Increase in Monthly Salaries of Native Public School Teachers
Act No. 15, enacted on October 10, 1900, mandates a 33.33% increase in the monthly salaries of native Filipino public school teachers in Manila and nearby areas until a comprehensive school system is established. The salary increase applies retroactively starting from October 1900. The Act is effective immediately upon its passage. This measure aims to provide better compensation for educators during a transitional period in the Philippine education system.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Act No. 15
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
October 10, 1900
ACT NO. 15
AN ACT TO INCREASE THE MONTHLY SALARIES OF THE NATIVE FILIPINO PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS OF MANILA AND VICINITY
SECTION 1. Until the salaries of all school-teachers can be properly adjusted by general law establishing a proper school system in the Islands, the monthly salaries of the native Filipino school-teachers now teaching in the public schools of the city of Manila and in the suburbs of Pandacan, Pasay, Singalon, and Santa Ana, shall be increased thirty-three and one-third per cent over and above their present salaries.
SECTION 2. The increase provided for in the first section of this Act shall apply to the salaries to be paid for the month of October, nineteen hundred.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
ENACTED, October 10, 1900.
Cite This Law
Increase in Monthly Salaries of Native Public School Teachers, Act No. 15, Oct 10, 1900 (Philippines)
Increase in Monthly Salaries of Native Public School Teachers, Act No. 15 (Phil. 1900)
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