Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila
NINEIEENITI CONGRES S
First Regular Session
House`iriiiiro.    5121
Introduced by Representative Gabriel H. Bordado, Jr.
EXPIANATORY NOTE
The State has the responsibility to protect and promote the right of all citizens
to quality education at all levels. Likewise, jt shall take all appropriate steps to ensure
that  it  is  accessible  to  all.  In  the  pursuit  of that  goal,  it  is  undeniable  how  pivotal
teachers  are  to  the  success  of  our  education  system.  Therefore,  improving  the
teaching  institution  in the country should  also  be counted  as  a crucial step towards
that goal. One way to achieve that is to provide incentives and other benefits that could
attract the best minds in the country to enter the teaching profession.
However,  the  unfortunate  reality  is  that  teachers  in  the  country  are  heavily
underpaid and overworked. Teachers' salaries are not globally competitive, leading to
brilliant educators leaving the country to pursue the profession in other countries. The
other  reality  is  the  financial   limitations  of  our  government.  Therefore,  we   must
continuously seek creative ways to improve the teaching profession by inviting more
brilliant minds to embark in the profession.
This Act seeks to exempt up to two (2) dependents of teachers from payment
of tuition fees jn all state colleges and universities in the country. This bill had  been
previously  filed   by  Rep.  Salvador  Belaro  during  the   17th  Congress.  Through   its
approval  and   implementation,  two  objectives  in   achieving   quality  education   are
achieved: teachers are provided additional incentives, therefore making the teaching
profession more attractive; and education is further made accessible to more Filipino
people.
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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
-  -duez-on City, Metro Manila
NINETEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session
HOus:riiriNO.    512 1
Introduced by Representative Gabriel H. Bordado, Jr.
AN ACT GRANTING FREE TUITION FHES TO TEACHHRS' DEPENDENTS
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 "Teachers'  Dependents
Act Of 2022"
SEC. 2. Declaration of State Policy. - The State recognizes the indispensable role
pf teachers in educating our citizenry. It is thus but fitting that the State ensure that the
teaching   profession   attract   the   best   and   the   brightest   by   making   teachers'
compensation and benefits reasonably competitive.
SEC. 3.  All teachers who are currently teaching in any private or public school in the
country and who has been doing so for the last Ten (10) years, and all other teachers
who in the future will satisfy said requirement shall enjoy the benefit of having his first
two(2) children exempted from the payment Of tuition fees in any university or college
in the country subject to the respective admission requirements of the schools.
SEC.  4.   The  Department  of Education  (DepEd),  Commission  on  Higher  Education
(CHED), and the Technical Education Skills and Development Authority (TESDA) shall
jointly  formulate  and  issue  the  rules  and  regulations  necessary  to  carry  out  the
provisions of this Act.
SEC. 5.  The funds necessary to carry out the provision of this Act shall be included in
the  General  Appropriation  Act  of  the  year  following  its  enactment  into  law  and
thereafter.
SEC. 6.  All laws, orders, issuances rules and regulations or part thereof inconsistent
with any pro,visions, Of this Act are hereby repealed, modified Qr amended accordingly.
SEC. 7. This Act shall  take  effect fifteen  (15)  days from  complete  publication  in  the
Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.
Approved'