Guidelines on the Grant of Financial Assistance to Public School Teachers for Payment of Medical Examination Expenses
GUIDELINES ON THE GRANT OF FIVE HUNDRED PESOS FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS FOR PAYMENT OF MEDICAL EXAMINATION EXPENSES
To: Undersecretaries Assistant Secretaries
Bureau and Service Directors Regional Directors
Schools Division Superintendents
Public Elementary and Secondary Schools Heads All Others Concerned
1. The Department of Education (DepEd) issues the enclosed Guidelines on the Grant of Five Hundred Pesos (Php 500.00) Financial Assistance to Public School Teachers for Payment of Medical Examination Expenses this Year 2020 pursuant to DepEd Special Provision No. 10 under Republic Act No. 11260, the General Appropriations Act (GAA) of FY 2019 and Section 1 of Republic Act No. 11464 also known as the Act Extending the Availability of the 2019 Appropriations to December 31, 2020, Amending for the Purpose Section 65 of the General Provisions of Republic Act No. 11260, the General Appropriations Act of Fiscal Year 2019.
2. This financial assistance aims to supplement the budget of public school teachers for the medical examination expenses they may incur for the year 2020, especially in light of the declaration of the State of Public Health Emergency throughout the Philippines due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and to augment other primary health care benefits not being shouldered by the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) under the Republic Act No. 11223 or the Universal Health Care Act (UHC).
3. Guided by the principles on the adoption of the Basic Education Learning Continuity Plan (BE-LCP) as expounded in DepEd Order No. 012, s. 2020, this financial assistance also forms part of the effort to protect the health, safety, and well- being of the learners and teachers given the state of public health emergency in the country due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.
4. For more information and queries, please contact the Bureau of Human Resource and Organizational Development-Employee Welfare Division, through email at bhrod.ewd@deped.gov.ph or at telephone number (02) 8633 7229.
5. This Order shall take effect immediately upon issuance.
6. Immediate dissemination of and strict compliance with this Order are directed.
LEONOR MAGTOLIS BRIONES
Secretary
DepEd Order No. 28, s. 2020
Guidelines on the Grant of Financial Assistance to Public School Teachers for Payment of Medical Examination Expenses
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