To: Undersecretaries
Assistant Secretaries
Bureau Directors
Directors of Services, Centers and Heads of Units
Regional Directors
Schools Division/City Superintendents
Heads, Public Elementary and Secondary Schools
All Others Concerned

1. To ensure efficiency in the implementation of School-Based Management (SBM) Grant 2007 per DepED Order No. 55, s. 2008, the following provisions are hereby amended:
   1. The Division Office shall release the SBM Grant to the School Heads in one (1) tranche, instead of two (2) tranches, indicated under Section 8.5 of the Guidelines for FY 2007 SBM Grant; and
   2. Overtime services of organic staff in-charge of SBM implementation at the central, regional and division offices including SBM communication expenses are additional expenditure items that can be charged to Program Support Funds, per Section 10.3 of said Guidelines.
2. Immediate dissemination of and compliance with this Order is directed.

Reference: DepED Order: (No. 55, s. 2008)
Allotment: 1— (D.O. 50-97)

To be indicated in the Perpetual Index under the following subjects:
AMENDMENT
FUNDS
PROGRAMS

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