Monthly incentives for public school teachers urged
QUEZON City Rep. Alfred Vargas has filed a bill providing monthly incentives to public school teachers assigned outside their respective cities, municipalities, and provinces.
In his explanatory note to House Bill (HB) No. 10174, or the “Distant Public School Teachers Incentives Act,” Vargas noted that assigning teachers to places outside their respective localities “entails additional expenses on the part of the teachers and invariably affects the quality of education.”
“It is the hope of this measure to properly recognize and compensate our public school teachers who dedicate their lives to promoting quality and accessible education amidst the hardships of being assigned outside of their residence,” Vargas said.
Under the Vargas bill, any public school teacher who is assigned to a city or municipality other than the one where he or she is a resident will be given an additional monthly incentive allowance of P2,000.
A teacher assigned to a city or municipality in another province, on the other hand, will be entitled to P4,000 in monthly allowance.
The incentive allowance will be discontinued once the teacher is transferred back to his or her home city or municipality.
The monthly incentive allowance will be tax-exempt under the Vargas bill.
