REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
‘Quezon City

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

5464

House Bill No.

Introduced by MAGDALO Party-List Representative
HON. GARY C. ALEJANO

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Teaching may be the noblest profession; but for volunteer teachers across the country, it has
failed to provide an adequate income to support their basic personal needs. A volunteer
teacher receives only a meager allowance per month for their services, which could hardly
provide for their family’s needs considering the increasing cost of living.

‘To augment their meager income, a volunteer teacher engages in various income generating
activities such as selling processed food products, clothes, cosmetics, and other sundry items.
‘The time and effort a volunteer teacher spends in pursuing these entrepreneurial endeavors
could be put to better use of improving his/her knowledge and preparing his/her lesson plans.

Despite the paltry amount he/she receives from teaching, however, a certified volunteer
teacher persists in serving his community. He/she continues to equip the youth with necessary
knowledge and guidance molding them into productive members of society.

It is in this light that this bill seeks to create plantilla positions in the Department of
Education for volunteer teachers with at least five (5) years continuous service in the
Philippine public school system and appropriating funds therefor. It is only proper that
volunteer teachers be given teaching position that will provide him/her a secure and adequate
source of livelihood, especially those who are qualified and possess the appropriate
eligibility. Furthermore, it will not only give them adequate income for their needs, but will
also accord them the dignity they truly deserve as practitioners of this noble profession.

In view of the aforesaid considerations, the approval of this bill is earnestly recommended.



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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House Bill No. D464

Introduced by MAGDALO Party-List Representative
HON. GARY C. ALEJANO

AN ACT
CREATING PLANTILLA POSITIONS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
FOR VOLUNTEER TEACHERS WITH AT LEAST FIVE (5) YEARS OF
CONTINUOUS SERVICE IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM AND
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

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

SECTION 1. The Department of Education is hereby mandated to create plantilla
teaching positions for volunteer teachers with at least five (5) years of continuous service in
the public school system in the Philippines; Provided, That to be appointed in the plantilla
position created pursuant in this Act, the volunteer must qualify and possess the appropriate
civil service eligibility requirements.

SEC. 2. The Department of Education in coordination with the Civil Service
Commission, shall promulgate rules and regulations to implement this Act within ninety (90)
days after its effectivity:

SEC. 3. The amount necessary for the effective implementation of this Act shall be
charged against the appropriations for the Department of Education under the current General
Appropriations Act Thereafter, such amount as may be necessary for the continued
implementation of this Act shall be included in the Annual General Appropriations Act

SEC. 4. All laws, decrees, orders, rules and regulations or parts thereof inconsistent
with this Act are hereby amended or modified accordingly

SEC. 5. This Act shall take effect fifteen (115) days after its publication in at least two
(2) national newspapers of general circulation.

Approved,