DepEd Order 028, s. 2025 - Guidelines on the Use of Balances from Fiscal Year 2024 (Republic Act No. 11975) Funds Under the Learning Systems Strand

DepEd Order 028, s. 2025

Guidelines on the Use of Balances from Fiscal Year 2024 (Republic Act No. 11975) Funds Under the Learning Systems Strand

 

SEP 18 2025

 

DepEd ORDER

No. 028, s. 2025

 

GUIDELINES ON THE USE OF BALANCES FROM FISCAL YEAR 2024 (REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11975) FUNDS UNDER THE LEARNING SYSTEMS STRAND

 

To:      Undersecretaries

Assistant Secretaries

Bureau and Service Directors

Regional Directors

Schools Division Superintendents

Public Elementary and Secondary School Heads

All Others Concerned

 

1. The Department of Education (DepEd) issues the enclosed Guidelines on the Use of Balances from Fiscal Year 2024 (Republic Act No. 11975) Funds Under the Learning Systems (LS) Strand.

 

2. This Order provides guidelines on the use of balances of unobligated Program. Support Funds (PSFs) downloaded and/ or directly released to regional offices for the implementation of programs, activities, and projects (PAPs), which shall be discontinued as the PSFs remain unobligated and the PAPs are no longer deemed aligned with the current priorities of the LS Strand. The unobligated PSFs shall be used for PAPs within the same line item that are identified as urgent and priority.

 

3. All Orders and other related issuances, rules, regulations, and provisions that are inconsistent with this Order are repealed, rescinded, or modified accordingly.

 

4. This Order shall take effect immediately upon its publication on the DepEd website. Certified copies of this Order shall be registered with the Office of the National Administrative Register (ONAR) at the University of the Philippines Law Center (UP LC), UP Dillman, Quezon City.

 

5. For inquiries or concerns, please contact the Office of the Undersecretary for Learning Systems, Department of Education Central Office, DepEd Complex, Meralco Avenue, Pasig City, through email at ouct@deped.gov.ph. 

 

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

 

 

By Authority of the Secretary

 

 

(SGD) ATTY. FATIMA LIPP D. PANONTONGAN

Undersecretary and Chief of Staff

 

 

(SGD) DR. CARMELA C. ORACION

Assistant Secretary

Office-in-Charge

Office of the Undersecretary

for Learning Systems

 

 

(SGD) EDSON BYRON K. SY

Assistant Secretary

Officer-in-Charge

Office of the Undersecretary for Finance

 

Encl.:

As stated

 

Reference:

None

 

To be indicated in the Perpetual Index

under the following subjects:

 

EXPENSES

FUNDS

POLICY

PROGRAMS

RULES AND REGULATIONS

 

 

A full copy of DepEd Order No. 028, s. 2025 below: