GUIDELINES ON THE PROVISION OF SPECIAL HARDSHIP ALLOWANCE FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS (Download DepEd Order No. 39, s. 2021)

To:
Undersecretaries
Assistant Secretaries
Bureau and Service Directors
Regional Directors
Schools Division Superintendents
Public Elementary and Secondary School Heads
All Others Concerned

1. Pursuant to the Department of Budget end Management (DBM)-Department of Education (DepEd) Joint Circular No. 1, s. 2021. this Department issues the enclosed Guidelines on the Provision of Special Hardship Allowance (SRA) for Public School Teachers, which not only improves the processes and procedures for availing of the said allowance in consonance with the intention of Republic Act No. 4670 or the Magna Carta for Public School Teachers, but also provides a more objective basis for the provision of SHA to qualified teaching personnel, particularly through the adoption of the Hardship Index.

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2. This policy shall be applicable starting FY 2021. All existing DepEd issuances inconsistent with the provisions of these guidelines are rescinded.

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