NINETEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
Third Regular Session
SENATE
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S.B. No. .*^000
(In substitution of S.B. Nos. 678, 2827, 2831, and 2853, taking into consideration
H.B. No. 10270)
Prepared by the Committees on Civil Service, Government Reorganization and 
Professional Regulation; Basic Education; and Finance, with Senators Estrada, 
Gatchalian, Legarda, Revilla, Jr., and Poe as authors thereof.
AN ACT
INSTITUTIONALIZING THE CAREER PROGRESSION SYSTEM FOR PUBLIC 
SCHOOL TEACHERS AND SCHOOL LEADERS AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS 
THEREFOR
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled:
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SECTION 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as the "Career Progression
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System for Public School Teachers and School Leaders Act".
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SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy. - It is the declared policy of the State to enhance
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the right of teachers to professional advancement, and to ensure that the teaching
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profession shall attract and retain its rightful share of the best available talents through
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adequate remuneration and other means of job satisfaction and fulfillment.
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Towards this end, the State shall implement just and equitable measures to
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provide competency-based promotion and salary increases to expand the welfare and
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professional growth of public school teachers and school leaders while advancing the
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right of each Filipino to quality education by ensuring that the system of professional
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advancement provides incentives for effective teaching and learning for improved
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learning outcomes.


SEC. 3. Definition of Terms. - As used in this Act:
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a. 
Career Progression shall refer to the professional development and 
career advancement of teachers and school leaders in terms of, but not 
limited to, standards-based competencies and skills, position and 
stature, remuneration and incentives, and qualifications and 
development goals.
b. Career Progression Line shall refer to individual tracks of professional 
advancement available to teachers and school leaders under the Career 
Progression System.
c. Career Progression System shall refer to a framework of professional 
development and career advancement along the established career 
pathways available to teachers and school leaders within the public 
basic education system.
d. Teaching Career Line shall refer to the career pathway of teachers 
involved in teaching, including those under the alternative learning 
system (ALS) as institutionalized under Republic Act No. 11510, or the 
"Alternative Learning System Act".
e. Current Career Progression shall refer to the Career Progression Lines 
available to teachers and school leaders, which are existing and 
implemented prior to the effectivity of this Act.
f. Expanded Career Progression shall refer to the Career Progression Lines 
for teachers and school leaders as provided in this Act.
g. Schooi Administration Career Line shall refer to the career pathway of 
school leaders involved in overall school administration, educational 
management, or instructional supervision.
h. Standards-Based Assessment shall refer to a competency-based 
assessment involving appropriate evaluation processes to assess the 
competencies of teachers and school leaders, which shall be required


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as a prerequisite to their promotion and increase in salary, as the case 
may be, as provided in Sec. 9 hereof.
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Supervision Career Line shall refer to the career pathway of school 
leaders involved in supervisory functions at the district, division, and 
regional levels.
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Teacher shall refer to all persons qualified under the law to practice 
teaching at the elementary and secondary levels, whether on full-time 
or part-time basis, including industrial arts, vocational, or ALS teachers 
and all other persons performing supervisory and/or administrative 
functions in all schools in the aforesaid levels.
k. School Leaders, for purposes of career progression, shall refer to 
incumbent head teachers, assistant principals, principals, and 
supervisors in the public school system who perform managerial or 
instructional supervisory roles, or both, in their respective levels of 
governance.
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Promotion, for purposes of career progression, shall refer to the 
advancement of teachers and school leaders from one position to 
another with an increase in duties and responsibilities or in the 
qualifications and competencies, and in the salaries of the incumbent as 
authorized by law, through application for vacant plantilla positions or 
reclassification of positions, subject to existing laws, rules, and 
regulations.
SEC. 4. Institutionalization of the Career Progression System for Public School 
Teachers and School Leaders. — The Career Progression System for public school 
teachers and school leaders is hereby institutionalized to promote professional 
development and career advancement among public school teachers and school 
leaders, and define the Career Progression Line of teachers and school leaders within 
the public school system, specifically in the elementary and secondary levels.


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SEC. 5. Expanded Career Progression for Public School Teachers and School 
Leaders. - The prospects for a career path for public school teachers and school 
leaders in teaching, school administration, or supervision are hereby expanded.
The positions from Teacher I to Master Teacher I shall form the bases of the 
expanded career progression system. Promotions v\/ithin the base positions shall be 
non-hierarchical, and shall be based on the principles of merit, fitness, and 
competence based on the qualifications and the professional standards, pursuant to 
Sec. 9 of this Act. Thereafter, a Master Teacher I may opt to pursue a career line in 
teaching, school administration, or supervision.
In recognition of prior learning and experience in the teaching profession, entry 
to any position within the base of the expanded career progression system shall be 
allowed: Provided, That the qualification standards approved by the Civil Service 
Commission (CSC) are met and the indicators of the career stages of the professional 
standards are achieved as affirmed by the Teacher Education Council (TEC).
For this purpose, the CSC, the Department of Education (DepEd), including the 
TEC, and the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) shall harmonize the 
qualification standards for teaching positions in all levels of the public school system, 
taking into consideration the Standards-Based Assessment as mandated in this Act. 
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) shall create the new teaching 
position titles of Teacher IV, Teacher V, Teacher VI, Teacher VII, Master Teacher V, 
Master Teacher VI, School Principal V, Education Supervisor III, Education Supervisor 
IV, and Education Supervisor V, and include the same in the Index of Occupational 
Services, Occupational Groups, Classes, and Salary Grades.
SEC. 6. Options of Incumbent Head Teachers. - All incumbent head teachers 
may apply to retain their positions and career progression line under the Current 
Career Progression, or otherwise apply for reclassification or retitling of their current 
position to the appropriate position under the Expanded Career Progression: Provided, 
That within three (3) years from the effectivity of this Act, all incumbent head teachers 
shall file the appropriate application to retain their current Career Progression Line


