REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Batasan Hills, Quezon City

FIFTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILLNO. 47"

Introduced by
ACT Teachers Party-List Representative Antonio L. Tinio

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Since the enactment of the Magna Carta for Public School Teachers in 1966, the state has
been mandated to promote and improve the economic status of public school teachers and
their living and working conditions. However, as it is a largely unfunded law, teachers have
been waiting in vain for the benefits intended to somehow ease their hardships. During the
deliberations for the 2011 budget, officials from the Department of Education admitted
having their hands tied—many Magna Carta benefits cannot be promptly and regularly
granted to teachers because of the perennial budget shortfall. These benefits are denied
them, simply because of lack of funds.

This bill seeks to meet the avowed policy of the Magna Carta by uplifting the economic
condition of teachers, through the provision of a non-wage benefit in the form of free
tuition and other fees for their dependent children who are admitted to public post-
secondary education institutions. By shouldering this cost, the government shall provide
substantial economic relief for teachers, give due recognition for their dedication and hard
work, and enhance the status of the teaching profession. A similar intention is behind the
comparable benefit given to barangay officials since 1991 in the Local Government Code
(Republic Act 7160), but the coverage mandated in this bill is broader in that it provides free
‘education in not only state universities and colleges but also public technical and vocational
schools.


For these reasons, approval of this bill is earnestly sought.

<— ANTONIO L. TINIO

ACT Teachers Party-1



REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Batasan Hills, Quezon City

FIFTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILLNO. 40°77

Introduced by
ACT Teachers Party-List Representative Antonio L. Tinio

ANACT
GRANTING FREE POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION IN STATE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES
AND PUBLIC TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN OF PUBLIC
ELEMENTARY AND HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS

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

SECTION 1. Public elementary and high school teachers shall be exempt from paying tuition
and all other fees for one (1) dependent child attending any state university or college, or
public technical or vocational schools under the Technical Education and Skills Development
Authority; provided that, should both spouses be public school teachers, the exemption
shall apply to two (2) dependent children; provided further that the children meet the
minimum requirements of the educational insti i they are admitted.

SECTION 2. The Department of Education, Commission on Higher Education, and Technical
Education and Skills Development Authority shall jointly promulgate the implementing rules
and regulations necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.

SECTION 3. All other laws, acts, decrees, executive orders, issuances, and rules and
regulations inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed or amended
accordingly.

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official
Gazette or one (1) newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,