NINETEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
first Regular Session
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SENATE 
S. No.___4
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Introduced by Senator Loren B. Legarda
AN ACT
UPGRADING THE MINIMUM SALARIES OF PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS 
TO SALARY GRADE 15, TEACHING PERSONNEL IN HIGHER EDUCATION 
TO SALARY GRADE 16, AND OF NON-TEACHING PERSONNEL TO SIXTEEN
THOUSAND PESOS (Php 16,000.00)
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Even though the Salary Standardization Law was amended in 2020 through 
Republic Act 11466, public school teachers, faculty of state and local universities and 
colleges, and education sector personnel are still struggling to afford a decent living, 
especially with the recent increase in the prices of commodities.
Teachers are given increases of about Six Thousand Pesos (Php 6,000.00) spread 
across four years or approximately One Thousand Five Hundred (Php 1,500.00) 
annually. In addition, income taxes will further reduce their net income, as salaries go 
beyond the Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Pesos (Php 250,000.00) cap for exemption. 
These insufficient increases will only be used to pay off inflated prices of goods.
Republic Act 4670 or the Magna Carta for Public School Teachers mandates that 
teachers be insured with a reasonable standard of life for themselves and their 
families. Hence, this measure seeks substantial salary increases through salary 
upgrading for teachers and education sector personnel to reduce the gap between 
their salaries and the increasing cost of living. The measure also proposes the annual


adjustment of salaries to ensure that the teaching personnel will be able to keep up 
with the inflation.
This measure shall compensate the country's frontliners of education for their 
hard work and utmost dedication. In addition, it will also compensate for their added 
efforts for distance learning in line with the pandemic.
For these reasons, immediate approval of this bill is sought.
RENLEGARDA


NINETEENTH CONGRESS OF THE ) 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
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First Regular Session 
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■22 JUL-4 A8 29
SENATE
s" No. 4
RECEIVED BV;
Introduced by Senator Loren B. Legarda
AN ACT
UPGRADING THE MINIMUM SALARIES OF PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS 
TO SALARY GRADE 15, TEACHING PERSONNEL IN HIGHER EDUCATION 
TO SALARY GRADE 16, AND OF NON-TEACHING PERSONNEL TO SIXTEEN
THOUSAND PESOS (Php 16,000.00)
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress 
assembled:
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Section 1. Declaration of Policy. - It is hereby declared the policy of the State to 
alleviate the living conditions of government employees and to guarantee employees' 
rights to living wage. The State policies of ensuring that education receives the highest 
budgetary priority and 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 are hereby reiterated. In the formulation of decisions with regard to 
education reforms, the State shall likewise hold paramount the protection and 
promotion of the right of citizens to quality education at all levels and the rights of 
education workers to human conditions of work and a living wage.
Sec. 2. Raising of the Minimum Salaries of Public School Teachers in Basic Education. 
- The present minimum salary grade level of public school teachers shall be upgraded 
from Salary Grade 11 to Salary Grade 15. Salary grade levels of those occupying higher 
positions shall be adjusted accordingly.
Sec. 3. Rjiising of the Minimum Salaries of Public Teaching Personnel in Higher 
Education. - The present minimum salary grade level of teaching personnel or 
instructors in public universities and colleges shall be upgraded from Salary Grade 12


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to Salary Grade 16. Salary grade levels of all other teaching personnel occupying
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higher positions shall be adjusted accordingly.
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Sec. 4. Raising of the Minimum Salaries of Regular Employees in Public Elementary
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and High Schools. - The present salary of a regular entry-level position in government
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service shall not be less than Sixteen Thousand Pesos (PHP16,000) a month. The
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salaries of those occupying higher positions shall be adjusted accordingly.
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Sec. 5. Annual Adjustment of Salaries. - Salaries of public school teachers and
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non-teaching personnel shall be adjusted annually to keep pace with the cost of living.
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The Department of Budget and Management (DBM), in consultation with public
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sector unions, shall recommend to Congress the appropriation of the necessary funds.
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Sec. 6. Rules and Regulations. - The Department of Education, the Commission
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on Higher Education, and the DBM shall promulgate the necessary rules and
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regulations of the provisions of this Act.
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Sec. 7. Appropriations. - The amount necessary for the initial implementation of
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this Act shall be taken from the current appropriations. Thereafter, funds needed in
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subsequent years shall be included in the General Appropriations Act.
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Sec. 8. Separability Clause. - Should any provision herein be declared
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unconstitutional, the same shall not affect the validity of the other provisions of this
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Act.
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Sec. 9. Repealing Clause. - All laws, executive orders, presidential decrees, rules
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and regulation or parts thereof inconsistent with any provisions of this Act are hereby
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repealed, amended, or modified accordingly.
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Sec. 10. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its
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publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.
Approved,