DepED Order No.23 s.2013 - Department of Education, Region IV ...

DepEd ORDER
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GUDELINEs OlI TIIE GRANTINC OF REDEPLOYMENT AILOTTANCE TO EXCESS
TEACHERS FROII BOTH ELEME TARY AND SECONDARY SCHOO!€
To: Undersecretaries
Assistant Secretar'ies
Euresu Dire!lors
Dir€ctors of Services, C€nters atd Heads of Units
Regon€l Directors
Schools Division/Ciq' Superintendents
Heads, Public Elementary and Secondary Schools
All Others Concemed
1. Fo! th€ inlormation and guidarce of all concemed, enclosed d:e the
Cuidelines on the cranting of Redeployment Allowance to Excess Teachers fmm
Both Elementary and Seconclary Schools. Likewise, th€ Ltter of A$eement
Template is enclosed for Use in accotdance with these tuide[nes.
2. Imrncdiale dissemination of snd strict compliance \tith tlis Ord€! is
directed.
Encls. I
As stated
Refelences:
DepEd Oder: Nos.3 and 22, s.2013
To be indicated in the Pemetual lndex
under the following subiects:
ALLOWANCE
ELEMENTARY EDUCATION
FUNDS
POLICY
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Secretary
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DepED order No.23 s.2013
Guidelines on the Granting of Redeployment Allowance to Excess
Elementary and Secondary Schools
Schools Division Superintendent
Divlsion of:
lnformation and Communication Technology Office
ACKNOWIEDGMENT RECEIPT
RECEIVED BY:
Officer-ln-Charge
Office ofthe Regional Director
RECEIVED AND DISSEMINATED BYI
SchoolPrincipal
NameofSchool
District:
Division ofl
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Teachers from Both
District Supervisor
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(Enclorure No, 1 to DepEd O.der No.23, s.2013)
GUIOELINES ON THE GRAI..ITING OF REDEPLOYMENT ALLOWANCE TO
EXCESS TEACHERS IN BOTH ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS
BACKGROUND
'1- To ellecUvely accelerate the effori 10 close the gaps an basic educaiion inputs
partlcularly relative to teacher tems, the Oepadmenl ol Budgel and fulanagement (DBN4) has
approved the creation of 81 510 new teacher'iems. The DBM has also approved in Fiscal
Year (FY) 2013 the funding facility called "Redepoyment Allowance' to catalyze the
redeployment of excess teachers to schools wth shoftage. These new positive
dev€lopments have placed the Depa.tment of Educalion (DepEd) in a belier position to
improve deploymenl etf iciency.
2 n vr€w of the foregoing circumstances, this Depaftmen{ hereby issues these
Guidelines on the GEnting of Redeployment Allowance to Exce33 Teachers from
Both Elementary and Seconclsry Schools,
SCOPE
3. The Redeployment Allowance shall ofily be given to teach€rs being redeployed from
schools wilh excess t€acher items to schaols with teacher shortage,
SASIC PRINCIPLES
4. The guidelines on tfre kansfer ot teach€rs from one slallon to another contain€d in
DepEd order 22 s. 2013 shal be strictly obseNed
5. These guideljnes shall be construed consistentwith the Administrative Code of 1987
and with Republic Act (RA) No. 4670, otheMise known as rhe Magna Catla for Public
Scroo/ feachers
PROCEDURE
6. All schools divisions, lhrough lhe Division Plannlng Unit (DPU), shall ideniify schools
with excess teachers using the data from the Enhanced Basic Education lnfoamal on Syslem
iEBEIS) using the color coded spectrum.
7 School Heads (SHs) of ihe schools identilied with excess teacher items shall p.epate
an invenlory ol teaching statl specifying the fotlowing: name of incumbenl, years in service'
and currcnt teachirg a;signmenuload. The lnventory shall also include the identification of
area (grade level ;r subject) where surplus of leachels exisl and lhe list of teacher
incumbents on lhe surplus lisl ranked n ascending order (l-e-, first being lh€ least senior)
based on the year of se.vice in lhe Department
8. Any teacher ftom schools with excess leacher items may express willlngness to be
redeploye; thraugh writing a Lette. ol lntent (LOl) addressed to their respective schools
civisionTcity sLrperintendeni 1sDs1. He/she may inciude in his/her Lol a list of desired schoo'
assignments wlth conesponding reasons for redeployment.
9. Alternatively the sOS can identfy teachers fiom th€ surplus llst and fiay requ;re
lhes€ etcess teachers lo be redeployed to schools \Yith shortage ln the evenl lhat leachers
idefltified in the surplLls list desire not to be redepioy€d they shall be given additionel
assgnments such as remedia and summer classes, work related to Allernative Delivery

