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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 842 - AN ACT
PROVIDING FOR COMPENSATION AND AUTOMATIC SALARY INCREASES FOR PUBLIC
SCHOOL OFFICIALS, TEACHERS, AND OTHER SCHOOL PERSONNEL OF THE
GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINES |
Section 1. This
Act may be cited as the "Public School Salary Act of 1953."
Sec. 2. The provisions of law and especially of
sections three and four of Commonwealth Act Numbered Four hundred and
two and the interpretations thereof by the Salary Board and other
competent authority to the contrary notwithstanding, the minimum and
maximum rates of annual compensation of national, provincial, and city
positions in the educational service of the Government of the
Philippines as hereby classified shall be as follows: Provided,
however, That in places where the cost of living is way in excess of
the accepted average for the entire country, the national, provincial
or municipal or city officials concerned may grant an additional
compensation in addition to these herein being provided equivalent to
the scale differential of one grade. Sec. 3. (a) A teacher with educational
qualifications or civil service eligibility higher than the standards
required for the position to which he is appointed shall be given a
higher entrance salary than a teacher who merely meets the standards. Sec. 4. Salaries of all school personnel shall
first be adjusted in accordance with the entrance salary rates
prescribed in this Act. After the adjustment in salary as herein
provided, increases for regular personnel shall be automatically
effected until the maximum rates have been attained, in accordance with
any or both of the criteria in the following schedule: Sec. 5. The Secretary of Education and the Director of Public Schools shall determine the allocation in the scale provided in Section two hereof of new positions in the educational service which may hereafter be created. Sec. 6. For schools which are far and/or isolated and which do not attract qualified applicants to teach therein, the Director of Public Schools may give qualified teachers coming from other divisions an entrance salary one rate higher than the minimum provided in this Act for the position. Sec. 7. The salary increases indicated in Section four above shall be provided for in the budget and plantilla for the ensuing fiscal year. Sec. 8. No reduction in salary shall be made for school personnel who will be receiving at the time of the approval of this Act salaries higher than the rates prescribed herein. Sec. 9. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed. Section 10. This Act shall take effect upon its
approval. Approved: May 1, 1953 |
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