Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Queson City

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EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL nol 40 #40

Introduced by HON. LUIS RAYMUND “LRAY” F. VILLAFUERTE, JR.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Year in and out, public school teachers and non-teaching personnel face the
demands of the job while being dependent on the low salary they receive. An entry
level licensed teacher receives a gross monthly salary of PhP 19,077.00 and a
nonteaching personnel receives only PhP 9,478 00, Despite a higher net take-home
Pay and allowances from the recent tax reform. the numbers remain insufficient for
their living expenses.

This bill intends to address the financial security of our public school teachers and
non-teaching personnel by giving them additional compensation on top of their
existing salary and benefits. The bill also proposes to give additional support in the
form of allowances and other remuneration, medical allowance, and a Magna Carta
bonus in relation to the implementation of Republic Act 4670, or the Magna Carta for
Public School Teachers.

To show our gratitude to teachers, who have for a chunk of our lives become our
second parents, we submit this humble legislation to aid in their financial woes.

The approval of this bill is earnestly sought.

LUIS Ri UN! RAY” F, VILLAFUERTE, JR.



Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Reguiar Session

174
HOUSE BILL NO.

Introduced by HON. LUIS RAYMUND “LRAY” F. VILLAFUERTE, JR.

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

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 "Basic Education
Teachers Pay Increase Act.

SECTION 2. Declaration of Policy. — it is hereby deciared the policy of the State to

promote the welfare and economic well-being of public school teachers and personnel
in basic education.

SECTION 3. Definition of Terms. — As used in this Act, the following terms shall mean:

a. Basic Education — early childhood, elementary, secondary, alternative learning
system (ALS), and education for those with special needs;

b. Localiy-Funded Teacher — a public school teacher who is hired and paid for,
fully or partially, by a Local Goverment Unit or any other local entity in
accordance with the rules and regulations issued by the Department of
Education (DepEd);

¢. Non-Teaching Personne! — officials and employees of the Department of
Education who are not defined herein as public school teachers;


d. Public School Teacher — a person engaged in: (1) actual classroom teaching in
Public basic education; (2) teaching In alternative leaming 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.

SECTION 4. Beneficiaries. — The Additional Supper and Compensation provided for
in this Act shall cover the following: public school teachers, locally-funded teachers,
Philippine Science High School System teaching and non-teaching personnel, and 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.

SECTION 5. Additional Compensation. — An amount of Ten Thousand Pesos (PhP
10,000.00) per month shall be granted to those mentioned in Section 4 of this Act as
additional compensation to their existing salary and benefits. Provided, That said
amount shall be paid in three (3) tranches, as follows:

First Year — PhP 4,000 per month;
Second Year — an additional PhP 3,000 per month;
Third Year — another additional PhP 3,000 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.

SECTION 6. 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 (Php 1,000.00) per
year,

¢. 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
DepEd. 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 the Republic Act No. 4670 but which has not been realized in a given
budget year. Congress shall appropriate the funding for this bonus upon the
recommendation of the DepEd.

SECTION 7. Appropriation. — The amount necessary to carry out the initial
implementation of this Act shall be sourced from the current budget of the DepEd.
Thereafter, such sum as maybe necessary for the continued implementation of this Act
shall be in the annual General Appropriations Act (GAA).

SECTION 8. 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.

SECTION 9. Implementing Rules and Regulations. — Within sixty (60) days from the
effectivity of this Act, the DepEd shail promuigate the necessary ruies and regulations
for the effective implementation of this Act.

SECTION 10. Separability Clause. — Should any provision herein be declared
unconstitutional, the same shall! not affect the validity of the other provisions of this Act.

SECTION 11. Repealing Clause. — All laws, decrees, orders, rules, and regulations or
other issuances or parts inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed,
amended, or modified accordingly


SECTION 12. Effectivity Clause. — This Act shall take effect in fifteen (15) days after
Publication in the Official Gazette or in one (1) newspaper of general circulation in the
Philippines.

Approved,