Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Queson City

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
Second Regular Session *4

HOUSE BILL NO. 7930

Introduced by HON. LUIS RAYMUND “LRAY” F. VILLAFUERTE, JR.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Year in and out, public school teachers and non-teaching personnel face the
demands of the job while being dependent on the low salary they receive. An entry
level licensed teacher receives a gross monthly salary of PhP 19,077.00 and a non-
teaching personnel receives only PhP 9,478.00. Despite a higher net take-home pay
and allowances from the recent tax reform, the numbers remain insufficient for their

living expenses.

This bill intends to address the financial security of our public school teachers and
non-teaching personnel by giving them additional compensation on top of their
existing salary and benefits. The bill also proposes to give additional support in the
form of allowances and other remuneration, medical allowance, and a Magna Carta
bonus in relation to the implementation of Republic Act 4670, or the Magna Carta for
Public School Teachers.

To show our gratitude to teachers, who have for a chunk of our lives become our
second parents, we submit this humble legislation to aid in their financial woes

The approval of this bill is earnestly sought

” F. VILLAFUERTE, JR.


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Queson City

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS ,
Second Regular Session

7930
HOUSE BILL NO.

Introduced by HON. LUIS RAYMUND “LRAY” F. VILLAFUERTE, JR.

AN ACT
PROVIDING FOR ADDITIONAL SUPPORT AND COMPENSATION FOR
EDUCATORS IN BASIC EDUCATION

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

SECTION 1. Short Title. — This Act shall be known as the “Basic Education
Teachers Pay Increase Act.”

SECTION 2. Declaration of Policy. — \t is hereby declared the policy of the State to
promote the welfare and economic well-being of public school teachers and
personnel in basic education

SECTION 3. Definition of Terms. — As used in this Act, the following terms shall
mean:

a. Basic Education — early childhood, elementary, secondary, alternative
learning system (ALS), and education for those with special needs;

b. Locally-Funded Teacher — a public school teacher who is hired and paid for,
fully or partially, by a Local Government Unit or any other local entity in
accordance with the rules and regulations issued by the Department of
Education (DepEd);

c. Non-Teaching Personnel — officials and employees of the Department of
Education who are not defined herein as public school teachers;


d. Public School Teacher — a person engaged in: (1) actual classroom teaching
in public basic education; (2) teaching in alternative learning system (ALS); (3)
teaching and non-teaching employment with the Philippine Science High
School System; and (4) school-based supervisory, managerial, administrative,
and/or technical functions in public basic education.

SECTION 4. Beneficiaries. — The Additional Supper and Compensation provided for
in this Act shall cover the following: public school teachers, locally-funded teachers,
Philippine Science High School System teaching and non-teaching personnel, and
non-teaching personnel of the DepEd, excluding those occupying positions from
salary grade level 30, under the DepEd schedule of salaries, and/or Assistant
Secretary upwards.

SECTION 5. Additional Compensation. — An amount of Ten Thousand Pesos (PhP
10,000.00) per month shall be granted to those mentioned in Section 4 of this Act as
additional compensation to their existing salary and benefits. Provided, That said
amount shall be paid in three (3) tranches, as follows:

First Year — PhP 4,000 per month:
Second Year — an additional PhP 3,000 per month;
Third Year — another additional PhP 3,000 per month

Provided further, That in succeeding years, said support compensation shall be
continuously paid in full to the beneficiaries. Provided furthermore, That said
additional compensation shall be considered as part of the basic salary for the
purpose of computing retirement pays and bonuses that the beneficiaries under this
Act are entitled to. Provided finally, That the support granted under this Act shall be
without prejudice to future increases in the basic pay of the herein beneficiaries

SECTION 6. Additional Support. — The following additional support is hereby
authorized:

a. Support in the form of allowances and other remuneration funded from local
school board funds. — Any law, executive issuance, department order, local


ordinance, and the like, to the contrary notwithstanding, the Local School
Boards, as defined in the 1991 Local Government Code, are hereby
authorized to augment the existing allowances of herein beneficiaries to be
sourced from the Special Education Fund (SEF): Provided, That the
implementation of this authority shall not in any way prejudice the required
budgetary allocation to address the school building and classroom shortage in
the area;

b. Medical Allowance — The herein beneficiaries shall receive an allowance for
medical check-up in the amount of One Thousand Pesos (Php 1,000.00) per
year,

c. Magna Carta Bonus — In consideration of the many unenjoyed and
unimplemented provisions of Republic Act 4670 or the Magna Carta for Public
School Teachers of 1966, the DepEd is hereby authorized to grant an annual
Magna Carta Bonus to public school teachers and non-teaching personnel of
the DepEd. The maximum amount of the Magna Carta bonus shall be
equivalent to the entitlement a teacher or a non-teaching personnel should
have received under the Republic Act No. 4670 but which has not been
realized in a given budget year. Congress shall appropriate the funding for
this bonus upon the recommendation of the DepEd

SECTION 7. Appropriation. - The amount necessary to carry out the initial
implementation of this Act shall be sourced from the current budget of the DepEd
Thereafter, such sum as maybe necessary for the continued implementation of this
Act shall be in the annual General Appropriations Act (GAA).

SECTION 8. Transitory Provision. — Notwithstanding Section 2 (b) of this Act, all
locally-funded teachers shall enjoy the benefits herein granted: Provided, That within
three (3) years from the approval of this Act, locally-funded teachers who fail to
comply with said Section 2 (b) shall cease to be covered by this Act.

SECTION 9. Implementing Rules and Regulations. — Within sixty (60) days from
the effectivity of this Act, the DepEd shall promulgate the necessary rules and
regulations for the effective implementation of this Act.


SECTION 10. Separability Clause. — Should any provision herein be declared
unconstitutional, the same shall not affect the validity of the other provisions of this
Act.

SECTION 11. Repealing Clause. — Alll laws, decrees, orders, rules, and regulations
or other issuances or parts inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby
repealed, amended, or modified accordingly

SECTION 12. Effectivity Clause. — This Act shall take effect in fifteen (15) days

after publication in the Official Gazette or in one (1) newspaper of general circulation
in the Philippines.

Approved,