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First Regular Session 
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SENATE
S.B. No. 
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INTRODUCED BY: SENATOR EMMANUEL D. PACQUIAO
AN ACT
PROVIDING FOR A HIGHER SALARY GRADE LEVEL AND GRANTING 
RETIREMENT BENEFITS TO ALL PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS AND 
PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Horace Mann, the Father of the Common School Movement, once said that education 
is the great equalizer of the conditions of men. Recognizing it is the bedrock of democracy, he 
opined that it deserves substantial public investment.
No less than the highest law of our land recognizes this fact. Section 5 (5), Article XIV 
of the 1987 Constitution provides that “[t]he State shall 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.”
Despite such recognition, the profession remains to be one of the lowest paid sectors in 
the country. Considering that educators perform a crucial role in nation-building, they must 
receive adequate remuneration and incentives in exchange to the value of service they render.
Thus, this bill seeks to increase the minimum salary grade level of all public school 
teachers. In addition, this also grants adequate retirement benefits to qualified teachers. These 
are simple measures aimed at providing a more conducive work atmosphere and living 
condition for those who choose to practice this noble profession.
For these reasons, the urgent passage of this bill is earnestly soiu
EMMANUEL IVPAOJuIAO


EIGHTEEN Til CONGKESS OF THE 
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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
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First Regular Session 
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SENATE
S.B.No. 
905
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AUG 14 All :40
INTRODUCED BY: SENATOR EMMANUEL D. PACQUIAO
AN ACT
PROVIDING FOR A HIGHER SALARY GRADE LEVEL AND GRANTING 
RETIREMENT BENEFITS TO ALL PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS AND 
PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress 
assembled:
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Section I. Declaration of Policy. It is hereby declared 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.
Sec. 2. Increase in 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 
Grade 11 to Grade 15.
Sec. 3 Retirement Benefits. All qualified public school teachers under Republic Act No. 8291 
or the Revised Govermnent Service Insurance System Act of 1997 shall receive a monthly 
pension for life amounting to not less than eighty percent (80%) of the monthly average salary, 
allowances and other emoluments authorized by law.
Sec. 4. Appropriations. 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. The subsequent funds needed 
shall be included in the General Appropriations Act for the year following the implementation 
of this Act.
See. 5. Implementing Rules and Regulations. Within sixty (60) days from the effectivity of 
this act, the Department of Education and the Government Services Insurance System in 
coordination with the Department of Budget and Management shall promulgate the necessary 
rules and regulations for the effective implementation of this Act.
Sec. 6. Separability Clause. If, for any reason or reasons, any part of the provision of this Act 
shall be held to be unconstitutional or invalid, other parts or provisions hereof which are not 
affected thereby shall continue to be in full force and effect.


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Sec. 7. Repealing Clause. Any law, presidential decree or issuance, executive order, letter of 
instruction, administrative order, rule or regulation contrary to or inconsistent with any 
provision of this Act is hereby repealed or modified accordingly.
Sec. 8. Effectivity. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in two (2) 
national newspapers of general circulation. The publication shall not be later than seven (7) 
days after the approval hereof.
Approved,