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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

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HOUSE BILL NO. fasten

Introduced by Hon. Josephine Y. Ramirez Sato

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Article 14, Section 5 of the 1987 Constitution provides that 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.

Likewise, Article 1, Section 1 of Republic Act 4670, the "Magna Carta for Public
School Teachers", also state that It is hereby declared to be the policy of this Act to
promote and improve the social and economic status of public school teachers, their
living and working conditions, their terms of employment and career prospects in order
that they may compare favorably with existing opportunities in other walks of life,
attract and retain in the teaching profession more people with the proper qualifications,
it being recognized that advance in education depends on the qualifications and ability
of the teaching staff and that education is an essential factor in the economic growth
of the nation as a productive investment of vital importance.

However, a closer look at the current remuneration of teachers in the public-

school system reveals that:


4. Even with the recent salary increase by virtue of the Salary Standardization Law
and Executive Order No. 201, series of 2016: Modifying the Salary Schedule for
Civilian Government Personnel And Authorizing The Grant Of Additional Benefits
For Both Civilian And Military And Uniformed Personnel, there is still inadequate
take-home pay for teachers; and,

2. The abovementioned policies on salary increase also widened the pay gap inequity
among the public school teaching profession.

Data from the Department of Education (DepEd) show that out of its 889,700
personnel, Teacher |, II and Ill make up 83% of DepEd’s personnel. From 1989 to
1995, teacher pay at all levels were relatively stable before the increase in 1996. The
next significant increase for teachers at all levels happened in 2007, during the Arroyo
Administration. However, it is during this time that the inequity in pay levels increased.
This is observed through the increasing pay gap between Teachers |-iV and Master
Teachers I-III. As of 2018, the gap in pay between a Master Teacher 1 and Teacher
Ill was PhP 13,861 compared to only PhP 3,224 in 2007. As stated, this has resulted
in increasing inequity between those filling the ranks of Teaches I-IIl and higher
positions.

Also, the starting salary schedule of Teachers I-III increased by an average of
only 11% when accounting for the pay increase per SG level from the first tranche in
2016 to the fourth tranche in 2019 (pursuant to Executive Order No. 201, Series of
2016). Meanwhile, anyone working as Master Teacher |, one level higher than Teacher
lll, would have experienced a similar increase of 21%.

Clearly, the rhetoric on ensuring adequate and equitable remuneration for our
public school teachers and the actual investment and budgets allocated for this does

not match.

This bill therefore seeks to increase the salary grade of public school teachers
in elementary and secondary schools who are currently classified as Teacher |,
Teacher Il and Teacher Ill from Salary Grade 11, 12, and 13, respectively, to Salary
Grade 13,14 and 15.


Given the potential benefits this measure will give to public school teachers, the
public education sector and ultimately, the entire country, this proposed measure
should be considered and approved by the House of Representatives with all
deliberate dispatch.

SATO

Long District, Occidental Mindoro


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILLNO. 3607

Introduced by Hon. Josephine Y. Ramirez Sato

AN ACT RATIONALIZING THE EQUITABLE SALARIES OF TEACHERS
BY INCREASING THE SALARY GRADE OF TEACHER I TO TEACHER III,
AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

SEC. 1. Declaration of Policy. - \t is hereby declared the policy of the State to
promote and advance the social and economic status of public school teachers in
order to ensure that they enjoy the benefits commensurate to their invaluable role in
national development. In pursuance of such policy, the State shall ensure that the
teaching profession will attract and retain its rightful share of the best available talents
through adequate remuneration and other means of job satisfaction and fulfillment.

SEC. 2. Coverage. - This Act shall apply to all public school teachers in the
elementary and secondary schools who are presently classified as Teacher |, Teacher
Il and Teacher Ill.

SEC. 3. Salary Grade Adjustment - The modified salary schedule of Teacher
| to Teacher II! shall be as follows:


Current Salary
Teacher Level Modified Salary Grade Level
Grade Level
Teacher | Salary Grade 11 Salary Grade 13
Teacher II Salary Grade 12 Salary Grade 14
Teacher III Salary Grade 13 Salary Grade 15

SEC. 4. Appropriations. - The amount necessary for the implementation of
this Act shall be included in the General Appropriations Act for the year following its

approval.

SEC. 5. Implementing Rules and Regulations. - Within sixty (60) days from
the effectivity of this Act, the Department of Budget and Management, in
coordination with DepEd, shall promulgate and issue the necessary guidelines for
the effective implementation of this Act.

SEC. 6. Separability Cause. - if for any reason, a provision or part hereof is
declared invalid, other provisions not affected thereby shall remain in full force and
effect.

SEC. 7. Repealing Cause. - All laws, decrees, executive orders, rules and
regulations contrary or inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby
repealed or modified accordingly.

SEC. 8. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its
publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,