— ee. 7B Republic of the Bbilippines Department of Education REGION IV-A CALABARZON GATE 2, KARANGALAN VILLAGE 1900 CAINTA, RIZAL 27 April 2020 Regional Order GUIDELINES ON THE STRICT IMPLEMENTATION OF SECTION 30, SECTION 32 AND SECTION 30.5 OF DEPED ORDER NO. 88, SERIES OF 2010 AS AMENDED EFFECTIVE SY 2021-2022 ONWARDS To Schools Division Superintendents v Section 28 of DepEd Order No. 88, Series of 2010 as amended provides that consistent with national educational policies, plans and standards, the Regional Director concemed shall have the authority, accountability and responsibilty for approving the establishment of private pre-school, elementary and high schools ‘and learning centers. 2. The same was ao the pronouncement of the Flipino people in tem 13(B), Chapter | of Republic Act 9155 entitled, Governance of Basic Education Act of 2001. 3. On the other hand, Item 7(C) Chapter | of Republic Act 9155 provides that the schools division superintendent shall have the authority, accountability and responsibility for supervising the operations of all public and private pre-school, elementary and high schools and leaming centers. 4, Section 30 of DepEd Order No. 88, Series of 2010 as amended provides that request for opening of a new school or for the operation of a new grade or year level in existing elementary and secondary schools should be submitted to the Regional Office on or before August 30 preceding the start of the school year when the school/new course is supposed to operate. 5. Section 32 of DepEd Order No. 88, Series of 2010 as amended provides that on or before February 1*! preceding the opening of the school year, schools operating courses under a temporary permit shall file an application for recognition of those courses on the first ‘and second level of instructions. 6. Section 30.5 of DepEd Order No. 88, Series of 2010 as amended provides that private schools granted permission fo open courses in the 1" and 2-4 level of instruction should file their application for ———— Document inquiry : https://+4a-teadoc.com/inguire Facebook: DepEd R-AA Calabarzon Narco8. 95 . Page 2 of 3 pemit to operate those courses with the Regional Office on or before January 2°¢ preceding the opening of school year. In view thereof, the attached guidelines shall be strictly followed in case application for govemment permit or DepEd recognition for Schoo! Year 2021-2022 and onwards will be filed after the deadline of submission. All schools division offices are hereby required to fumish copy of this memorandum to all the private schools association within their respective jurisdiction. Also, copy of this memorandum shall be posted in the bulletin board of respective schools division office immediately upon receipt hereof. mat ‘CABRAL Regional Director7¢ Compliance is hereby enjoined. cc: ORD/Legal/bb. Page 3 of 3 GUIDELINES ON THE STRICT IMPLEMENTATION OF SECTION 30, SECTION 32 AND SECTION 30.5 OF DEPED ORDER NO. 88, SERIES OF 2010 1.Upon receipt of the application submitted after August 30 preceding the start of the school year (for new permit), January 1 preceding the opening of the school year (for renewal of permit) or February 2 preceding of the opening of the school year (for DepEd recognition), the schools division office shall immediately inform the school that the application shall not be acted upon having been submitted after the deadiine. 2. After which, the schools division superintendent shall assign the Division Inspectorate Team for private schools and/or Attorney Ill/Legal Coordinator who shall conduct an ocular inspection, verification from the public or any other means to determine whether the school is already adverlising or accepting enrollees, conducting classes on courses not yet permitted or exhibiting acts which misled the public to conclude that the school has been permitted by the Department to operate as a school. 3. The findings during the determination shall be embodied in a report which will be submitted and referred to the Office of the Regional Director - Legal Unit for proper disposition of the report. 4, Besides the findings, the history as to how the determination came about shall also be indicated. Moreover, the pieces of evidence such as pictures, videos, testimonies of persons interview shall be attached to the report. 5. The report shall be disposed in accordance with the usual procedure in administrative proceedings against private schools.