DepEd Automatic Payroll Deduction System

DepEd Order 18 s 2018 Revised Guidelines on Accreditation/Re-Accreditation of Private Entities under the Automatic Payroll Deduction System (APDS) Program

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) hereby issues the enclosed Revised Guidelines on Accreditation/Re-Accreditation of Private Entities under the Automatic Payroll Deduction System (APDS) Program.
2. DepEd Order No. 49, s. 2017 entitled Revised Guidelines on Accreditation/Re-Accreditation of Private Lending Institutions (PLIs) under the Automatic Payroll Deduction System (APDS) Program, DepEd Memorandum No. 489, s. 2009 entitled Revised Automatic Payroll Deduction System (APDS) Guidelines on Accreditation/Re-Accreditation of Insurance Companies, Mutual Benefits Associations, Cooperatives/Associations and Other Organizations Authorized by Law, and all earlier DepEd issuances on the same subject are hereby repealed.
3. All other rules, regulations, and issuances, which are inconsistent with these guidelines, are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.
4. These guidelines shall take effect upon posting on the DepEd website.
5. Immediate dissemination of and strict compliance with this Order is directed.

(Source: DepEd Order 18 s 2018, click here)

DepEd Order 18 s 2018 DepEd Automatic Payroll System

1. The Department of Education, as a government agency, is authorized by various laws, rules and regulations to deduct from salaries of its employees such amounts intended for the payment of contributions and other obligations due to specified government and private entities.

2. Such authorization, however, is concurrently limited by other laws. Section 21 of RA 4670 or the Magna Carta for Public School Teachers states that “No person shall make any deduction whatsoever from the salaries of teachers except under specific authority of law authorizing such deductions”.

3. Section 66, Title 1(A), Book V of the Administrative Code of 1987 provides that “Except as may otherwise be provided by law, it shall be unlawful for a treasurer or other fiscal officer to draw or retain from the salary due an officer or employee, any amount for contribution or payment of obligations other than those due the government or its instrumentalities”.

Download DepEd Order 18 s 2018, click here.