FIFTEENTH CONGRESS )
OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES )
First Regular Session )

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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House Bill No._ SOU

Introduced by Representative Susan A. Yap

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Teachers play an indispensable role in the country's development, as they are
the ones that shape the youth's mind and character as future stewards of society, Even
the 1987 Philippine Constitution acknowledges the significance of education and the
teaching profession, declaring it the policy of 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 (Section 5, Article XIV).

This remains unfulfilled, however, as teachers in the basic education sector
experience the hardship of squeezing all expenses to a measly monthly salary of less
than P10,000. Their sad plight remains to be in the murk, despite previously enacted
laws such as the Magna Carta for Public School Teachers (Republic Act 4670). Such
conditions contribute to the brain drain crisis, as our own educators choose to migrate
to greener pastures to sustain their and their families’ lives.

This proposed measure seeks to give redress to such problem by providing
additional benefits to teachers in the basic education sector, namely a P9,000 increase
in their salary and other support such as medical allowance and the annual magna carta
bonus.

‘Through this measure, we hope to give recompense to the daily toils of our
educators, endeavoring the improvement of their social and economic status, with the
end in view of attracting and retaining more people with the proper qualifications in
the teaching profession.

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

SUSAN A(YAP
Representative, 2" District of Tarlac



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FIFTEENTH CONGRESS )
OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES )
First Regular Session )
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

House Bill No, 359

Introduced by Representative Susan A. Yap

AN ACT
PROVIDING FOR ADDITIONAL SUPPORT AND COMPENSATION FOR
EDUCATORS IN BASIC EDUCATION

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 S'
to promote the welfare and economic well-b
personnel in basic education.

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5. 2. Definition of Terms.

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

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

d. Public School 'Teacher- shall refer to a person engaged in: (1) actual classroom
teaching in public basic education; (2) teaching in alternative learning system
(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. 3. Beneficiaries- The Additional Support and Compensation provided for
in this Act shall cover the following: 1) public school teachers, 2) locally-funded
teachers, 3) Philippine Science High School System teaching and non-teaching
personnel, and 4) non- teaching personnel of the DepEd, excluding those occupying
positions from salary grade level 30, under the DepEd schedule of salaries, and/or
Assistant Secretary upwards.

SEC. 4, Additional Compensation, An amount of Nine Thousand Pesos
(Php9,000.00) per month shall be granted to those mentioned in Sec. 3 of this Act as
additional compensation to their existing salary and benefits: Provided, That said
amount shall be paid in three (3) equal tranches, as follows:

First Year - P3,000 per month;

Second Year - an additional P3,000 per month:

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‘Third Year - another additional P3,000 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 shall be without
prejudice to future increases in the basic pay of the herein beneficiaries.

SEC. 5. 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 Local 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 allowance for medical check-up in the
amount of One Thousand Pesos (PI ,000.00) per year.

c. Magna Carta Bonus

In consideration of the many unenjoyed and unimplemented provisions of
Republic Act 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 Depkd. 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 RA 4670 but
which has not been realized in a given budget year. The funding for this bonus
shall be sourced from savings or other sources as may be determined by the
DepEd.

SEC. 6. Appropriation. - ‘To immediately implement the provisions of this Act,
the initial funding 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 approval of this Act.

SEC. 7. Transitory Provision. - Notwithstanding Section 2 (b) of this Act, all
locally-funded teachers shall enjoy the benefits herein granted: Provided, That 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. 8. Separability Clause- Should any provision herein be declared
unconstitutional, the same shall not affect the validity of the other provisions of this
Act

9, Repealing Clause.-- All laws, decrees, orders, rules, and regulations ot
ices Or parts inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby
repealed or modified accordingly.

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SEC. 10. Effectivity.- This Act shall take effect immediately after its publication
in the Official Gazette ot in any newspaper of general circulation in the Philippines.

Approved,