DepEd Order No. 035, s. 2021: AMENDMENT TO DEPED ORDER NO. 038, S. 2020

02 SEP 2021

 

DepEd ORDER

No. 035, s. 2021

 

AMENDMENT TO DEPED ORDER NO. 038, S. 2020

(Guidelines Authorizing Payment of Communication Expenses of the Department of Education Personnel Relative to the Implementation of Alternative Work Arrangement for the Year 2020)

 

To: Undersecretaries

Assistant Secretaries

Bureau and Service Directors

Regional Directors

Schools Division Superintendents

Division Chiefs

Finance officers

Public Elementary and Secondary School Heads

All Others Concerned

 

1.              Pursuant to the Department of Budget and Management Circular Letter No. 2021-7 issued on July 1, 2021¹,this is to amend the following provisions of Deped Order (DO) No. 038, s. 2020 titled Guidelines Authorizing of Communication Expenses of the Department of Education Personnel Relative to the Implementation of Alternative Work Arrangement for the Year 2020.

 

2.              The following provisions are amended to read as follows:

 

a.     Section II (Scope) – These guidelines shall cover payment through reimbursement of communication expenses (mobile and internet) for those regular, casual and/or contractual employees under a WFH arrangement at the DepEd Central Office (CO), Regional Offices (Ros), Schools Division Offices (SDOs); and

b.     Section X (Effectivity) – This Order shall take effect retroactively from January 1, 2021 until August 31, 2021.

 

3.              Payment shall also be subject to availability of funds², and in compliance with the criteria and processing requirements as indicated in the Department of Budget and Management Circular No. 2021-7 (see Sections 5.0 and 6.0).

 

4.              Starting July 1, 2021, the distribution of DepEd Connectivity Load³ will take effect. Thus, reimbursement of communication expense shall only cover employee not eligible to receive the Connectivity Load4 and those who are already eligible to reimburse communication expense provided in DO No. 017, s. 2019 titled Guidelines on the Provision and Use of Official Mobile Phones, Postpaid Lines, and Prepaid Loans, and DO No. 004, s. 2020 titled Amendment to DepEd Order No. 017, s. 2019 which remain to be in effect.

 

5.              Once Connectivity Load is already issued to the participants, all communication expenses indicated in Activity Request (AR) or Authority to Conduct (ATC) to be paid to participants in DepEd related activities from July 1 to December 31, 2021 amounting to P50 per day per pax shall not be allowed.

 

6.              All DepEd orders, memoranda and other related issuances, rules, regulations, and provisions, which are inconsistent with this Order are repealed, rescinded or modified accordingly.

 

7.              This order shall take effect upon its approval. Certified true copies of this DepEd Order shall be filed with the University of the Philippines Law Center-Office of the National Administrative Register (UPLC-ONAR), UP Diliman, Quezon City.

 

8.              For more information and queries, please contact the concerned offices below.

 

·       On concerns regarding reimbursement of said expense:

Office of the Undersecretary for Finance

Email Address: usec.financebpm@deped.gov.ph

Telephone Numbers: (02) 8633-9342, (02) 8638=3703

(02) 8637-4211, (02) 8470-6628

 

·       On concerns regarding the release of connectivity load:

Office of the Undersecretary for Administration

Email Address: oua@deped.gov.ph

Telephone Numbers: (02) 8637-6207 and (02) 8633-7203

 

 

9.              Immediate dissemination of and strict compliance with this Order is directed.

 

 

(SGD) LEONOR MAGTOLIS BRIONES

Secretary

 

 

References: DepEd Order: (Nos. 038 and 004, s. 2020; 017, s. 2019)

To be indicated in the Perpetual Index

Under the following subjects:

 

AMENDMENT EXPENSES

BUREAUS AND OFFICES OFFICIALS

COMMUNICATIONS PAYMENT

EMPLOYEES POLICY

 

 

¹ Guidelines on the Reimbursement of Internet and Mobile Data Subscription Expenses of Government Employees in view of the Adoption of Alternative Work Arrangements due to the COVID-19 Pandemic

 

² DBM CL 2021-7, Section 7.1: “… shall be charged against the respective available MOOE allotment of the agency, provided that all authorized mandatory expenditures shall have been paid first, subject to existing budgeting, accounting, and auditing laws, rules and regulations.”

 

³ OUA Memorandum 00-721-0015 on the “Guidelines on the Delivery, Distribution, and Registration of Sim Cards for the Provision of Connectivity Load”

 

To download the full memorandum, click here.