Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metin Manila
NI NETEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session
Housefa!.i\ko.   4 98 7
Introduced by Representative Gabriel H. Bordado, Jr.
EXPIANATORY NOTE
Teachers  play  an  invaluable  role  in  shaping  the  minds  of the  Filipino  youth.
Therefore, it is important that their unparalleled dedication is met with not just a livable
wage but a competitive one.
Presently,  teachers'  salaries  in  private  institutions  have  various  ranges  that
depend solely on the discretion of the schools' management. The inconsistent ranges
could  potentially  cause  confusion,  underpayment,  or even  the  loss  of initiative  and
motivation among teachers employed in private schools.
This bill, which had been filed in by Rep. Salvador Belaro in the 17th Congress,
seeks to standardize salaries Of teachers in private schools, which would not be less
than the minimum wage mandated in the region.
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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila
NINETEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session
House`fifflft.    4987
Introduced by Representative Gabriel H. Bordado, Jr.
AN ACT STANDARDIZING THE SALARIES 0F PRIVATE SCHOOL THACHERS
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the
Philippines in Congress assembled:
SECTION  1.  Short Title. This Act shall  be known as the "Private School Teachers'
Salaries Standardization Act of 2022"
SEC.  2.  Declaration  of Policy.  a)  The  State  recognizes  the  indispensable  role  of
teachers, whether in the public or in the private schools,  in educating our citizenry.  It
is thus but fitting that the State ensure that the teaching profession attract the best and
the brightest by making teachers' compensation and benefits reasonably competitive.
b)  Considering  the  variable  salaries  of  private  school  teachers  all  over  the
country,  it would  be protective of the welfare of private school teachers to provide a
minimum standard for the payment of their salaries.
SEC.  3.  All  teachers  in  private  schools  shall  receive  salaries  which  should  not  fall
below the mandated  minimum wage in the region where they are teaching provided
that it shall be without prejudice to apprenticeship contracts which they may enter into
with private schools at the commencement of their employment and provided further
that no apprenticeship contract shall last beyond one year counted from the first day
they are admitted by their respective private school employer.
SEC.  4.  The  Department  of  Education  (DepEd),  Commission  on  Higher  Education
(CHED),  and the Technical Education Skills and  Development Authority (TESDA),  in
collaboration   with   the   Department   of   Labor   and   Employment   (DOLE)   and   the
Department of Budget and  Management (DBM) shall jointly formulate and  issue the
implementing rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
SEC. 5. The funds necessary to carry out the provision of this Act shall be included in
the  General  Appropriation  Act  of  the  year  following  its  enactment  into  law  and
thereafter.


SEC. 6. All laws, orders, issuances rules and regulations or parts thereof inconsistent
with any provisions of this Act are hereby repealed, modified or amended accordingly.
SEC. 8. This Act shall  take  effect fifteen  (15)  days  from  complete  publication  in  the
Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.
Approved,