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SIXTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
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Second Regular Session 
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SENATE 
S. B. No. 
235.1 
Introduced by SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA 
AN ACT INCREASING THE MONTHLY MINIMUM WAGE OF PUBLIC SCHOOL 
TEACHERS TO TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND PESOS (P25,OOO) AND NON-
TEACHING PERSONNEL TO FIFTEEN THOUSAND PESOS (P15,OOO) 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
Under Article XIV section 5 of the 1987 Constitution, the State is mandated to "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." Moreover, Republic Act 4670, or the 
Magna Carta for Public School Teachers protects the rights of public educators to a 
d'ecent salary by ensuring that compensation levels compare favorably to those paid in 
other occupations requiring equivalent qualifications and that they ensure reasonable 
standard of life for themselves and their families. 
Currently, an entry-level position of Teacher 1 for a duly-licensed teacher receives a 
salary amounting to P18,549 per month based on a salary grade (SG) of 11. Meanwhile 
the non-teaching personnel who provides support to teachers are paid P9,OOO per 
month, which is lower than the minimum wage in the National Capital Region (NCR). 
To ensure that the State fulfills its responsibility of ensuring adequate compensation for 
teachers, this bill aims to raise the salary of public school teachers and its non-teaching 
personnel. The country can only move forward in the global knowledge economy if 
government ensures that it invests enough on improving its human capital. 
For these compelling reasons, the immediate approval of this bill is urgently sought. 
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LOREN LEGARDA 
Senator 


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SIXTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
Second Regular Session 
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SENATE 
S.B.No 2351 
Introduced by Senator LOREN LEGARDA 
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P4 :21 
RECEIVED BY: --f~ 
AN ACT INCREASING THE MONTHLY MINIMUM WAGE OF PUBLIC SCHOOL 
TEACHERS TO TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND PESOS (P25,OOO) AND NON-
TEACHING PERSONNEL TO FIFTEEN THOUSAND PESOS (P15,OOO) 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress 
assembled: 
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SECTION 1. Declaration of Policy. It is hereby declared the policy of the State to 
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ensure that education is given highest priority in governance, and that teaching will 
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attract and retain its rightful share of the .best available talents by means of adequate 
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remuneration and other means of job satisfaction. In the formulation of decisions with 
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regard to educational reforms, the State shall likewise hold paramount the protection 
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and promotion of the right of citizens to quality education at all levels and the rights of 
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education workers to humane conditions of work and a living wage. 
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SECTION 2. Coverage. This Act shall cover all teaching and non-teaching personnel in 
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all public schools in the elementary and secondary level, whether nationally or locally 
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funded, including those in technical and vocational schools and state universities and 
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colleges. 
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SECTION 3. Increasing the Minimum Salaries of Public School Teachers. The present 
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minimum salaries of public school teachers in the elementary and secondary schools 
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shall be upgraded from P18,549 to P25,OOO a month. The salaries of those occupying 
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higher positions shall be adjusted accordingly. 
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SECTION 3. 
Increasing the Minimum Salaries of Non-Teaching Personnel. 
The 
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present minimum salaries of non-teaching p~rsonnel in the elementary and secondary 
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schools shall be raised from P9,OOO to P15,OOO a month. The salaries of those occupying 
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higher positions shall be adjusted accordingly. 
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SECTION 5. Priority in Budget Allocation. The Government shall appropriate such 
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amount as may be necessary to carry out the objectives of this Act, Provided, that the 
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salary increase of teaching and non-teaching personnel in public schools shall take 
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priority over non-educational and non-agricultural budgetary allocations. 
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SECTION 6. 
Rules and Regulations. 
The Department of Education and the 
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Department qf Budget and Management shall promulgate the necessary rules and 
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regulations of the provisions of this Act. 
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SECTION 7. Appropriations. The initial funding required for the implementation of 
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this Act shall be sourced from the savings of the Executive Branch of the government 
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and other possible sources that may be determined by the Office of the President, and 


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subsequent funds needed shall be included in the General Appropriations Act for the 
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n~ar following the implementation of this Act. 
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SECTION 8. Separability Clause. Should any provision herein be declared invalid or 
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unconstitutional, the same shall not affect the validity of the other provisions of this 
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Act. 
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SECTION 9. Repealing Clause. All laws, decrees, orders, rules and regulations, or 
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other issuances or parts thereof inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby 
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repealed. 
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SECTION 10. Effectivity. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication 
lOin the Official Gazette or one (1) newspaper of general circulation. 
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Approved.