AMENDMENT TO DEPED ORDER NO. 042, s. 2021 (Guidelines on the Utilization of Support Funds for Special Education Program)

Amendment to Guidelines on Support Funds for Special Education Program – Alapan 1 Elementary School

To: Undersecretaries Assistant Secretaries
Minister, Basic, Higher, and Technical Education, BARMM
Bureau and Service Directors
Regional Directors
Schools Division Superintendents
Public Elementary and Secondary School Heads
All Others Concerned

1. The Department of Education (DepEd.), issued DepEd. Order (DO) No. 042, s. 2021 (Guidelines on the Utilization of Support Funds for Special Education (SPED) Program) to provide guidance on the rules for the release, allocation, utilization, and liquidation/reporting of the SPED Program Support Fund (PSF) for public elementary and secondary schools offering SPED Program, as well as regional offices and schools division offices. The SPED PSF supports the implementation of appropriate programs and services to Learners with Disabilities.
2. However, Paragraph 5.1 (Procedures) under the enclosure of DO 042, s. 2021 shall be amended and read as follows:

V. Procedures

5.1. The amount provided in the General Appropriation Act for the SPED program shall be equitably allocated to the recipient regions, divisions, and public schools based on the number of enrolments of Learners with Disabilities and Difficulties to be generated from the LIS/EBEIS. The budget allocation as Program Support Fund (PSF) shall be determined based on the availability of funds annually. The list of recipients shall be issued annually through a separate memorandum by the Bureau of Leaming Delivery-Student Inclusion Division.All other provisions of DO 042, s. 2021 shall remain in effect.

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

5. For more information, please contact the Bureau of Leaming Delivery­ Student Inclusion Division, 4th Floor, Bonifacio Building, Department of Education Central Office, DepEd Complex, Meralco Avenue, Pasig City through email at bld.sid@deped.gov.ph or at telephone numbers (02) 8635-5669, and (02) 8634-1250.
6. Immediate dissemination of and strict compliance with this Order is directed.
7. For more information, please contact the Bureau of  Leaming  Delivery­ Student Inclusion Division, 4th Floor, Bonifacio Building, Department of Education Central Office, DepEd Complex, Meralco Avenue, Pasig City through email at bld.sid@deped.gov.ph or at telephone numbers (02) 8635-5669, and (02) 8634-1250.
8. Immediate dissemination of and strict compliance with this Order is directed.

(Source: DO_s2022_018.pdf (deped.gov.ph))