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Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City, Metro Manila 
NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
1st Regular Session 
House Bill No. ________ 
Introduced by Representatives PAOLO Z. DUTERTE, ERIC G. YAP, 
EDVIC G. YAP, and JEFFREY SORIANO 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
According to Article II, Section 17 of the 1987 Philippine Constitution, “the State shall 
give priority to education, science and technology, arts, culture, and sports to foster 
patriotism and nationalism, accelerate social progress, and promote total human 
liberation and development.” 
The role of teachers goes beyond the four walls of a classroom and their work 
schedule. Outside their lesson plans, they instill moral and civic values to the Filipino 
youth. As they invest their knowledge, time, and energy to molding the youth, it is 
high time for the State to do the same with the pillars of our society - our educators. 
This bill seeks to offer scholarship grants to public school teachers for their graduate 
and post-graduate studies and to give educational assistance in terms of cash 
allowance to their children enrolled in State Universities and Colleges (SUCs). By 
means of this, quality education is then made available to teachers, their children, and 
their students. 
By providing opportunities to teachers to pursue further studies, they are encouraged 
to do so for their self-development. Through this, they could cultivate expertise in a 
specialized area of study. More so, it yields a positive effect on the students as well, as 
this shall provide a ripple effect as teachers could impart what they have learned with 
their students. This bill also seeks to lift the social and economic burden from teachers 
in financing their children's tertiary education through cash assistance.  
In view of the foregoing, approval of this bill is earnestly sought. 
PAOLO Z. DUTERTE 
ERIC G. YAP 
        EDVIC G. YAP 
           JEFFREY SORIANO 
September 12, 2022
5:06 pm
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Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City, Metro Manila 
NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
1st Regular Session 
House Bill No. ________ 
Introduced by Representatives PAOLO Z. DUTERTE, ERIC G. YAP, 
EDVIC G. YAP, and JEFFREY SORIANO 
AN ACT 
INSTITUTONALIZING SCHOLARSHIP GRANTS TO PUBLIC SCHOOL 
TEACHERS AND EDUCATIONAL CASH ASSISTANCE TO THEIR CHILDREN 
IN TERTIARY EDUCATION 
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 “Scholarship and 
Educational Grants to Public School Teachers and their Children Act.” 
SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy. — It shall be the policy of the State to provide 
access to free education to public school teachers and their children by providing 
for them institutionalized scholarship grants and educational cash assistance, 
respectively. The scholarship grants to public school teachers will give them high 
morale and self-esteem. Providing children of public. school teachers with 
educational cash assistance will lessen their social and economic burden and 
encourage them to focus on their studies. 
SEC. 3. Definition of Terms. —For the purpose of this Act, the term: 
a. “Children of public school teachers” shall refer to legitimate children of
public school teachers;
b. “Educational cash assistance” shall refer to cash allowance provided to
the children of public school teachers in tertiary education; and
c.
“Public school teachers” shall refer to all persons engaged in classroom
teaching, in any level of institution, on full-time basis or part-time basis,
including guidance counselors, school librarians, industrial arts or
vocational instructors, and all other persons performing supervisory
and/or administrative functions in all schools, colleges and universities
operated by the government or its political subdivisions; but shall not
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include school nurses, school physicians, school dentists, and other 
school employees.  
 
SEC. 4. Scholarship grant and educational cash assistance. — The 
scholarship grants for public school teachers shall cover graduate/post-graduate 
education while the educational cash assistance covers their children in tertiary 
education. 
 
SEC. 5. Eligibility of public school teachers to avail of grant. —Public school 
teachers who are in active service shall be eligible to avail of the scholarship grants 
to enroll in any graduate or post-graduate courses, provided that the public school 
teacher shall have been in active duty for at least two (2) consecutive years 
immediately prior to the date of application for the grant.  
 
SEC. 6. Eligibility of children of public school teachers to avail of grant. —
Only legitimate children of public school teachers who are in active service shall be 
eligible to avail of the educational cash assistance.  
 
SEC. 7. Eligibility of retired public school teachers to avail of grant. —
Retired public school teachers may avail of the scholarship grant for their children. 
However, their children shall be entitled to only a proportional amount of 
educational cash assistance.  
 
SEC. 8. Schools where scholarship grant is applicable. —The scholarship 
grant shall be applicable in all state universities and colleges throughout the 
country. The children of public school teachers shall be qualified to avail of the 
educational cash assistance only upon passing all the requirements set by the 
respective schools.  
 
SEC. 9. Forfeiture of Grant. —Public school teachers who have been charged 
and proven to have committed acts of professional misconduct shall forfeit their 
eligibility to avail of the grant. They shall also forfeit the eligibility to avail of the 
grant for their children. 
 
SEC. 10. Implementing Agency. —The Department of Education (DepEd) 
and the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) shall be the implementing 
agencies for this Act. The above agencies shall formulate the implementing rules 
and regulations for this Act. 
 
SEC. 11. Separability Clause. —If any provision or part thereof is held 
invalid or unconstitutional, the same shall not affect the validity and effectivity of 
other provisions hereof. 
 
SEC. 12. Repealing Clause. —All laws, decrees, orders and issuances or 
portions thereof, which are inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, are hereby 
repealed, amended or modified accordingly. 
 


 
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SEC. 13. Effectivity Clause. —This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after 
its publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation. 
 
Approved,