Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL No. 4987

AN ACT
UPGRADING THE MINIMUM MONTHLY SALARY OF PUBLIC SCHOOL
‘TEACHERS AND NON-TEACHING PERSONNEL FROM SALARY GRADE
11 TO SALARY GRADE 20, AND FROM SALARY GRADE 1 TO SALARY
GRADE 8, RESPECTIVELY, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill seeks to upgrade the minimum monthly salary of public
school teachers and non-teaching personnel from Salary Grade 11 to
Salary Grade 20, and from Salary Grade 1 to Salary Grade 8.

The State shall enhance the right of teachers to professional
advancement. Non-teaching academic and non-academic personnel shall
enjoy the protection of the State (Section 5 [4], Article XIV, 1987
Constitution). 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 renumeration and
other means of job satisfaction and fulfillment (Section 5[5], Article XIV,
1987 Constitution). To this end, the State shall enact measures that shall
advance the economic welfare of our teaching and non-teaching personnel.

Since time immemorial, the teaching profession has been considered
as one of the noblest, if not the noblest professions of all. In the field of
education, educators have always played a pivotal role as catalysts for
various social changes. They are tasked with the heavy responsibility of
molding and guiding the young, our students, into what they should be —
productive and law-abiding citizens of the country.


Notwithstanding the tedious work and the health hazards attendant
to the working environment of our teaching and non-teaching personnel,
their commitment has remained steadfast and resolute. In the course of
the performance of their duties however, work related illnesses such as
pharyngitis, anemia, hypertension, hyperacidity, lung disease and other
health hazards set in. With the meager income that they receive, which
cannot adequately compensate the day to day sacrifices of our teaching
and non-teaching personnel, not to mention the lack of immediate health
care available to them, there is a need to upgrade and increase their
salaries. Indubitably, our country’s development is anchored on educated
citizenry without which we cannot move on and survive as a country.

Hence, this earnest request for the immediate passage of this bill.

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‘TYRONE D. AGABAS
Representative
6% District, Pangasinan


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. ae?

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AN ACT
UPGRADING THE MINIMUM MONTHLY SALARY OF PUBLIC
SCHOOL TEACHERS AND NON-TEACHING PERSONNEL FROM
SALARY GRADE 11 TO SALARY GRADE 20, AND FROM SALARY
GRADE 1 TO SALARY GRADE 8, RESPECTIVELY, AND
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
Philippines in Congress assembled:
SECTION 1. Declaration of Policy. — It is the declared policy
of the State 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
renumeration and other means of job satisfaction and
fulfillment.

SEC. 2. Coverage. - This Act shall cover all teaching and non-
teaching personnel in all public schools in the elementary and
secondary levels, whether nationally or locally funded,
including those in technical-vocational schools and state

universities and colleges.

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SEC. 3. Raising the Minimum Salaries of Public School
Teachers. - The minimum monthly salaries of public school
teachers is hereby raised from Grade 11 to Salary Grade 20.
The salaries of those occupying higher positions shall be

adjusted accordingly.

SEC. 4. Raising the Minimum Monthly Salaries of Public
School Non-Teaching Personnel. - The minimum monthly
salaries of public school non-teaching personnel is hereby
raised from Salary Grade 1 to Salary Grade 8. The salaries of
those occupying higher positions shall be adjusted accordingly.

SEC. 5. Priority in Budget Allocation. - The government
shall appropriate such amount as may be necessary to carry
out the objectives of this Act: Provided, that the salary increase
of teaching and non-teaching personnel in public schools shall
take priority over non-educational and non-agricultural
budgetary allocations.

SEC. 6. Rules and Regulations. - The Department of
Education and the Department of Budget and Management
shall promulgate the necessary rules and regulations for the
implementation of this Act.

SEC. 7. Appropriations. - The initial funding required for the
implementation of this Act shall be sourced from the savings of
the Executive Branch of the government and other possible
sources that may be determined by the Office of the President,
and subsequent funds needed shall be included in the annual

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General Appropriations Act for the years following the
implementation of this Act.

SEC. 8. Repealing Clause. - All laws, executive orders, rules
and regulations, which are inconsistent with this Act are
hereby amended, repealed or modified accordingly.

SEC. 9. Effectivity. — This Act shall take effect fifteen (15)
days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in ant
newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,

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