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SENATE 
S.B. No. 2423 
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR CYNTHIA VILLAR 
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR ADDITIONAL SUPPORT AND COMPENSATION 
FOR EDUCATORS IN BASIC EDUCATION 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
Section 5 (5), Article XIV of the Philippine Constitution provides 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." Despite .such categorical declaration and 
with the diligent efforts of our public officials to meet this end, the present support for the 
requirements of education remains wanting, and this reality inevitably includes the 
continuing clamor of our public teachers for additional compensation. 
Needless to say, our public teachers need all the support they could get. After all, in 
a country where there is a robust population growth along with a quite elusive inclusive 
growth, taking on a teaching job in our public schools is not an easy task, and demands 
much patience and sacrifice. Despite the challenges they face, i.e. the lack of classrooms, 
disproportionate ratio of teachers and students, and need of more updated teaching tools 
and implements, not to mention their own individual predicaments, you could still see a 
great number of our public school teachers hurdle the hardship, improvise and painstakingly 
continue to fulfill their mandate to mold the minds of our Filipino children to learn and grow 
up as responsible citizens of this country. And certainly, for the teachers' noble efforts, we 
aim for them to receive ample compensation for their services. 
The attached bill seeks for additional compensation and other benefits to augment 
the earnings of our public school teachers. The bill provides for a P10,000.00 monthly 
additional compensation, to be fully enjoyed after a staggered application within a period of 
three years. Further, our public school teachers will be entitled to additional support in the 
form of medical allowance, Magna Carta Bonus, and other LGU support, if applicable and 
when funds are available. 
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It may not be amiss to point out herein that the proposed bill for this scheme of 
additional compensation for the teachers was initiated in 2008 during the 14th Congress and 
gained the support of the majority of Senators with the bill's approval on third reading; 
however, the bill was shelved when the government approved on June 17, 2009 the Joint 
Resolution No. 4 or the 
Salary Standardization Law-3, which provides for the salary 
increase of all government employees for 2009 to 2012. Unfortunately, five years hence, 
our public school teachers still find the need for the attached bill's enactment and share the 
view that the features of SSL-3 have brought meager improvement on their status for the 
reason, among others, that the SSL-3 granted very low percentage increase for lower 
bracket positions, like that of teachers. Hence, our public school teachers has renewed 
their clamor for the approval of this bill, which will bring about the much needed 
augmentation of their earnings. 
In view of the foregoing, I recommend the early Pir9~of t~i,{X"' 
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SIXTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE ) 
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S.B. No. 2423 
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PROVIDING FOR ADDITIONAL SUPPORT AND COMPENSATION FOR 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
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Congress Assembled: 
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SECTION 1. Declaration of Policy. -
It is hereby declared the policy of the 
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State to promote the welfare and economic well-being of public school teachers and 
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personnel in basic education. 
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SEC. 2. Definition of Terms. -
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a. Basic Education shall refer to early childhood, elementary, secondary, 
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alternative learning system (ALS) education, and education for those with special 
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needs; 
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b. Locally-Funded Teacher shall refer,to a public school teacher who is hired 
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and paid for, fully or partially, by a local government unit or any other local entity in 
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accordance with the rules and regulations issued by the Department of Education 
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(DepEd); 
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c. Non-Teaching Personnel shall refer to officials and employees of the 
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Department of Education who are not defined herein as public school teachers; and 
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d. Public School Teacher shall refer to a person engaged in: (1) actual 
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classroom teaching in public basic education; (2) teaching in alternative learning system 
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(ALS); (3) teaching and non-teaching employment with the Philippine Science High 
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School System; and (4) school-based supervisory, managerial, administrative, and/or 
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technical functions in public basic education. 
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SEC. 3. Beneficiaries. - The Additional Support and Compensation provided 
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for in this Act shall cover the following: 
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1) Public school teachers; 
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4) Non-teaching personnel of the DepEd, excluding those occupying positions 
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from salary grade level 30, under the DepEd schedule of salaries, and/or Assistant 
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Secretary upwards. 
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SEC. 4. Additional Compensation. -
An amount of Ten Thousand Pesos 
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(Php10, 000.00) per month shall be granted to those mentioned in Sec. 3 of this Act as 
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additional compensation to their existing salary and benefits: Provided, That said 
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amount shall be paid in three (3) tranches, as follows: 
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First Year - P4,000.00 per month; 
Second Year - an additional P3,OOO.OO per month: 
Third Year - another additional P3,OOO.00 per month; 
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Provided further. That in succeeding years, said support compensation shall be 
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continuously paid in full to the beneficiaries: Provided furthermore, That said additional 
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compensation shall be considered as part of the basic salary for the purpose of 
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computing retirement pays and bonuses that the beneficiaries under this Act are entitled 
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to: Provided finally, That the support granted under this Act shall be without prejudice to 
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future increases in the basic pay of the herein beneficiaries. 
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SEC. 5. Additional Support. -The following additional support is hereby 
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authorized, provided the availability of funds to cover these items: 
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a. Support in the form of allowances and other remuneration funded from local 
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school board funds - Any law, executive issuance, department order, local ordinance, 
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and the like, to the contrary notwithstanding, the Local School Boards, as defined in the 
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1991 Local Government Code, are hereby authorized to augment the existing 
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allowances of herein beneficiaries to be sourced from the Special Education Fund 
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(SEF): Provided, That the implementation of this authority shall not in any way prejudice 
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the required budgetary allocation to address the school building and classroom 
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shortage in the area. 
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b. Medical Allowance 
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for medical check-up in the amount of One Thousand Pesos (P1, 000.00) per year. 
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c. Magna Carta Bonus - In line with the provisions of Republic Act 4670 or the 
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Magna Carta for Public School Teachers of 1966, the OepEd is hereby authorized to 
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grant an annual Magna Carta bonus to public school teachers and non-teaching 
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personnel ofthe DepEd. The funding for this bonus shall be appropriated by Congress 
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upon the recommendation of the OepEd. 
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SEC. 6. Appropriation. - The funds needed for the implementation of this Act 
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shall be provided for in the General Appropriations Act, or in a supplemental budget for 
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the year following the approval of this Act. 
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SEC. 7. Transitory Provision. - Notwithstanding Section 2 (b) of this Act, all 
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locally-funded teachers shall enjoy the benefits herein granted: Provided, That within 
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three (3) years from the approval of this Act, locally-funded teachers who fail to comply 
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with said Section 2 (b) shall cease to be covered by this Act. 
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SEC. 8. Separability Clause. - Should any provIsion herein be declared 
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unconstitutional, the same shall not affect the validity of the other provisions of this Act. 
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SEC. 9. Repealing Clause. - All laws, decrees, orders, rules, and regulations or 
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other issuances or parts inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed 
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or modified accordingly. 
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SEC. 10. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect immediately after its publication 
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in the Official Gazette or in any newspaper of general circulation in the Philippines. 
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