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

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

4134
HOUSE BILL NO.

Introduced by HON. JUMEL ANTHONY I. ESPINO

EXPLANATORY NOTE

In various pronouncements, President Rodrigo R. Duterte promised public
school teachers that they will be granted an increase in their salaries in order to
cope with rising inflation

At present, an entry level Teacher 1 position has a Salary Grade 11 and
receives P 20,754.00 in gross monthly compensation under the fourth tranche of
the Salary Standardization Law implemented last January 2019 while an entry
level non-teaching personnel classified under Salary Grade I receives even less
with P 11,068.00 in gross monthly salary

If this bill is favourably considered, teaching and non-teaching personnel
will receive an additional P10,000 per month to be paid in three tranches, They
will also be entitled to medical allowance, magna carta bonus, and support in the
form of allowances and remuneration funded from local school board funds
With these incentives, it will hopefully attract more qualified and competent
teachers to consider a career in the public school sector.

Side by side with the improvement of school infrastructure and facilities,
the welfare and economic well-being of the teaching and non-teaching staff
should also be given utmost attention as they mould our children as future
leaders, businessmen, professionals, and labor force

In view of the foregoing, the approval of this bill is earnestly sought.



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

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL No._ ‘134

Introduced by HON. JUMEL ANTHONY I. ESPINO

PROVID! FOR

/ SUPPOR AND
COMPENSATION FOR EDUCATORS IN BA

EDUCATION

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

Congress assembled:
SECTION 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as the “Basic
Education Teachers Pay Increase Act”.

SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy. - \t 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. 3. Definition of Terms. - As used in this Act, the foliowing
terms shall mean

a) Basic Education refers to early childhood, elementary, secondary,
alternative learning system (ALS), and education for those with special
needs

b) Locally Funded Teacher refers 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 refer to officials and employees of the
Department of Education who are not defined herein as public school
teachers.


d) Public School Teacher refers to a person engaged in:
(1) actual classroom teaching in public basic education;
(2) teaching in 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. 4. Beneficiaries. - The Additional Support and Compensation
provided for in this Act shall cover the following: public school teachers,
locally funded teachers, Philippine Science High School System teaching
and non-teaching personnel, and non-teaching personnel of the DepEd,
excluding those occupying positions from salary grade level 30, under the
DepEd schedule of salaries, are/or Assistant Secretary upwards.

SEC. 5. Additional Compensation. - An amount of Ten Thousand
Pesos (PHP 10,000.00) per month shall be granted to those mentioned in
Section 4 of this Act as additional compensation to their existing salary
and benefits: Provided, that said amount shall be paid in three (3) tranches,
as follows

First Year- — PHP 4,000.00 per month:
Second Year - an additional PHP 3,000.00 per month; and
Third Year- another additional PHP 3,000.00 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 shali
be without prejudice to future increases in the basic pay of the herein
beneficiaries

SEC. 6. Additional Support. - The following additional support is
hereby authorized:

a) Support in the form of allowances and other remuneration funded
from local School Board Funds. - Any law, executive issuance,
department order, local ordinance, and the like, to the contrary
notwithstanding, the Locai 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
annual allowance for medical check-up in the amount of One Thousand
Pesos (PHP 1,000.00)

¢) Magna Carta Bonus. - in consideration of the many unenjoyed and
unimplemented provisions of Republic At 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 Republic Act No. 4670 but which has not been
realized in a given budget year. Congress shall appropriate the funding for
this bonus upon the recommendation of the DepEd.

SEC. 7. Appropriation. - The amount necessary to carry out the
initial implementation of this Act shall be sourced from the current budget
of the DepEd. Thereafter, such sum as may be necessary for the continued
implementation of this Act shall be included in the annual General
Appropriations Act (GAA).

SEC. 8. Transitory Provisions. - Notwithstanding Section 2 (b) of
this Act, all locally-funded teachers shall enjoy the benefits herein granted:
Provided, hat 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.

SEC. 9. Implementing Rules and Regulations. - Within sixty (60)
days from the effectivity of this Act the DepEd shali promuigate the
necessary rules and regulations for the effective implementation of this
Act.

SEC. 10. Separability Clause.- Should any provision herein be
declared unconstitutional, the same shall not affect the validity of the
other provisions of this Act.


SEC. 11. Repealing Clause. - 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.

. 12. Effectivity Ciause. - This Act shail take effect fifteen (15)
days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in any two (2)
newspapers of general circulation in the Philippines.

Approved,