SELG and SSLG: The Learner Government in Public Schools

A public school’s learner government is the Supreme Elementary Learner Government (SELG) in an elementary school and the Supreme Secondary Learner Government (SSLG) in a secondary school. These are the bodies that older orders call the Supreme Pupil Government (SPG) and the Supreme Student Government (SSG). As of November 13, 2026, a school runs one under two layers of text. DepEd Order No. 47, s. 2014 and DepEd Order No. 11, s. 2016 hold the SPG and SSG constitution and have not been rescinded. Since School Year (SY) 2023-2024, schools have used the Interim Guidelines of the Learner Government Program (LGP) for School Year 2023-2024, a memorandum of the Office of the Undersecretary for Operations dated May 5, 2023, with its own constitution and by-laws, election code and federation rules. Since January 2025, DepEd’s election memoranda refer schools to them and to the election code “pending the approval of the revised Constitution and By-Laws of the Learner Government Program (LGP)”.

The interim texts moved much of the work from the learners to the school. Under DO 47, a commission of learners ran the election, the officers nominated their own adviser, and an assembly of class presidents decided an impeachment. Under the interim texts, the school head is Chief Commissioner of a five-member Learner Government Commission on Elections and Appointments (LG COMEA), designates the adviser, approves the plan and every disbursement, and decides a complaint to remove an officer. Money and the adviser’s workload are governed by a law and by DepEd Orders outside both constitutions, and those prevail where a constitution says otherwise.

The rules below are those in force on November 13, 2026, for public elementary and secondary schools. Private schools “are encouraged to implement these guidelines according to their philosophy, vision, and mission, with the approval of their respective DepEd Regional Offices” (Interim Guidelines, p. 3).

Key findings

• DO 47 stands, and the 2023 interim texts are the ones schools are told to apply. DepEd’s words to schools are that “pending the approval of the revised Constitution and By-Laws of the Learner Government Program (LGP), schools are advised to refer to the previously issued guidelines”, which are the Interim Guidelines of May 5, 2023 and the election memorandum of March 25, 2024 (Memorandum DM-OUOPS-2025-11-00442, p. 2; the sentence is repeated, with a link in place of the list, in Memorandum DM-OUOPS-2025-10-07908, p. 2). As of November 13, 2026, no DepEd Order or memorandum has issued the revised constitution.
• Seven executive officers and Grade Level Representatives, 9 to 19 officers in all. The officers are “the duly elected President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Auditor, Public Information Officer, Protocol Officer, and Grade Level Representatives” (2023 constitution, Art. IX, Sec. 1). A candidate needs no general average: only to be a bona fide learner, of good moral character, with “no failing grade on the previous semester/grading” (election code, Art. V, Sec. 1).
• The school head is Chief Commissioner of the election. “The LG COMEA Chief Commissioner shall be the School Head and the other commissioners shall come from teaching and non-teaching personnel not handling any learner government” (election code, Art. II, Sec. 2.1). The adviser, who handles the learner government, cannot be one of them.
• The election is held the school year before, and the next one has no date yet. The code sets it “after the third quarter examination” (Art. VII, Sec. 1). The school-based elections of the officers for SY 2026-2027 were scheduled for January 26 to February 13, 2026 (DM-OUOPS-2025-10-07908). The school year now has three terms and no quarters, and as of November 13, 2026 no DepEd issuance sets the election of the officers for SY 2027-2028.
• The school head designates the adviser every school year, and the post carries no teaching load. The 2023 constitution calls the advisership “equivalent to one (1) teaching load”, as DO 47 did in nearly the same words. DepEd Order No. 005, s. 2024 makes it a teaching-related assignment given by “a designation order from the school head duly concurred by the teacher concerned” (Sec. V.A.4.3), and only “actual classroom teaching rendered per learning area and class advising duties are treated as teaching load” (DepEd Memorandum No. 053, s. 2024, para. 3.c).
• The law bars collections from learners, and fund-raising waits for the division. Republic Act No. 4206, as amended by Republic Act No. 5546, prohibits “the sale of tickets and/or the collection of contributions in any form whatsoever … whether voluntary or otherwise, from school children, students and teachers” (Sec. 1). DepEd Order No. 013, s. 2022 still lists a voluntary contribution for learners’ organizations, collected only through the PTA for Grades 5 to 12. No DepEd issuance reconciles the two, and collecting nothing from learners is the safer course. The learner government’s fund-raising needs the Schools Division Superintendent’s approval “prior to implementation”, and every disbursement needs a resolution “approved by the School Head” (2023 constitution, Art. XVIII, Secs. 2.4 and 2.8).
• The school head decides a removal complaint, on fixed days. A written complaint goes “to the Office of the School Head”, the officer is told within three school days and answers within three, the investigation takes up to ten, and the report follows a day later (2023 constitution, Art. XX, Sec. 2). The Vice President succeeds a President; any other executive post is filled by special election within ten school days (Secs. 7 and 8).