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under the Current Career Progression, or be retitled under the Expanded Career
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Progression, as the case may be.
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For purposes of this Act, the DepEd shall prepare a list of incumbent head
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teachers who shall retain their current positions and Career Progression Line under
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the Current Career Progression. No new item or position under the Current Career
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Progression for incumbent head teachers shall be created hereafter.
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Incumbent head teachers who apply for the reclassification or retitling of their
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current positions to the appropriate positions under the Expanded Career Progression
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can no longer revert to the previous Career Progression Line.
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All teachers, other than those incumbent head teachers who shall file the
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appropriate application to retain their current positions and Career Progression, shall
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follow the Expanded Career Progression as provided in this Act. They shall undertake
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a mandatory transition program to be developed by the National Educators Academy
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of the Philippines (NEAP).
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SEC. 7. Equivalence of Positions. - The positions in the Teaching Career Line,
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the School Administration Career Line, and the Supervision Career Line shall be
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equivalent in all salaries, benefits, and other privileges, as follows:
Teaching
Career Line
School Administration 
Career Line
Supervision
Career Line
Master Teacher II
School Principal I
Education Supervisor I
Master Teacher III
School Principal II
Education Supervisor II
Master Teacher IV
School Principal III
Education Supervisor III
Master Teacher V
School Principal IV
Education Supervisor IV
Master Teacher VI
School Principal V
Education Supervisor V


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SEC. 8. Non-Diminution in the Basic Salaries and Benefits of Incumbent Teachers
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and School Leaders. - In no case shall there be a demotion in rank or diminution of
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salary, benefits and other privileges, or both, of incumbent teachers and school leaders
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granted under existing laws, decrees, and orders, or any contract, agreement, or
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policy between them and the DepEd upon the implementation of this Act.
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SEC. 9. Promotion of Teachers and School Leaders. - Teachers and school
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leaders shall be promoted through natural vacancy or reclassification of position based
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on merit, fitness, and competence anchored on the professional standards.
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The evaluation of applicants in the Teaching Career Line shall consider subject-
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area and pedagogical knowledge, and other requirements of the professional
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standards.
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The evaluation of applicants in the School Administration and the Supervision
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Career Lines shall consider organizational and managerial effectiveness, in terms of
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productivity, performance, utility, efficiency, and other requirements of the
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professional standards.
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The DepEd shall formulate clear guidelines on assessing teachers and school
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leaders seeking promotion. The assessment process, criteria, and point system, as
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well as the Standards-Based Assessment of each teacher and school leader, shall be
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made available to the public to foster equal opportunity, transparency, and
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accountability.
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SEC. 10. Support Program for Teachers and School Leaders; Continuous
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Improvement of the Career Progression System; Quality Professional Development -
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Teachers and school leaders who do not pass the Standards-Based Assessment for
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two (2) successive assessments shall be required to undergo a support program. For
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purposes of this Act, the NEAP shall develop a special free support program for such
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teachers and school leaders in order to aid in their development.
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Further, to ensure the continuous improvement of the Career Progression
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System and enhance the right of teachers and school leaders to professional


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advancement, the TEC shall review, align, and continuously monitor the roles of the 
NEAP and the Bureau of Human Resource and Organizational Development (BHROD) 
of the DepEd.
The DepEd shall likewise ensure that the programs of the NEAP and the BHROD 
are properly aligned with the directions set by the TEC in terms of career stage 
affirmations and quality assurance of the use of professional standards adopted by 
the DepEd. Such programs must be coordinated to provide quality professional 
development programs on teacher education that are responsive to the needs of 
teachers and school leaders to be effective in teaching, school administration, or 
supervision.
SEC. 11. Appropriations. - The amount necessary for the initial implementation 
of this Act shall be charged against the current year's appropriation of either the DepEd 
or the Miscellaneous Personnel Benefits Fund, or both. Thereafter, the amount 
necessary for its continuous implementation shall be included in the annual General 
Appropriations Act.
SEC. 12. Impiementing Ruies and Reguiations. - Within ninety (90) days from 
the effectivity of this Act, the DepEd, the CSC, the PRC, and the DBM, in consultation 
with the TEC, teachers and school leaders organizations within the DepEd, and other 
education stakeholders, shall jointly issue the necessary rules and regulations for its 
effective implementation. The rules and regulations issued pursuant to this section 
shall take effect thirty (30) days after its publication in a newspaper of general 
circulation.
SEC. 13. Separability Clause. - If any provision or part of this Act is declared 
invalid or unconstitutional, the remaining provisions or parts not affected shall remain 
in full force and effect.
SEC. 14. Repealing Clause. - All other laws, executive orders, presidential 
decrees, administrative orders, rules and regulations, issuances, or parts thereof


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inconsistent with or contrary to the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed or 
amended accordingly.
SEC. 15. Effectivity. - Notwithstanding the non-issuance of the IRR, this Act shall 
take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in a 
newspaper of general circulation.
Approved,