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08 AUG 2016

Republic of the Philippines

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DATE:

Quezon City TIME: (0: War
SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS

REGISTRATION UNIT

First Regular Session

590

HOUSE BILLNO. ~~

Introduced by Rep. VIRGILIO S. LACSON

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill seeks to grant public elementary and secondary school teachers a non-wage
benefit in the form of tertiary education in any state university or college for a maximum of
two (2) dependent children and for other purposes.

Public school teachers play a very important and crucial role in nation building. They
provide our children with the necessary skills and knowledge that they need in order for
them to become functional members of the society in the future. Teachers are not just
facilitators of learning, they provide the very foundation of knowledge and wisdom in our
society. Hence, the future of our country is hinged on the ability of our public school
teachers to educate and train our youth as they mature and acquire their personal qualities.

There is therefore an urgent need for the state to provide support and
encouragement to public school teachers by motivating them to perform better and
achieved their avowed task as the torchbearers of learning. The intention of this proposed
measure is to provide public school teachers with a non-wage benefit in the form of free
tertiary education in any state university or college for a maximum of two (2) dependent
children in vital recognition of their contribution to nation building. This benefit will ease the
burden of public school teachers in sending their own children to college considering the
meager wages available to them. Moreover, it will further encourage our youth to join the
teaching profession especially now that they are in demand in our country due to our
continuously growing population.

In consonance with the Philippine Constitution which states that “The state shall
establish and maintain a system of scholarship grants, student loan programs, subsidies and
other incentives which shall be available to deserving students in both public and private
schools, especially to the underprivileged,” the approval of this bill is earnestly

recommended.
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CONG. IRGHIQ S. VACSON

BILLS AND INDEX SERVICE



Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS

First Regular Session

House Bill No._2990_

Introduced by Rep. VIRGILIO S. LACSON

AN ACT
GRANTING PUBLIC ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS A
NON-WAGE BENEFIT IN THE FORM OF FREE TERTIARY EDUCATION IN ANY
STATE UNIVERSITY OR COLLEGE FOR A MAXIMUM OF TWO (2) DEPENDENT
(CHILDREN AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in
Congress assembled:

SECTION 1. Public Elementary and Secondary school teachers shall be exempted
from paying tuition and matriculation fee including other fees for a maximum of two (2)
dependent children attending any state university or college. Provided, that if both spouses
are public school teachers, they shall be entitled to four (4) dependent children who shall be
exempt from the payment of tuition and matriculation fee including other fees. Provided,
further, that dependent children of public elementary and secondary school teachers who
shall avail of this non-wage benefit shall maintain a passing rating for all the subjects
enrolled per semester from the time of first enrollment until the final enrollment prior to
graduation. Provided, finally, that the dependent shall mean a child living with parents who
may be above eighteen (18) years of age but not older than twenty-five (25) years of age.

SECTION 2. The Department of Education and the Commission on Higher Education
shall jointly promulgate the necessary Implementing Rules and Regulations to effectively
carry out the purposes of this Act.

SECTION 3. All law, acts, decrees, executive orders, issuances and rules and
regulations or parts thereof which are inconsistent or contrary to the provisions of this act
are hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly.

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect within fifteen (15) days upon publication in at
least two (2) newspapers of general circulation.

Approved,