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COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 
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Submitted Jointly by the Committees on Education, Arts and Culture; Civil 
Service 
and 
Government 
Reorganization; 
and 
Finance 
on 
JUN 1 I 2008 
Re: Senate Bill No. 
Recommending its approval in substitution of S.B. Nos. 69, 137, 756 
Sponsors: Senators Alan Peter S. Cayetano, Edgardo J. Angara, Francis 
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1544, 1611, 1955, and 2300. 
N. Pangilinan, Juan Miguel F. Zubiri, and Loren B. Legarda 
Mr. President: 
The Committees on Education, Arts and Culture; Civil Service and 
Government Reorganization; and Finance to which were primarily and 
secondarily referred Senate Bill No. 69, introduced by Senator Angara, entitled: 
“AN ACT 
UPGRADING THE MINIMUM SALARY GRADE LEVEL OF TEACHERS FROM 
SALARY GRADE 10 TO 19” 
Senate Bill No. 137, introduced by Senator Pangilinan, entitled: 
“AN ACT 
INCREASING THE SALARY GRADE OF PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS 
FROM SALARY GRADE 10 TO 20 AND PROVIDING FUNDS 
THEREFOR” 
Senate Bill No. 756, introduced by Senator Trillanes IV, entitled: 
“AN ACT 
INCREASING THE MINIMUM SALARY GRADE OF PUBLIC SCHOOL 
TEACHERS FROM SALARY GRADE 10 TO 20 AND PROVIDING 
FUNDS THEREFOR” 
Senate Bill No. 1544, introduced by Senator Zubiri, entitled: 
“AN ACT 
UPGRADING THE MINIMUM SALARY GRADE LEVEL OF PUBLIC 
SCHOOL TEACHERS IN ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY LEVELS 
FROM GRADE 10 TO GRADE 18 AND AUTHORIZING THE 
APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS THEREFOR” 


Senate Bill No. 161 1 introduced by Senator Legarda, entitled: 
“AN ACT 
UPGRADING THE MINIMUM SALARY GRADE LEVEL OF TEACHERS 
FROM SALARY GRADE 10 TO 19” 
Senate Bill No. 1955, introduced by Senator Revilla Jr., entitled: 
“AN ACT 
INCREASING THE SALARY GRADE OF PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS 
FROM SALARY GRADE 10 TO 20 AND PROVIDING FUNDS 
THEREFOR” 
Senate Bill No. 2300, introduced by Senator Santiago, entitled: 
“AN ACT 
INCREASING THE SALARY GRADE OF PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS 
FROM SALARY GRADE $0 TO 20 AND PROVIDING FUNDS 
THEREFOR” 
have considered the same and have the honor to report them&‘ilf& 
the Senate 
with the recommendation that the attached bill, S.B. No. 
, prepared 
by the Committees, entitled: 
“AN ACT 
PROVIDING FOR ADDITIONAL SUPPORT AND COMPENSATION FOR 
EDUCATORS IN BASIC EDUCATION” 
be approved in substitution of S. B. Nos. 69, 137, 756, 1544, 1611, 1955, and 
2300, with Senators Angara, Pangilinan, Trillanes IV, Zubiri, Legarda, Revilla Jr., 
Santiago, and Cayetano, Alan Peter as authors thereof. 
Respectfully submitted: 
Committee on Finance 
Member, Committee on Education, 
Arts and Culture 
ALAIN PETER s. CAYETANO 
Chairperson 
Committee on Education, Arts 
and Culture 
Member, Committee on Civil 
Service and Government 
Reorganization 
PANFILO M. LACSON 
Acting Chairperson 
Committee on Civil Service and Government Reorganization 
Member, Committee on Finance 


Members 
EDGARDO J. ANGARA 
JOKER P. ARROYO 
Member, Committee on Education, Arts Member, Committee on Finance 
and Culture, Committee on Finance, 
and Committee on Civil Service and 
Government Reorganization 
MIRIAM DEFENSOR SANTIAGO . 
Memberflommittee on Finance 
. GORDON 
er, Committee on Education, Arts 
ulture, Committee on Finance, 
and Committee on Civil Service and 
Government Reorganization 
OR10 B. HONASAN II 
S. CAYETANO 
Committee on Education, Arts 
Committee on Finance, 
and Committee on Civil Service and 
Government Reorganization 
Education, Arts 
and Culture and Committee on Finance 
MANUEL M. LAPID 
RAMON B. REVILLA JR. . 
Member, Committee on Education, Arts Member, Committee on Education, Arts 
and Culture and Committee on Finance and Culture and Committee on Finance 
Education. Arts 
FRANCIS & 
G. ESCUDERO 
Member, Committee on Educ 
and Culture, Committee on FG' ance, 
and Committee on Civil Service and 
Government Reorganization 
and Culture and Committee on Finance 
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LOREN 
M.A. MADRIGAL 
Member, Committee on Education, Arts Member, Committee on Education, Arts 
and Culture and Committee on Finance and Culture and Committee on Finance 
ation, Arts Member, Committee on Education, Arts 
n Finance and Culture and Committee on Finance 
ANTONIO F. TRILLANES IV 1 
Member, Committee on Education, Arts 
and Culture and Committee on Finance 


