Marcos urged to sign bill doubling teaching supply allowance

With less than seven days before the Congressapproved Kabalikat sa Pagtuturo lapses into law, the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) yesterday called on President Marcos to sign the measure.

- NEIL JAYSON SERVALLOS

"The bill to double public school teachers' current P5,000 teaching supplies allowance starting school year (SY) 2025-2026 was submitted to Malacañang on May 3, 2024. President Marcos only needs to sign to enact it," the ACT said in a statement.

The ACT is one of the groups that campaigned and lobbied to increase the allowance for teaching supplies.

ACT Teachers party-list spearheaded the measure in the House of Representatives, which was passed in December last year with the approved provision of P7,500 for SY 2024-2025 and P10,000 for SY 2025-2026 onwards.

Only P5,000, however, has been granted for SY 20242025 in the reconciled Senate Bill 1964 and House Bill 9682 of the bicameral conference committee.