In the 17th Congress, at least 12 bills were filed in the House and two in the Senate to upgrade the salary grades of public school teachers, who are currently at Salary Grade (SG) 11. The measures want to raise this salary grade to at least SG 15, or as high as SG 18, 19, or 20. Some proposals also seek an across-the-board increase of either P10,000 or P12,000, or set the basic salary to P30,000.