Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS:
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL

Introduced by: REPRESENTATIVE SHERNEE A, TAN

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The framers of the 1987 Constitution explicitly mandate the State to assign the
highest budgetary priority to education and ensure that teaching and non-teaching
positions in the public sector will attract and retain its rightful share of the best available
talents through adequate remuneration and other means of job satisfaction and
fulfillment

During the pre-Martial Law era, public school teachers were one of the highly
rearded employees of the government. They received very decent pay that they could
afford to send their children to exclusive schools and could even build bigger houses
But at present time, the teaching profession has been associated with vending focinos,
/ongganisas and other commodities to augment their incomes.

The government therefore must provide a decent and adequate compensation to
public school teachers and non-teaching personnel commensurate to their valuable
contributions in nation-building by upgrading their present salary grades in order to
alleviate their standard of living and be able to cope with the high-rocketing cost prime
commodities,

This bill therefore, seeks to upgrade the salary grade of public school teachers and
non-teaching personnel in the elementary and secondary school levels from Salary Grade
11 to Salary Grade 18 and from Salary Grade 1 to Salary Grade 9 respectively

The foregoing reasons warrant the approval of this bill



Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. 5524

Introduced by: REPRESENTATIVE SHERNEE A. TAN

AN ACT
UPGRADING THE SALARY GRADE OF PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS AND.
NON-TEACHING PERSONNEL FROM SALARY GRADE Il TO SALARY
ADE 18, AND FROM SALARY GRADE 1 TO SALARY GRADE 9
D APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

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

SECTION 1 Dectaration of Policy. ~ It is hereby declared the policy of the
State to promote the welfare and economic well-being of public school teachers and non-
teaching personnel in order to ensure that public schools will attract and retain its rightful
share of the best available talents through adequate remuneration and other means of job
satisfaction and fulfillment. Toward this end, the government shall provide a decent and
adequate compensation to public school teachers commensurate to their valuable
contributions in nation-building

SEC. 2. Upgrading of Salary Grade Level. - The present salary grade of public
school teachers and non-teaching personnel in public elementary and secondary schools
shall be upxraded from Salary Grade 11 to Salary Grade 18 and from Salary Grade | to
Salary Grade 9

SEC, 3. Implementation. - The implementation of this Act shall be made in
tranche within a three-year period from the approval thereof

SEC, 4. Appropriation. ~ The amount necessary to implement this Act shall be
charged against the appropriations of the Department of Education (DepEd) of the year
following its enactment into law and thereafter


SEC. 5. Rules and Regulation. — The Department of Education (DepEd) shall
issue the necessary rules and regulations to implement this Act

SEC. 6. Repealing Clause. — All laws, executive orders. rules and regulations.
which are inconsistent with this Act are hereby amended, repealed or modified
accordingly

SEC. 7. Effectivity. ~ This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days its publication in
the Official Gazette or in any newspaper of general circulation.

Approved.