Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESEN’
Quezon City

16" CONGRESS
First Regular Session

BiLLNo, __ 1588

HOUS

Introduced by REP. EVELINA G, ESCUDERO.

EXPLANATORY NO!

Public school teachers occupy a socio-historical role and are looked up as the source of
enlightenment. In recent times, however, the public school teacher has collectively been
misunderstood, neglected and even disregarded. For tuning to the streets to air their grievances
and seek support for their demands, they have been vilified, threatened and even treacherously
handled by the government officials whose fundamental concern includes the interest of the
public school teachers.

Yet, when we look into the provisions of the fundamental law of the State:
"The State shall take into account. regional and sectoral norms and

conditions and shall encourage local planning in the development of educational
policies and programs." {Article XIV, Sec. 5 (1)]; and,

"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." [Article XVI, Sec. 5 (5)]

Furthermore, notwithstanding the passage of the localization law in 1996 (RA
8190) thousands of teachers are still assigned very far from their towns and/or provinces. This
entails additional expenses on the part of the teachers and invariably affect the quality of
education...

This bill is designed to alleviate the plight of those “of out of station teachers,”
therefore, the passage of this bills strongly recommended.

EVELINA G,



Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

16™ CONGRESS
First Regular Session

1588
HOUSE BILL NO.

Introduced by REP. EVELINA G. ESCUDERO.

AN ACT
PROVIDING INCENTIVES TO PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS WHO ARE ASSIGNED
OUTSIDE OF THEIR TOWNS AND PROVINCES, APPROPRIATING FUNDS
THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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

SECTION 1. This Act shall be known as the "Public School Teachers’ Incentive Act."

SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy - It is the policy of the state to provide incentives to
public school teachers who are assigned to teaching jobs outside of their respective towns and
provinces. As much as possible, public school teachers shall be assigned to their respective
towns.

SEC. 3. Assignment to another town within the same province - Any public school
teacher who is assigned to a town other than his own, shall in addition to his basic salary and
benefits under the Salary Standardization Law, be entitled to ‘Two Thousand (22,000.00) Pesos
monthly as incentive allowance

SEC. 4. Assignment to Another Province - Any public school teacher who is assigned to
a town of another province, other than his own, shall in addition to his basic salary and benefits
under the Salary Standardization Law be entitled to receive Four Thousand (P4,000.00) Pesos a
month as incentive allowance.

SEC. 5. Transferees - ‘The provisions of this Act shall apply to any public school teacher
who is officially transferred from his original assignment in accordance with lawful orders of
his/her superiors.

SEC. 6. A public school teacher who has received benefits under this Act but is
eventually transferred to his own town shall cease to be entitled to the incentive allowance
therein.

SEC. 7. Tax Exemption - Incentive allowance received under the provisions of this Act
shall be exempt from tax liability.

SEC. 8. For purposes of determining the town or province of origin of a public school
teacher, the scholastic records filed in the Department of Education shall be consulted; otherwise,
the sealed certification from the town mayor or the provincial governor shall be used.


SEC. 9. The incentive allowance provided in this Act shall not be availed of by public
school teachers who are assigned to a different town or province in the event of a national
disaster or national emergency.

SEC. 10. Funding - The President is hereby authorized to realign or transfer any item of
appropriation within the Department of Education and/or utilize any savings therein to carry out
the purpose of this Act. Whatever additional amount as may be needed for its implementation
shall be included in the Overall Appropriations Act of the ensuing fiscal years.

SEC. 11. Repealing Clause - All laws, all city charters or parts thereof inconsistent with
any provision of this Act shall be deemed repealed or modified as the case may be.

SEC. 12. Effectivity - This Act shall take effect after two (2) publications in newspapers
of general circulation

Approved,