Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House BILL No,_38729

Introduced by: REPRESENTATIVE MAGNOLIA ROSA C. ANTONINO.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill seeks to upgrade the salary grade of public school teachers in the
elementary and high school levels from Salary Grade 11 to Salary Grade 18

In the not so distant past, public school teachers were one of the highly
regarded employees of the government. The received very decent pay that they
could afford to send their children to exclusive schools and could even build
bigger houses, But nowadays, when you talk about the teaching profession. a
not so good impression comes to mind. They are associated with vending
tocinos, longganisas and other commodities to augment their incomes

This is the most tangible reason that framers of the 1987 Constitution
explicitly mandate the State to assign the 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

The government therefore, through this important piece of legislation, shall
provide a fair and adequate compensation to public school teachers
commensurate to their valuable contributions in nation-building by upgrading
their present salary grade in order to alleviate their standard of living and be able
to cope with the needs of their families

The foregoing reasons warrant the approval of this bill

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MAGNOLIA ROSA C. ANTONINO
Representative
Fourth District, Nueva Ecija

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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session
MO

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HOUSE BILL NO.

Introduced by: REPRESENTATIVE MAGNOLIA ROSA C. ANTONINO

AN ACT
UPGRADING THE SALARY GRADE OF PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS FROM
SALARY GRADE 11 TO SALARY GRADE 18 AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS
THEREFOR

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

SECTION 1. 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. Toward this end, the government shall provide a fair
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 shall be upgraded from Salary Grade 11 to Salary Grade
18

SEC. 3. 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. 4. Rules and Regulation. — The Department of Education (DepEd)
shall issue the necessary rules and regulations to implement this Act

SEC. 5. Repealing Clause. — All laws, executive orders, rules and
regulations, which are inconsistent with this Act are hereby amended, repealed
of modified accordingly

SEC. 6, Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days its
publication in the Official Gazette or in any newspaper of general circulation

Approved,