To: Undersecretaries
Assistant Secretaries
Bureau Directors
Regional Directors
Schools Division/City Superintendents .
Heads, Public Elementary and Secondary Schools

1. In order to address the imbalances resulting from the excess/shortage of teachers in the public school system due to the increase or decrease in enrolment and non-availability of new teaching positions in the General Appropriations Act for CY 2003, a Teacher Deployment Analysis (Rainbow Spectrum) has been formulated, copy enclosed.
2. Guided by this analysis, the following policies shall be strictly observed by the DepEd officials concerned in the filling-up of existing vacancies for teaching positions in the Division Offices, to wit:
   1. No appointment or assignment shall be issued by the Schools Division Superintendent to any existing vacant teaching position arising from natural vacancies such as retirement, death, resignation, promotion, transfer in his/her division without prior clearance/authorization from the Regional Director concerned.
   2. In this regard, the Regional Director shall only issue authority to fill-up vacancies for public schools where such natural vacancy/ies exist under the HOT colored schools namely:
      1st priority – Black – no nationally funded teachers
      2nd priority – Red – severe teacher shortage
      3rd priority – Orange – moderate teacher shortage
      4th priority – Gold – manageable ratioProvided however, that public schools falling under the category of COOL colored schools which are offering multi-grade classes and servicing school-less barangay with newly constructed classroom as part of their catchment areas may be issued authority to fill-up vacancies.The Regional Director shall be guided by the Teacher Deployment Analysis (Regional Level) copy enclosed, covering his/her region in the issuance of authority to fill-up vacancies,
   3. Existing vacancies for teaching positions in the public schools classified COOL colored schools shall not be filled-up, namely:
      Blue – excessive surplus teacher provision
      Sky Blue – moderate surplus teacher provision
      Green – generous teacher provision
      Yellow – national mean ratioFor this purpose, the Regional Director shall in no case issue an authority to fill-up such vacancies until such time that these teaching positions have been redeployed to other public schools. These vacant teaching positions shall be redeployed or transferred by the Schools Division Superintendent concerned to the different public schools classified as HOT colored schools taking into consideration the following priorities in their redeployment, as follows:1st priority – Black – no nationally funded teacher
      2nd priority – Red – severe teacher shortage
      3rd priority – Orange – moderate teacher shortage
      4th priority – Gold – manageable ratio
      5th priority – Cool Colored School – multigrade classesThe Schools Division Superintendent shall likewise be guided by the Teacher Deployment Analysis (Division Level) covering his/her division in the redeployment of these positions. This will be provided by the Division Office concerned to the different public schools.
   4. After the transfer/redeployment, the Schools Division Superintendent concerned may fill-up such vacancies subject to the clearance/authority from the Regional Director and upon submission of the List of redeployment to the Regional Office.
   5. The report of redeployment shall also be submitted to the DBM Regional office for its reference in the subsequent release of allotment and NCA to the DepEd Regional Office.
   6. The Regional Director shall submit to the Central Office thru the Office of Assistant Secretary for Planning immediately the comprehensive report of redeployment in his/her region and list of public schools issued the authority to fill-up vacancies.
3. Appointment or assignment to be made by the Schools Division Superintendent relative to the existing teaching vacancies shall be governed by the guidelines to be issued relative to recruitment, appointment or assignment of public school teachers.
4. Any DepEd official or employee who shall be found violating this issuance or part hereof shall be charged administratively.
5. Immediate dissemination of and compliance with this Order is directed.

Encl.: As stated
Reference: None
Allotment: 1 – (D.O. 50-97)

To be Indicated In the Perpetual Index under the following subjects:
APPOINTMENT, EMPLOYMENT, REAPPOINTMENT
OFFICIALS
TEACHERS