Republic of the Philippines HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES RECEIVED
Constitution Hills, Quezon City

DATE:

TINE:
SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS BY:
First Regular Session
REGISTRATION UNIT
1451 BILLS AND INDEX SERVICE
HOUSE BILL NO. 77S —

Introduced by Representative Salvador B. Belaro, Jr.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Act seeks to prohibit the discrimination of teaching applicants and
teachers who are unwed mothers, single parents and members of the Lesbian
Gay Bisexual and Transexual (LGBT) Community and to provide penalties for
its violation.

While we usually hold our teachers in great esteem considering their
noble role in educating our citizenry, it is oftentimes forgotten that they are also
human beings who are susceptible to occasional imperfection just like anybody
else.

In situations such as an otherwise qualified teacher or teaching applicant
becomes an unwed mother or a single parent, she deserves not the perceived
ignominy of her condition that society is inclined to cast upon her but the
assistance of the State so that she could continue becoming an otherwise
effective member of the teaching profession.

The same could be said of teachers and teaching applicants who are
members of the LGBT. They also deserve the assistance of the State so that they
would not suffer discrimination on account of their sexual orientation.

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ATTY. SALVADOR B. BELARO, JR.
Representative
1-Ang Edukasyon Party List


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Constitution Hills, Quezon City

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

451
HOUSE BILL NO.

Introduced by Representative Salvador B. Belaro, Jr.

AN ACT
PROHIBITING DISCRIMINATION OF TEACHERS WHO ARE
UNWED MOTHERS, SINGLE PARENTS AND MEMBERS OF THE
LGBT COMMUNITY

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

SECTION 1.Short Title. — This Act shall be known as the “Teacher’s Non-

Discrimination Act of 2016.

SEC. 2.Declaration of Policy. The State recognizes the right of every citizen to
seek productive employment in our country regardless of one’s gender, civil
status, physical condition, sexual orientation, religion or belief.

SEC. 3.Scope. This Act shall cover all teachers and all applicants for a teaching
position, in all schools in the country.

SEC. 4 All schools in the country are prohibited from denying admission
to a teaching position of an otherwise qualified applicant on the sole ground tha
said applicant is an unwed mother, a single parent or a member of the Lesbian
Gay Bisexual and Transexual (LGBT) community.


SEC. 5. All schools are likewise prohibited from discriminating against
their teachers who are unwed mothers, single parents or a member of the LGBT
community.

SEC. 6. a) Any person found violating Section 4 or 5 of this Act shall be meted
the penalty of Six (6) months imprisonment, and a fine ranging from Fifty
Thousand pesos (Php50,000.00) to One Hundred Thousand pesos
(Php 100,000.00).

b) The President or owner of the school, in case he is not the direct
perpetrator of discrimination shall be meted the same penalty as the person who
directly committed such discrimination.

©) The prosecution for any violation of this Act shall be without prejudice
to the liability that may be imposed under the Revised Penal Code and other
special laws.

SEC. 7. Implementing Rules and Regulations, ~ The Department of Education
(DepEd), in consultation with the Department of Justice (DOJ), shall
promulgate the necessary rules and regulations for the effective implementation
of the provisions of this Act.

SEC. 8. Separability Clause. — If any provision of this Act is declared invalid or
unconstitutional, other provisions hereof which are not affected thereby shall
remain in full force and effect.

SEC. 9. Repealing Clause, — All laws, orders, decrees, rules and regulations,
and other parts thereof inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby
repealed, amended or modified accordingly.

. 10. Effectivity. — This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its
publication in the Official Gazette or in two (2) newspapers of general
circulation.

Approved.