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SENATE 
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Introduced by SENATOR MANNY VILLAR 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
Since the enactment of the Magna Carta for Public School Teachers in 1966, the state has 
been mandated to promote and improve the economic status of public school teachers and 
their living and working conditions. However, as it is a largely unfunded law, teachers have 
been waiting in vain for the benefits intended to somehow ease their hardships. During the 
deliberations for the 2011 budget, officials from the Department of Education admitted 
having their hands tied - many Magna Carta benefits cannot be promptly and regularly 
granted to teachers because of the perennial budget shortfall. These benefits are denied 
them, simply because of lack of funds. 
This bill seeks to meet the avowed policy of the Magna Carta by uplifting the economic 
condition of teachers, through the provision of a non-wage benefit in the form of free tuition 
and other fees for their dependent children who are admitted to public post- secondary 
education institutions. By shouldering this cost, the govemment shall provide substantial 
economic relief for teachers, give due recognition for their dedication and hard work, and 
enhance the status of the teaching profession. A similar intention is behind the comparable 
benefit given to Barangay officials since 1991 in the Local Government Code (Republic Act 
7160), but the coverage mandated in this bill is broader in that it provides free education in 
not only state universities and colleges but also public technical and vocational schools. 
For these reasons, approval of this bill is earnestly sought. 
MAN 


FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE ), 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES ) 
First Regular Session 
), , 
SENATE 
S.B. No. 2682 
Introduced by SENATOR MANNY VILLAR 
AN ACT 
GRANTING FREE POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION IN STATE UNIVERSITIES AND 
COLLEGES AND PUBLIC TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS TO DEPENDENT 
CHILDREN OF PUBLIC ELEMENTARY AND HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS 
Be it enacted in the Senate and House of Representatives in Congress assembled: 
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SECTION 1. Public Elementary and high school teachers shall be exempt from paying tuition 
and all other fees for one (1) dependent child attending any state university or college, or public 
technical or vocational schools unde'r the Technical Education and Skills Development 
Authority; provided that, should both spouses be public school teachers, the exemption shall 
apply to two (2) dependent children, provided further that the children meet the minimum 
requirements of the educational institutions in which they are admitted. 
SECTION 2. the department of Education, Commission on Higher Education, and Technical 
Education and Skills Development Authority shall jointly promulgate the complementing rules 
and regulations necessary to carry out tile purposes of this Act. 
SECTION 3. All other laws, acts, decrees, executive orders, issuances, and rules and regulation 
inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed or amended accordingly. 
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after publication in the Official Gazette or 
one (1) newspaper of general circulation. 
Approved 
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