Public School Salary Act of 1948

June 19, 1948

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 312

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR REVISED SALARY ALLOCATIONS 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 1948."

SECTION 2. The provisions of sections three and four of Commonwealth Act Numbered Four hundred and two and the interpretations of said Act by the Salary Board 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:

	Position	Grade	Salary Range
1.	Chief of Division, General Office,
	Division Superintendent of Schools
	and Superintendent of National
	Schools	6-1	P4,200.00 — P6,000.00
2.	Assistant Chief of Division, General
	Office, and Assistant Division
	Superintendent of Schools	9-2	3,480.00 — 5,400.00
3.	General Office supervisor	11-4	3,120.00 — 4,800.00
4.	Principal, normal school and
	technical school	12-6	2,940.00 — 4,200.00
5.	Registrar, normal school and other
	schools above secondary level	13-6	2,760.00 — 4,200.00
6.	Division supervisor; supervisor of
	secondary schools; supervisor,
	training department, normal school;
	secondary principal and city elementary
	supervisor, and adult education
	supervisor	13-6	2,760.00 — 4,200.00
7.	Section chief, General Office	15-7	2,400.00 — 3,960.00
8.	Instructor and critic teacher, normal
	school and instructor of schools
	above secondary level, test
	constructor, curriculum writer, and
	researcher	15-11	2,400.00 — 3,120.00
9.	District supervisor, supervising
	principal and Manila City elementary
	principal, teacher-physician	B-11	2,160.00 — 3,120.00
10.	Secondary classroom teacher	E-11	1,800.00 — 3,120.00
11.	Elementary principal, chief clerks of
	division office and national schools,
	property clerks of division office
	and national schools	D-15	1,920.00 — 2,400.00
12.	Teacher nurse	H-A	1,440.00 — 2,280.00
13.	Elementary Classroom Teacher	P-E	1,200.00 — 1,800.00

SECTION 3. (A) A teacher with educational qualifications higher than the standards required for the position to which he is appointed be given a higher rate of entrance salary than a teacher who merely meets the standards, provided his civil service eligibility warrants a higher entrance salary for him.

(B) An elementary-school principal or district supervisor who originally prepared himself for elementary work and who has obtained a B.S.E. degree while in the service be given the same compensation as a secondary principal or a secondary supervisor, provided he possesses the civil service eligibility.

(C) A classroom teacher who is a Normal graduate and who has obtained a B.S.E. degree while in the service be given the same compensation as a secondary teacher with the same college degree, provided he possesses the necessary civil service eligibility.

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved: June 19, 1948

Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 45, No. 1, p. 125 in January 1949