EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session
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S E N A T E
S. No. 1131
Introduced by Senator Ralph G. Recto
AN ACT
CREATING HIGHER LEVEL TEACHING POSITIONS OF PUBLIC SCHOOL 
TEACHERS AND PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR
Explanatory Note
Our public school teachers—the largest personnel complement in government 
service—have gained continued improvements in their compensation in the last two 
decades. The basic monthly salary of a Teacher I under Salary Grade (SG)-IO in 2000 of 
P9,466 has since increased to P20,754 in 2019 under SG-11, or a 119% increase.
Pursuant to Executive Order (EO) No. 219, s. 2000, a Teacher I was classified 
under SG-10, Teacher II under SG-11, and Teacher III under SG-12. Meanwhile a 
Master Teacher II—the highest teaching position then—was classified under SG-17. 
Several years after. Master Teacher III and Master Teacher IV positions were created in 
2010 and 2012, respectively.
It was in 2009 when the SG assignment of a Teacher I was raised to one grade 
higher to SG-11 in an attempt to place the compensation of public teachers at par with 
the other professionals in the government service and with the compensation scheme in 
the private sector. Currently, under EO No. 201, s. 2016, a Teacher I receives a basic 
monthly salary of P20,754.
Despite the continued increases in salary, although its adequacy remains 
debatable, there has been an observed discontinuity in the career progression in the 
teaching career line. The four-salary grade gap between a Teacher III (SG-13) and a 
Master Teacher I (SG-18) pushes some of the teachers to shift to the school
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administration career line starting with Head Teacher I (SG-14) for higher compensation 
even as the job veers away from actual classroom teaching and regardless of their 
aptitude for supervisory duties and responsibilities.
The Career Progression System is designed for public school teachers to attach a 
premium to classroom effectiveness and allow teachers to remain in the classroom while 
advancing in status and compensation. The system provides for equivalence in duties, 
recognition and compensation for whatever career line a teacher chooses.
Many teachers in the teaching career line are stranded for years, in dead-end 
positions where their promotion is delayed or deemed impossible because of missing 
rungs in the Department of Education (DepEd) career ladder. One reason often given on 
why only a few of the more than 200,000 Teacher III holders eventually make it to the 
Master Teacher items is the lack of available positions and the corresponding funding.
To break the glass ceiling which prevents the career progression of the truly 
deserving, this bill proposes to create four new teaching position levels namely. Teacher 
IV, V, VI, VII with respective salary grades 14, 15, 16, and 17. These are the bridge 
items to Master Teacher I. Existing teaching positions may be reclassified to the higher 
teaching position proposed under this bill.
One of the pillars of civil service is the predictability of meritorious promotion. 
This proposal is aligned with the DepEd's commitment to expand the welfare and 
professional growth of its teaching personnel by ensuring that teachers' promotion and 
salary increase will be based on competency and not just on the availability of vacancy 
in higher positions.
In view of the foregoing, immediate approval ophiTUIH is earnestly sought.
RALPH G


EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session
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S E N A T E
S. No. 1131
Introduced by Senator Ralph G. Recto
AN ACT
CREATING HIGHER LEVEL TEACHING POSITIONS OF PUBLIC SCHOOL 
TEACHERS AND PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR
Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the Philippines in 
Congress assembled:
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Section 1. This Act shall be known as the " Teaching Career Progression A ct.
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Sec. 2. Declaration o f Policy. - Pursuant to the constitutional mandate that the
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State shall enhance the right of teachers to professional advancement, it shall
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implement just and equitable measures to provide competency-based promotion and
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salary increases to expand the welfare and professional growth of its teaching
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personnel.
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Sec. 3. 
Creation o f New Teaching Position Titles and Salary Grade
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Assignment. - The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) is hereby
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authorized to create the following teaching positions with its corresponding salary
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grade:
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Level Position 
Salary Grade
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Teacher IV 
SG-14
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Teacher V 
SG-15
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Teacher VI 
SG-16
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Teacher VII 
SG-17
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The corresponding salaries shall be determined and adjusted periodically in
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accordance with presidential issuances or as may be provided by law.
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Sec. 4. Position Reclassification. - The DBM, in coordination with the
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Department of Education (DepEd), may reclassify existing teaching positions to the
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higher positions created in Section 3 for qualified teachers: Provided, That the
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staffing pattern shall be in accordance with the organizational structure and staffing
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requirement as determined by the DepEd and approved by the DBM: Provided
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further, That other classes of teaching and administrative positions shall be reviewed
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for their appropriate level or title, and be allocated to their proper salary grades, as
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may be necessary.
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Accordingly, the DBM shall update the Index of Occupational Services,
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Occupational Groups, Classes, and Salary Grades, in accordance with the provisions
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of this Act.
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Sec. 5. Basis o f Ciassification o f Positions. - The DBM, in consultation with the
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DepEd and the Civil Service Commission (CSC) shall use the following as basis of
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reclassification to the new higher level teaching positions:
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(a) academic or educational preparation;
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(b) teaching experience including those in private schools; and
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(c) training and extra-curricular activities for professional growth.
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Sec. 6. Non-Diminution in the Basic Saiaries and Benefits o f Incumbent
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Empioyees. - In no case shall there be a demotion in rank and/or diminution of
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salary, benefits and other privileges of incumbent employees granted under existing
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laws, decrees, orders or any contract, agreement or policy between employee and
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employer upon the implementation of this law.
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Sec. 7. Funding Source. -  The amount necessary to implement the newly-
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created higher level teaching positions shall be charged against appropriations
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provided for the purpose in the General Appropriations Act.
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Sec. 8. Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR). -  Within sixty (60) days
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upon approval of this Act, the DepEd, DBM and the CSC shall promulgate the
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necessary rules and regulations for the effective implementation of the provisions of
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this Act. The IRR may establish a schedule for the phasing of the implementation of
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the creation/reclassification of teaching positions subject to the availability of funds.
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Sec. 9. Separability Clause. -  If any provision of this Act is declared
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unconstitutional or invalid, other parts or provisions hereof not affected thereby shall
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continue to be in full force and effect.


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Sec. 10. Repealing Clause. -  All laws, orders, issuances, circulars, rules and
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regulations or parts thereof, which are inconsistent with the provisions of this Act
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are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.
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Sec. 11. Effectivity. -  This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its
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publication in the Official Gazette or in at least two (2) newspapers of general
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circulation.
Approved,