DBM to release funds for teachers' April salary and clothing allowance on April 1

As many teachers are now asking regarding the release of their salaries for the month of April together with the clothing allowance, DepEd Usec. Annalyn Sevilla made a post on her official Facebook page explaining the release of its funds.

On her post, she mentioned that there implementing units who have already released the April salary and clothing allowance from their remaining cash of March NCA. However, the rest who haven't received it yet shall have to wait on April 1 for the DBM to credit the cash to regional offices, division offices, and schools. Thus, the start of remitting it to the teaching and non-teaching personnel.

The undersecretary also explained that the salary of April will still have deductions until the government issues the official implementing guidelines regarding this matter.

Here is the full text of Usec. Sevilla's post on her social media page:

EMPLOYEE share to GSIS remittance will still continue to be deducted and paid thru the payroll system. We will wait for further instruction on the moratorium to pay loan payments and mandatory remittances through presidential directive or appropriate issuance.

The bayanihan law stipulates that implementing guideline to effect this will be issued. Hence, without the issuance of the directive as of to date, the april payroll will still have deductions. We will adjust accordingly once we receive the official instruction on this.

In the meantime, since gusto natin ADVANCE na release ng salary, let finance team process and remit the April salary with deductions muna. Those implementing units with remaining cash from March NCA has paid april salary and clothing allowance. Otherwise, your ROs, SDOs and schools wait for the crediting of the cash from DBM on April 1 for them to remit all april salary and clothing allowance. This is the process and deped did its best to proactively work on these despite the ECQ and lockdown constraints.

Thank you for the skeletal workforce of deped who did all of these for us. They will also process and pay the remaining benefits due in April and May and these are May salary, mid year bonus and PBB pay.

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The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has issued this circular to inform all spending units to NOT remit to gsis the GOVERNMENT share of the RLIP from April to December since DBM will directly remit it to GSIS.

The cash equivalent of the GSIS-Government Share of about 12% of total salary is included in the 2Q Notice of Cash Allocation (April to June), and spending unit may use this cash for payment of remaining benefits, salaries and payables.

Pls be guided accordingly and disseminate this guideline to all your concerned SDS, school heads and finance officers. Thank you.