Ex-Officio Members 
PANGILINAN 
AQUlLlNO Q. PIMENTEL, JR. 
Minority Leader 
HON. MANNY VILLAR 
President 
Senate of the Philippines 
Pasay City 


FOURTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
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(In Substitution of Senate Bill Nos. 69, 137, 756, 1544, 1611, 1955, and 2300) 
Introduced by Senators Alan Peter S .  Cayetano, Edgardo J. Angara, 
Francis N. Pangilinan, Antonio F. Trillanes IV, Juan Miguel F. Zubiri, Loren B. 
Legarda, Ramon B. Revilla Jr., Miriam Defensor Santiago and the members of 
the Committees on Education, Arts and Culture; Civil Service and Government 
Reorganization; and Finance 
AN ACT 
PROVIDING FOR ADDITIONAL SUPPORT AND COMPENSATION FOR 
EDUCATORS IN BASIC EDUCATION 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the 
Philippines in Congress Assembled: 
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SECTION 1. 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. 2. Definition of Terms- 
a. Basic Education- shall refer to early childhood, elementary, secondary, 
alternative learning system (ALS), and education for those with special 
needs: 
b. Locally-Funded Teacher- shall refer 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- shall refer to officials and employees of the 
Department of Education who are not defined herein as public school 
teachers; 
d. Public School Teacher- shall refer to a person engaged in: (1) actual 
classroom teaching in public basic education; (2) teaching in alternative 


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learning system (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. 3. Beneficiaries- 
The Additional Support and Compensation 
provided for in this Act shall cover the following: 1) public school teachers, 2) 
locally-funded teachers, 3) Philippine Science High School System teaching and 
non-teaching personnel, and 4) non- teaching personnel of the DepEd, excluding 
those occupying positions from salary grade level 30, under the DepEd schedule 
of salaries, and/or Assistant Secretary upwards. 
SEC. 4. Additional Compensation, 
An amount of Nine Thousand 
Pesos (Php9,000.00) per month shall be granted to those mentioned in Sec. 3 of 
this Act as additional compensation to their existing salary and benefits: 
Provided, That said amount shall be paid in three (3) equal tranches, as follows: 
First Year - 
P3,OOO per month; 
Second Year - 
an additional P3,OOO per month: 
Third Year - 
another additional P3,OOO per month; 
Provided further, That in succeeding years, said support compensation 
shall be continuously paid in full to the beneficiaries: Provided furthermore, That 
said additional compensation shall be considered as part of the basic salary for 
the purpose of computing retirement pays and bonuses that the beneficiaries 
under this Act are entitled to: Provided finally, That the support granted under this 
Act shall be without prejudice to future increases in the basic pay of the herein 
beneficiaries. 
SEC. 5. Additional Support. -- The following additional support is hereby 
authorized: 
a. Supporf in the form of allowances and other remunerafion funded from 
local school board funds 
Any law, executive issuance, department order, local ordinance, 
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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 allowance for medical 
check-up in the amount of One Thousand Pesos (PI ,000.00) per year. 
c. Magna Carta Bonus 
In consideration of the many unenjoyed and unimplemented 
provisions of Republic Act 4670 or the Magna Carta for Public 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 RA 4670 but which has not been realized in a given 
budget year. The funding for this bonus shall be sourced from savings or 
other sources as may be determined by the DepEd. 
SEC. 6. Appropriation,- 
To immediately implement the provisions of this 
Act, the initial funding shall be sourced from the savings of the Executive branch 
of the government and other possible sources that may be determined by the 
Office of the President, and subsequent funds needed shall be included in the 
General Appropriations Act for the year following the approval of this Act. 
SEC. 7 .  Transitory Provision. - 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 
fail to comply with said Section 2 (b) shall cease to be covered by this Act. 
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SEC. 8. Separability Cfause.- Should any provision herein be declared 
unconstitutional, the same shall not affect the validity of the other provisions of 
this Act. 
SEC. 9. Repealing C/ause.-- 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. I O .  €ffecfivify.- This Act shall take effect immediately after its 
publication in the Official Gazette or in any newspaper of general circulation in 
the Philippines. 
Approved, 
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