TWENTIETH CONGRESS OF THE ) 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
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First Regular Session 
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SENATE
S. B. No. 410
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR CHRISTOPHER LAWRENCE "BONG" T. GO
AN ACT
PROVIDING FOR ADDITIONAL SUPPORT AND ACROSS-THE-BOARD 
ALLOWANCE FOR ALL PUBLIC TEACHING AND NON-TEACHING PERSONNEL 
ENGAGED IN BASIC EDUCATION, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Article IV, Section 5 (5) of the 1987 Constitution provides that "the State shall 
assign the highest budgetary priority to education 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." In accordance with 
the aforementioned law, the Department of Education receives a huge share of funds 
from the annual general appropriation.
Although the Department of Education receives substantial budgetary support 
from the national government, adequate assistance for teachers remains lacking. 
Therefore, it is imperative to address the growing call for an increase in teacher 
salaries to ensure their welfare and professional dignity.
Teachers experience hardships, to which they often use their personal funds 
for buying classroom supplies and staying beyond work hours to assist the 
students. The situation is further worsened by the excessive student-to-teacher ratio 
in public schools, with some classrooms accommodating as many as 40 to 60 students


under the supervision of a single teacher, far exceeding the ideal 1:25 ratio necessary 
to ensure effective instruction and learning.
In acknowledgment of their dedication and invaluable contributions to the 
teaching profession, this bill proposes the provision of an across-the-board monthly 
allowance for all educators, including non-teaching personnel, in public schools at the 
basic education level. This allowance is intended as supplementary compensation, on 
top of their existing salaries and benefits, to provide additional support and recognition 
for their essential roles in the education sector.
The impact of a teacher extends far beyond the classroom, making them 
indispensable to the holistic development of each learner and, by extension, to the 
progress of the nation. Legislating salary increases affirms the state's commitment to 
investing in its teachers, the backbone of the education system and key drivers of the 
country's development.
In view of the foregoing, approval of this bill is earnestly sought.
SENATOR CHRISTOPHER
RENCE
RENCE "BONG" T. GO


TWENTIETH CONGRESS OF THE ) 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session
S. B. No.
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SENATE
410
25 JULIO P 4 09
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR CHRISTOPHER LAWRENCE "BONG" T. GO
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AN ACT
PROVIDING FOR ADDITIONAL SUPPORT AND ACROSS-THE-BOARD 
ALLOWANCE FOR ALL PUBLIC TEACHING AND NON-TEACHING PERSONNEL 
ENGAGED IN BASIC EDUCATION, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled:
Section 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as the "Across-the-board 
Monthly Allowance for All Basic Education Teachers Act of 2025."
Sec, 2. Declaration of Policy. - It is the declared the policy of the State to ensure 
that education receives the highest budgetary priority, and that teaching will attract 
and retain its rightfui share of the best available talents through adequate 
remuneration and other means of job satisfaction and fulfillment. Towards this end, 
the State shall promote and protect the welfare and economic well-being of public 
schooi teachers and personnel in basic education.
Sec. 3. Coverage. - This Act shall cover all teaching and non-teaching personnel 
in ali public schools in the basic education level, whether nationally or locally funded, 
including those in State Universities and Coileges (SUCs) and those teaching in 
alternative learning system and teaching in distance learning system.
Sec. 4. Additional Compensation. - The Department of Education shall determine


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and provide an additional monthly allowance to be granted to covered personnel 
indicated under Section 3 of this Act as additional compensation to their existing salary 
and benefits: Provided, That said additional compensation shall be considered as part 
of the basic salary for the purpose of computing retirement pays and bonuses that the 
beneficiaries under this Act are entitled to; Provided, further. That the support granted 
under this Act shall be without prejudice to future increases in the basic pay of the 
herein beneficiaries.
Sec. 5. Appropriations. - To immediately implement the provisions of this Act, the 
initial funding shall be sourced from the savings of the Executive Branch of the 
government and other possible sources that may be determined by the Office of the 
President. Thereafter, the amount necessary to implement this Act shall be included 
in the annual General Appropriations Act.
Sec. 6. Separabiiity Cause. - Should any provision herein be declared 
unconstitutional, the same shall not affect the validity of the other provisions of this 
Act.
Sec. 7. Repealing Cause. - All laws, decrees, orders, rules, and regulations or other 
issuances or parts inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed or 
modified accordingly.
Sec. 8. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect immediately after its publication in 
the Official Gazette or in any newspaper of general circulation in the Philippines.
Approved,