Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City
19" Congress

First Regular Session

House Bill No. 3798

Introduced by REP. MARIA VANESSA C. AUMENTADO

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Constitution mandates the State to protect and promote the right of all
citizens to quality education at all levels and shall take appropriate steps to make such
education accessible to all

The State is likewise mandated to assign its highest budgetary priority to
education and ensure that teaching will attract and retain its rightful share of the best
available talents through adequate remuneration and other means of job satisfaction
and fulfillment.

Indeed, teachers are vital in the promotion of our citizen's academic progress,
thus, the need to commensurate their vital role of ensuring quality education in the
country.

This proposed measure seeks to provide an additional benefit to public school
teachers in order to entice, motivate and encourage them continued service. The
proposed bill also seeks to provide our public school teachers access to free
education. It aimed at promoting high morale among our educators, and to entice more
teachers to render their services in the public school system.

This proposed bill, hopes that in turn, the public teaching profession will be an
attractive choice of career, thereby producing more educators to serve the growing
population of public-school students; it seeks to enhance the quality of the country's
public education.

As such, the passage of this bill is earnestly recommended.

MARIA vance AUMENTADO


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City
19" Congress

First Regular Session

House Bill No.__ 3798

Introduced by Rep. MARIA VANESSA C. AUMENTADO

AN ACT
PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIP AND
RETURN SERVICE PROGRAM FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS AND THEIR
CHILDREN

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

SECTION 1. Title. — This Act shall be known as the “Establishment of Academic
Scholarship and Return Service Program for Public School Teachers and their
Children Act of 2022”

SECTION 2. Declaration of Policy. — It is hereby declared the Policy of the State to
ensure that teaching will attract and retain its rightful share of the best available talents
through adequate remuneration and other means of job satisfaction and fulfillment. It
is also the declared policy of the State to promote social justice by expanding access
to quality education and creating opportunities for underprivileged Filipino citizens.

SECTION 3. General Objectives. — Pursuant to the Constitutional mandate to protect
and promote the right of all citizens to quality education at all levels, the mandate to
make such education accessible to all, in order to ensure that teaching will attract and
retain its rightful share of the best available talents through adequate remuneration
and other means of job fulfillment, scholarships grants shall be provided to public
‘school teachers and their children.

SECTION 4. Definition.

(a) Public Schoo! Teachers. — Eligible teachers of public schools, colleges, and
universities operated by the Philippine government or its political subdivisions,
but shall not cover school nurses, school physicians, school dentists, and other
school employees;

(b) Scholarship Grants. ~ Shall cover tuition and miscellaneous fees, allowance for
prescribed books, school supplies, and equipment, clothing or uniform


SECTION 11. Repealing Clause. - All laws, decrees, executive orders, proclamations,
rules and regulations, and other issuances which are inconsistent with or contrary to
the provisions of this Act are hereby amended, modified, or repealed accordingly.

SECTION 12. Effectivity Clause. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days following
Its publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.

Approved