Authorizing the Use of Regular Allocations for Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses and/or Local Funds to Implement Measures in Preparing and Responding to the COVID-19 Threats

March 12, 2020

DEPED MEMORANDUM NO. 039-20

AUTHORIZING THE USE OF REGULAR ALLOCATIONS FOR MAINTENANCE AND OTHER OPERATING EXPENSES AND/OR LOCAL FUNDS TO IMPLEMENT MEASURES IN PREPARING AND RESPONDING TO THE COVID-19 THREATS

 

1. Section 2 of the enclosed Presidential Proclamation No. 922 titled Declaring a State of Public Health Emergency Throughout the Philippines, which was issued on March 8, 2020, provides that all government agencies and local government units are enjoined to render full assistance and cooperation and mobilize the necessary resources to undertake critical, urgent and appropriate response and measures in a timely manner to curtail and eliminate the COVID-19 threat.

2. In this connection, the prudent use/charging of the regular Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses (MOOE) and/or local funds is authorized in undertaking critical, urgent, and appropriate measures as DepEd way of preparing, controlling and responding to the COVID-19 threats. HTcADC

3. Immediate dissemination of this Memorandum is desired.

(SGD.) LEONOR MAGTOLIS BRIONESSecretary

References: DepEd Memorandum Nos. 011, 015, 019, 021, 023, 031, and 034, s. 2020

To be indicated in the Perpetual Index under the following subjects:

AUTHORITY

(Enclosure to Department Memorandum No. 039, s. 2020)

Proclamation No. 922