Public secondary school teachers undergo webinar training on the utilization of the e-Learning platform by the Schools Division of Marikina on July 21. 2020, at the Jesus Dela Pena National High School in Marikina City in preparation for the blended learning approach by the Department of Education. (File photo by GRIG C. MONTEGRANDE / Philippine Daily Inquirer)
MANILA, Philippines — Quezon City Rep. Alfred Vargas has filed a bill seeking to give public school teachers tax-exempt incentives if they are assigned outside the town, city, or province of their residence.
According to Vargas, his proposed Distant Public School Teachers Incentives Act House – or House Bill No. 10174 — takes into account the additional expenses of teachers working far from home, which “invariably affects the quality of education.”
Under the bill, teachers working in a town or city outside of their own will get a monthly incentive allowance of P2,000.
Teachers assigned to another province get a monthly allowance of P4,000.
The incentive allowance will be immediately discontinued once the teachers return to the city or town where they live.
All monthly incentive allowance will be tax-exempt.
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