811, s. 2009 or 
SSL III issued by then President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. Sixteen (16) years 
thereafter, there has been no increase in the SG of all teaching positions.
This bill thus seeks to compensate for those 16 years by providing for a 
Twenty Thousand Peso (PhP20,000.00) across-the-board increase in the basic 
monthly salary of all public elementary and secondary school teachers. As our 
public school teachers find themselves at the forefront of national 
development, they should be accorded appropriate recognition and adequate 
compensation by the government. Hence, I earnestly spelcthq^upport of this 
Congress for the passage and approval of this legjslatiom
N GATCHALIAN
1 The 1987 Constitution of the Philippines, Article XIV, Sections 5 (4) and (5).
2 Number of teaching personnel and learner enrollment data from DepEd as of January 2025.
3 TDC National Chairperson Benjo G. Basas, TSN of the October 22, 2020 Public Hearing of 
the Senate Committee on Basic Education, p. 105.
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TWENTIETH CONGRESS OF THE 
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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
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First Regular Session 
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SENATE
S.B. No. 362
25 JULIO P2-.04
RECEIVED BY; _
Introduced by SENATOR WIN GATCHALIAN
AN ACT
PROVIDING FOR A TWENTY THOUSAND PESO ACROSS-THE-BOARD 
INCREASE IN THE BASIC MONTHLY SALARY OF ALL PUBLIC 
ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS AND 
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled:
Section 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as the “Teacher Salary 
Increase Act”.
Sec. 2. Declaration of Policy. - It is hereby declared the policy of the 
State to promote and advance the social and economic status of public school 
teachers in order to ensure that they enjoy the benefits commensurate to their 
invaluable role in national development. In pursuance of such policy, the 
State shall ensure that the teaching profession will attract and retain its 
rightful share of the best available talents through adequate remuneration 
and other means of job satisfaction and fulfillment.
Sec. 3. Coverage. - This Act shall apply to all public elementary and 
secondary school teachers under the Department of Education (DepEd).


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Sec. 4. Increase in Basic Monthly Salary. - All public elementary and 
secondary school teachers under the DepEd, regardless of their length of 
service, are entitled to an across-the-board increase of Twenty Thousand 
Pesos (PhP 20,000.00) to their basic monthly salary: Provided, That this 
increase is to be implemented in addition to the prevailing Salary 
Standardization Law and shall not be construed as an exemption from 
succeeding salary increases for government employees.
Sec. 5. Appropriations. - The amount necessary for the implementation 
of this Act shall be charged against those authorized in the current 
appropriations of the DepEd. Thereafter, the amount necessary for its 
continued implementation shall be included in the annual General 
Appropriations Act.
Sec. 6. Implementing Rules and Regulations. - Within ninety (90) days 
from the effectivity of this Act, the Department of Budget and Management, 
in consultation with the DepEd, shall issue the rules and regulations 
implementing its provisions. The Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) 
issued pursuant to this section shall take effect thirty (30) days after its 
publication in a newspaper of general circulation.
Sec. 7. Separability Clause. - If any provision of this Act is held invalid 
or unconstitutional, the other provisions not so declared shall remain in full 
force and effect.
Sec. 8. Repealing Clause.-All other laws, executive orders, presidential 
decrees, administrative orders, rules and regulations, issuances, or parts 
thereof contrary to or inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby 
repealed or amended accordingly.
Sec. 9. Effectivity. - Notwithstanding the non-issuance of the IRR, this 
Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette 
or in a newspaper of general circulation.