NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
) 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES ) 
First Regular Session 
) 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Introduced by Representative Rufus B. Rodriguez 
House Bill No.  _____ 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
Teachers are the second parents of our children.  They mold our children to become 
good and responsible persons. Their work site is not limited to the classroom.  Aside from the 
backbreaking work of handling classes and dealing with a large number of students, teachers 
also have to prepare lesson plans, interact with students outside of the classroom, and perform 
other jobs that may be assigned by the principal or superior.   
In a way, teachers perform a regular eight-hour work shift just like any average laborer. 
Six hours of that shift are spent in the lecture hall, and two hours are spent in lesson-plan 
preparation, lecture planning and student-parent consultations. Considering the large number 
of students in a public school class, plus the irritants that come with the system-cramped or 
altogether non-existent classrooms, the lack of instructional aids such as blackboard, chalk 
and textbooks, public school teachers are laboring under all sorts of pressure and working 
against all odds to deliver educational service.  
This bill seeks to limit the class hours of public school teachers from eight (8) hours to 
six (6) hours so that they can devote more time to lesson-plan preparation and curricular 
development.  
In view of the foregoing, the passage of this bill is earnestly sought. 
 RUFUS B. RODRIGUEZ 
April 11, 2023
8:00 am
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NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
) 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES ) 
First Regular Session 
) 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Introduced by Representative Rufus B. Rodriguez 
House Bill No.  _____ 
AN ACT  
LIMITING THE CLASS HOURS OF PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS TO SIX (6) HOURS 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress 
assembled: 
Section 1. Declaration of Policy. – It is the declared policy of the state to protect the welfare 
of public school teachers and to raise the quality of basic education.  
Section 2. Limit of School Hours of Public School Teachers. .- To promote the welfare of 
the public school teachers and to raise the quality of basic education, the school hours shall 
be limited to six (6) hours only.  
Section. 3. Appropriations.  The necessary budget to implement this Act shall be included 
in the 2011 budget of the Department of Education. 
Section 4. 
Rules and Regulations. — The Department of Education shall promulgate the 
rules and regulations for the effective enforcement of the provisions of this Act 
Section 5. Separability Clause. – Should any provision of this Act or any part thereof be 
declared invalid, the other provisions, so far as they are separable from the invalid ones, shall 
remain in full force and effect.  
Section 6.   Repealing Clause. -  All laws, orders, issuances, rules and regulations or parts 
thereof inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly. 
Section 7.   Effectivity.  -  This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its complete 
publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation. 
Approved, 
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