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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES )
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Senate Bill No.
83
Introduced by Senator Juan Miguel F. Zubiri
AN ACT
PROVIDING FOR ADDITIONAL SUPPORT AND COMPENSATION FOR 
EDUCATORS IN BASIC EDUCATION
EXPLANATORY NOTE
An entry level Teacher 1 position is classified under Salary Grade 11 and 
receives P25,439.00 in gross monthly compensation under the third tranche of the 
Salary Standardization Law that took on January 1, 2022 while an entry level non­
teaching personnel classified under Salary Grade 1 receives even less with 
P12,517.00 in gross monthly salary.
With this bill, teaching and non-teaching personnel will receive an additional 
compensation of P10,000.00 per month to be paid in three tranches. On top of 
this, they will also be entitled to medical allowance, magna carta bonus, and 
support in the form of allowances and remuneration funded from local school 
board funds. This pay hike will attract more qualified and competent teachers to 
consider a career in the public school sector. This measure assures teachers that 
they will be receiving an increase in their salaries, following appeals from the 
sector, to allow them to cope with the increasing cost of living.
With the government giving focus on improving school facilities through 
infrastructure projects, attention should also be given to the economic well-being 
of our teaching and non-teaching staff who serves as the core of the education 
system. For teachers not only teach but contribute to nation building as they mold 
a brighter future for the forthcoming generations.
In view of the foregoing, the approval of this bill is earnestly ^ught.
UAN MIGUEL F. ZUBIRI


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NINETEENTH CONGRESS OF THE ) 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES )
First Regular Session 
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SENATE
Senate Bill No. 83
‘22 JUL-7 P2.11
R£C€IVE0 BY:
Introduced by Senator Juan Miguel F. Zubiri
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.
SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy, - It 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.
SEC. 3. Definition of Terms, - As used in this Act, the following terms 
shall mean:
a) Basic Education refers to early childhood, elementary, secondary, 
alternative learning system (ALS), and education for those with special 
needs.
b) Locally Funded Teacher refers to 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 refer to officials and employees of the Department 
of Education who are not defined herein as public school teachers.
d) Public School Teacher refers to a person engaged in: (1) actual classroom 
teaching in public basic education; (2) teaching in 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.


SEC. 4. Beneficiaries. - The Additional Support and Compensation 
provided for in this Act shali cover the foilowing; pubiic schooi teachers, localiy- 
funded teachers, Phiiippine Science High Schooi System teaching and non-teaching 
personnei, and non-teaching personnei of the DepEd, exciuding those occupying
positions from saiary grade levei 30, under the DepEd scheduie of saiaries, are/or 
Assistant Secretary upwards.
SEC. 5. Additional Compensation. - An amount often Thousand Pesos 
(PHP 10,000.00) per month shali be granted to those mentioned in Section 4 of 
this Act as additional compensation to their existing salary and benefits: Provided, 
That said amount shali be paid in three (3) tranches, as follows:
First Year - PHP 4,000.00 per month;
Second Year - an additional PHP 3,000.00 per month; and 
Third Year - another additional PHP 3,000.00 per month.
Provided further. That in succeeding years, said support compensation shail be 
continuousiy paid in fuil to the beneficiaries. Provided furthermore. That said 
additionai compensation shaii be considered as part of the basic saiary for the 
purpose of computing retirement pays and bonuses that the beneficiaries under 
this Act are entitied to. Provided finaiiy, That the support granted under this Act 
shali be without prejudice to future increases in the basic pay of the herein 
beneficiaries.
SEC. 6. Additional Support, - The following additional support is hereby
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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 annual
allowance for medical check-up in the amount of One Thousand Pesos (PHP 
1,000.00)
c) Magna Carta Bonus. - In consideration of the many unenjoyed and 
unimplemented provisions of Republic At 4670 or the Magna Carta for Public
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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 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.
SEC. 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 may be necessary for the continued implementation of 
this Act shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act (GAA).
SEC. 8. Transitory Provisions. - 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 fall to comply with said Section 2 (b) shall cease to be covered by this Act.
SEC. 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.
SEC. 10. Separability Clause. - Should any provision herein be declared 
unconstitutional, the same shall not affect the validity of the other provisions of 
this Act.
SEC. 11. Repeating Clause. - All laws, decrees, orders, rules, and 
regulations or other issuances or parts inconsistent with the provisions of this Act 
are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.
SEC. 12. Effectivity Clause. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days 
after its publication in the Official Gazette or in any two (2) newspapers of general 
circulation in the Philippines.
Approved,