SENATE
S. No.
264

Introduced by Senator MARK A. VILLAR
AN ACT
ESTABLISHING FREE ON-SITE LIVING FACILITIES FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS AND PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR

Be 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 "Teachers' Home in School Act."

Sec. 2. Declaration of Policy. It is the declared policy of the State to promote and improve the social and economic status of public school teachers to enable them to carry out their mandate in providing quality education to all learners. The State shall recognize and address the pressing challenges of our public school teachers who are teaching away from their families and homes. Ultimately, the State shall develop strategies that will improve the working and living conditions of all public school teachers.

Sec. 3. Coverage. This Act shall apply to public school teachers who are experiencing difficulty in travelling to their place of work or deployed in public schools which are located in remote and isolated areas.

Sec. 4. Establishment of Living Facilities. - The Department of Education (DepEd) and the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) shall construct and provide safe, livable and humane living facilities within public schools or at the nearest possible area to public schools for teachers covered under Section 3 of this Act.

Sec. 5. Appropriations. - The funding necessary for the implementation of this Act shall be sourced from the funds of DepEd. In addition, reasonable and sufficient additional funding shall be sourced from the Special Education Fund arising from real property tax collected by Local Government Units where the living facilities are constructed and/or located.

Sec. 6. Implementing Rules and Regulations. Within ninety (90) days after the approval of this Act, the DepEd in consultation with the DPWH, Department of the Interior and Local Government and the Department of Budget and Management shall formulate the implementing rules and regulations for the effective implementation of this Act.

Sec. 7. Separability Clause. If any provision of this Act is declared invalid or unconstitutional, the remainder thereof not otherwise affected by shall remain in full force and effect.

Sec. 8. Repealing Clause. All laws, presidential decrees, executive orders, letters of instruction, proclamations, or administrative regulations that are inconsistent with any of the provisions of this Act, are hereby repealed, amended, or modified accordingly.

Sec. 9. Effectivity - This Act shall take effect after fifteen (15) days following its publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,