Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City, Metro Manila 
19th Congress 
First Regular Session 
House Bill No. ________________ 
Introduced by REPRESENTATIVE EMIGDIO P. TANJUATCO III 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
Parallel to the mandate of 1987 Constitution which guarantees the rights of all the 
citizens to quality and accessible education at all levels, and likewise warrants appropriate 
steps to make such education accessible to all. 
The role of educational leaders and teachers to our society in providing critical 
thinking and humanity is indispensable. Therefore, the duty to preserve and uphold the 
dignity of the teaching profession becomes crucial. 
Public school teachers are among the lowest paid professionals in the country. In 
spite of this, they toil every single day, waking up in the wee hours of the morning to get to 
their classes ahead of their students, taking with them every ounce of patience and care that 
they could muster, making sure that our children, their students, are provided with the 
knowledge and skills that they will need to prepare them for their future. 
Aside from diligence and dedication, however, their work also require resources for 
pedagogy that sadly, the Department of Education insufficiently provides. Among these are 
classroom supplies that they finance out of their meager salaries that is barely enough for 
their family’s expenditures.
Currently, our public school teachers receive only Php 1,500.00 for their annual 
teaching supplies. While this is an improvement than the cash allowance worth Php 700.00 
they were receiving in 2011, this does not cover the costs of teaching supplies like pens, 
chalk, class records, lesson plans, cartolina and other stationery, flash drives, and many 
others.  
As a matter of principle, the State upholds that it must “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.” Pursuant to the foregoing, this bill seeks to increase the public school
teachers’ annual teaching supplies allowance from Php 1,500.00 to Php 6,000.00.
Our teachers deserve priority attention, much as they devote their lives to our 
children’s mental development and moral and ethical values formation. With the additional
allowance, the burden on public school teachers will be alleviated and their working 
conditions will certainly improve.  
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In view if the foregoing, approval of this bill is earnestly sought. 
EMIGDIO P. TANJUATCO III 


Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City, Metro Manila 
19th Congress 
First Regular Session 
House Bill No. ________________ 
Introduced by REPRESENTATIVE EMIGDIO P. TANJUATCO III 
AN ACT INSTITUTIONALIZING THE GRANT OF A TEACHING SUPPLIES ALLOWANCE 
FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR 
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 “Teaching Supplies
Allowance Act”
SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy. It is hereby declared to the policy of the State to 
protect and promote the right of all citizens to quality education at all levels and shall take 
appropriate steps to make such education accessible to all. In line with this and in 
recognition of the need to ensure the retention of the best available talents in the teaching 
profession, the Sate shall provide for a teaching supplies allowance for every public school 
teacher to support the provision of quality education for all Filipino students. 
SEC. 3. Teaching Supplies Allowance. A Teaching Supplies Allowance for the 
purchase of chalks, eraser, forms, and other classroom supplies and materials in the amount 
of Six Thousand Pesos (Php 6,000.00) per teacher per school per year is hereby authorized.  
SEC. 4. Coverage. The grant of the cash allowance authorized in this act shall be 
limited to teachers who render hours of actual teaching and/or equivalent teaching related 
activities and duties during the school year. 
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SEC. 5. Appropriations. The amount necessary to implement the provision of this Act 
shall be included in the budget of the Department of Education in the annual General 
Appropriations Act.  
SEC. 6. Implementing Rules and Regulation. Within sixty (60) days from the 
effectivity of this Act, the Department of Budget and Management, in consultation with the 
DepEd, shall promulgate the necessary rules and regulations to effectively implement the 
provisions of this Act.  
SEC. 7. Appropriations. The amount necessary for the initial implementation of this 
Act shall be charged against the current appropriations of the Department of Education. 
Subsequently, the necessary funding shall be included in the appropriations for the 
Department of Education in the annual General Appropriations Act. 
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SEC. 8. Separability Clause. If any provision of this Act is held unconstitutional or 
invalid, the remaining provisions which are not affected thereby shall continue to be in full 
force and effect. 
 
SEC. 9. Repealing Clause. All laws, decrees, executive orders, rules and regulations, 
and other issuances, or parts thereof, contrary to or inconsistent with this Act are hereby 
modified, amended, or repealed accordingly. 
 
SEC. 10. Effectivity. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in 
the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation. 
 
Approved,