FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
Second Regular Session 
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SENATE 
Senate Bill No. 3106 
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Introduced by Senator Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
Article II, section 10 of the Constitution provides that "the State shall promote social 
justice in all phases of national development." 
Yet, while the Department of Education continuously receives the largest share in 
the national budget of the country, and that we often proclaim and acknowledge the 
sacrifices of our teachers, as well as their contribution to the national development, the 
minimum salary of our public school teachers remains incomparable with the salary of 
other professions. Worst, most are in the borderline of the poverty threshold. 
Our school teachers are the active partners of the State in ensuring quality 
education for our children. Corollary thereto, the state is constitutionally and socially 
obliged to ensure their economic well-being, among others. Our explanation that they 
are victims of their own numbers has been an adage that should have wind out by the 
passage of time. 
Thus, the passage of this bill is earnestly requested. 
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R. MARCOS, JR. 


FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
Second Regular Session 
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SENATE 
Senate Bill No. 3106 
Introduced by Senator Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. 
AN ACT 
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UPGRADING THE MINIMUM SALARY GRADE OF PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS 
FROM SALARY GRADE 11 TO 15 
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 Public School 
Teachers' Salary Upgrading Act" 
SECTION 2. Reiteration of Policy. The Policy of the State "to ensure that 
education receives the highest priority in governance, and 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" is hereby reiterated. 
SECTION 3. Raising of the Minimum Salary Grade Level. The present 
minimum salary grade level of public school teachers in the elementary and secondary 
schools shall be upgraded from Salary Grade 11 to Salary 15. Salary grade levels of 
those occupying higher positions shall be adjusted accordingly. 
SECTION 4. Coverage. This Act shall cover all public school teachers in the 
elementary and secondary level, whether nationally or locally funded, including those in 
technical and vocational schools and state universities and colleges. 
SECTION 5. Priority in Budget Allocation. The Government shall appropriate 
such amount as may be necessary to carry out the objectives of this Act Provided, that 
the salary increase of public school teachers shall take priority over non-educational 
and non-agricultural budgetary allocations. 
SECTION 6. Rules and Regulations. The Department of Education and the 
Department of Budget and Management shall promulgate the necessary rules and 
regulations of the provisions of this Act 
SECTION 7. Appropriation. The initial funding required for the implementation 
of this Act 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 implementation of this Act. 


SECTION 8. Separability Clause. Should any provision herein be declared 
unconstitutional, the same shall not affect the validity of the other provisions of this Act. 
SECTION 9. Repealing Clause. All laws, decrees, orders, rules and regulations 
or other issuances or parts inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby 
repealed. 
SECTION 10. Effectivity. This Act shall take effect immediately after its 
publication in the Official Gazette or in any newspaper of general circulation in the 
Philippines. 
Approved.