Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

Seventeenth Congress

s - RECISTRATION UNIT
First Regular Session BILLS AND INDEX SERVICE

House Bill No, 136)

Introduced by Honorable Roy M. Loyola

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Section 5, Article XIV of the Philippine Constitution states 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.”

Our constitution recognizes the highest priority for public school teachers
and therefore it is a constitutiona! mandate to grant to them such a level of
remuneration and other incentives that would make teaching competitive again
and attractive to the best available talents in the nation.

However, it is sad to say that our public school teachers are among the
most overworked but underpaid professicnals in the country. The salary
package under the Salary Standardization Law of 2015 grants a measly
528.00 monthly increase in their salaries or P24.0 per day, just enough to
buy a half kilo of rice.

Because of the unattractive salary levels, public schools have failed to
attract the best and brightest graduates and/or teachers from top colleges and
universities. Public school teachers are lowly paid compared to their
counterparts in other countries and could not even afford to defray daily needs


and basic household expenses. Worse, they can't even afford to send their
children to good school. And worst, some of them are forced to augment their
income by selling goods to fellow teachers or to their students

It is in this light that this bill seeks to upgrade the basic salary of our
public school teachers in the elementary and secondary school by providing for
an across-the-board increase of Php10,000.00. The bill aims to remedy the
current plight of our public school teachers and to uplift their welfare and living
conditions. The increase can also help teachers strive for excellence resulting
to better quality of education in the country

Teachers play a major role in educating the youth of a nation. Quality
education is essential in ensuring that the country's economy is robust, and that
the youth become productive as they grow older. For very young children.
teachers are meant to encourage them to study hard, and find a place in
society that they can fit in. Thus, it is just imperative to grant them a decent pay
commensurate to the sacrifices they make in educating the country’s youth.

Thus, the immediate approval of this bill is earnestly sought

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ROW M. LOYOLA


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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

Seventeenth Congress

First Regular Session.
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House Bill No.

Introduced by Honorable Roy M. Loyola

AN ACT
PROVIDING FOR A TEN THOUSAND (PHP10,000.00) ACROSS-THE-
BOARD INCREASE IN THE BASIC SALARY OF ALL ELEMENTARY AND.
SECONDARY 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. Reiteration of Policy. - The State policies of ensuring
that the education receives the highest budgetary priority and that teaching will
attract end retain its rightful share of the best available talents through
adequate remuneration and other means of job satisfaction and fulfilment are
hereby reiterated. In the formulation of decisions with regard to education
reforms, the State shall likewise hold paramount the protection and promotion
of the right of citizens to qualify education at all levels and the rights of
education workers to humane conditions of work and a living wage.

SECTION 2. Coverage.- All public elementary and high school
teachers regardless of their length of service are entitled to an across-the-
board increase of Ten Thousand Pesos (Php10,000.00) to their basic monthly
salary

SECTION 3. Priority in Budget Allocation. — The funds for the said
increase shall be incorporated by the Department of Education (DEPED) in its
budget for each fiscal year


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SECTION 4. Rules and Regulations. ~ The Department of Education
(DEPED) and the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) shall
promulgate the necessary rules and regulations for the effective and immediate
implementation of this Act.

SECTION 5. Repeating Clause. - All laws, executive orders,
'Ssuances, rules and regulations inconsistent with this Act are hereby

amended, repealed or modified accordingly.

SECTION 6. Effectivity. ~ This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days
afier its publication in any newspaper of general circulation,

Approved,