Modes (ADlds), tasks concerning Alternative Learning Systems (ALS), snd/or other
assignmenls thal tlEir respective school heads may deem proper.
10. Teachers io be redepioy€d shall be entilled to receive a one-time redepoyment
allowance of Eghteen Thousand Pesos (P18,000.00), once the.edeployment has been
gpproved. Only teacheE who are coming {rom schools with excess teacher items, and are
being redeployed to schools wilh teacher shodage, shall receive ihe redeployment
11. The SDS and the teachers concerned shaLl execute a sworn Letter of Agreemenl
(LOA) uslng lhe enclosed template priorto redeploymenl and qranting ol alowanoe.
12. The SDS through the Division Human Resourc€ and l\'lanagement Officer (HRMO)
shall effect the transfer of records by sefding notice 10 DBM and to the Civil Service
Commission (CSC) and other relevanl oifices regardlng the aclion taken upo. the leacheas
redeplo)]ment.
13. The Budqet Division of Ce|rhal Oifice shall release the redeployment allowance
funds lo Divisions upon tequest based on the numbeT of excess teachers agreed to be
redepoyed 10 schools wiih sho.tage
14. The DPU shall ensure that the redeployment of excess teachers in their respeciive
Divisjons are properly recoded, inputted, and processed in the EBEIS and iis effect on
Teacher'Pupil Ratio is analyzed
15. All SDS sha I ensure that for the d€pLoymenl of new teacher items, schools wjth high
shorl€ge shall be gjven priority and schools with excess teacher items shall not be 9 ven
teacher items regardless of circumstanoe,
SANCTIONS
16. This poiicy shall be shictly applied pursuanl 1o its intended purpose. Any violelion or
attempl to abuse or circumvent thjs policy shall be d€aLt with accordingly-
17. Anyone found guilly of violaling any of ihe provisjons of lhese guidelines or any part
h€reof shell be charged adminislretively pulsuant to RA 6713 otherwjse known as lre Code
al Conduct and Elhical Slandards far Puuic Aflcials and Employees and other rejevant
aws, rules and aequlations,
EFFECTIVITY
18. These guldelines sball lake eflect immediately upon approval for the period
pertaining to FY 2013 only.

(Enclosuro No. 2 to DepEd Otder No. 23, s. 2013)
Dear lteacher's name]:
LETTER OF AGREEMENT TEMPLATE
Date:
As pad of the effons of ihe Deparlnent of Education (DepEd) to close the gap on
teacher shortages through redepoyment of exc-'ss teacher iterns to schools with teacher
shonage, you are hereby .edeployed frorn lcurr€nt schooli to ln€w school assignmenl].
ln view of your redeployment, you will:
1. Be enttled to €ceive a one{me ledeployment ellowanc-A ol Erqhleen
Thousand Pesos (P18,000.00):
2. Be aesponsible for your own pelsonal arrangements pedaning to said
redeployment, including but not limited lo, transpodaiion to and from lhe
newly designated school; and
3. Perform teaching and ieaching-related functions in the new school
assignment.
DepEd, through the Schools Division/City Superlntendenl (SDS) and the Divrsion
Human Resourc€ and Managemeni Officer (HRMO), wil, manage allihe necessary iniernal
afd organizational arlang6ments r€laiive lo your redeployment.
Conforme:
[Signature
WitneSSi
Thank You.
over printed nane of leacher]
lsignature over printed name of Schoo' Head/PrinciPal]
Very truly yours,
lsignalure over prinled name of
sDs)

Replbllc of the Philippines l
City / lMunicipality of _)S.S
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Betore me, this day ol _,2013,
personally appeared:
who executed the foregolng Let€r of Agreement consbting of two (2) pages signed
on all pages. ncluding this page on which this acknowledgement is written. and
acknowledged the same to be theirown {ree and voluntary act snd deed.
WTNESS |\ilY HAND AND SEAL on the date place first above-wrilten, lhis --
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