Which rules a school applies: DO 47 or the 2023 interim guidelines

Nine texts carry the learner government’s rules. Two names are short for the two a school opens most. The 2023 constitution is the Constitution and By-Laws of the SELG and SSLG, Annex A of the Interim Guidelines. The election code is the Learner Government Election and Appointment Code (LGEAC), first issued as Annex B of the Interim Guidelines and reissued, with additions, as Annex A to Memorandum DM-OUOPS-2024-11-02487 of March 25, 2024. Its articles are cited from the 2024 text.

What the memoranda tell schools

The memorandum for the SY 2025-2026 elections names the texts: “pending the approval of the revised Constitution and By-Laws of the Learner Government Program (LGP), schools are advised to refer to the previously issued guidelines provided in the following issuances”. It then lists two: the Interim Guidelines, which it cites as “OUOPS Memo No. 2023-03”, and the 2024 election memorandum, “DM-OUOPS-2024-11-02487” (DM-OUOPS-2025-11-00442, p. 2). The memorandum for the SY 2026-2027 elections repeats the sentence and gives a link to “the previously issued guidelines” (DM-OUOPS-2025-10-07908, p. 2). On June 29, 2026, the same office described the learner government “as stipulated in DepEd Order No. 47, s. 2014 and OUOPS Memo No. 2023-03” (memorandum on the NFSSLG elections, p. 1). On September 21, 2026, it again placed the learner government under “DepEd Order No. 47, s. 2014 and OUOPS Memorandum No. 2023-03” (DM-OUGOPS-2026-10-03494, p. 1).

The Interim Guidelines are titled for one school year. Nothing in them sets an end, and their use for the three school years since rests on those later memoranda. Their mandate to schools is general: “all public elementary and secondary schools nationwide are mandated to facilitate learner-led clubs and organizations’ elections and other relevant practices that will meaningfully support learners’ initiatives and respond to varied contexts” (p. 2).

Where the two layers differ

No text says in terms which one prevails. The Interim Guidelines do not repeal DO 47; they open with the words “In accordance with” it. DO 47 is an order of the Secretary, and its constitution takes amendments “through a DepEd Order or Memorandum” that “take effect immediately upon approval of the Secretary of the Department of Education” (2014 constitution, Art. XX). The Interim Guidelines are a memorandum of an Undersecretary’s office. What settles a school’s practice is DepEd’s own direction: the 2024 memorandum reissued the election code and asked schools to adhere to it, and the memoranda of January 20 and December 22, 2025 refer schools to “the previously issued guidelines”. DepEd Orders issued since 2023 use the interim names and structures, among them DO 005, s. 2024 and DepEd Order No. 006, s. 2025.

Three limits hold whichever constitution a school reads:

1. A law or a DepEd Order on a subject governs that subject. The 2023 constitution says so itself: a provision “contrary or inconsistent with the Constitution and Laws of the Republic of the Philippines”, or with the “implementing rules and guidelines and issuances” made under them, “shall be deemed null and void” (Art. XXIII). Collections follow RA 4206 and the orders on school contributions, the adviser’s load follows DO 005, s. 2024, the seat in the School Governance Council follows DepEd Order No. 026, s. 2022, and the use of class time follows DepEd Order No. 009, s. 2026. Each is taken up in its section below.
2. A school may adapt the guidelines, by resolution. “Implementing schools are required to adhere to the prescribed guidelines but are encouraged to revise or enhance them through a formal resolution, to align with the school’s specific context and needs” (DM-OUOPS-2025-11-00442, p. 2; DM-OUOPS-2025-10-07908, p. 2). The memoranda do not say whose resolution or who approves it. For election matters, the body that issues resolutions is the LG COMEA (election code, Art. I, Sec. 5). A resolution cannot change what a law or a DepEd Order fixes.
3. The revision is pending. The 2023 constitution lets DepEd’s Youth Formation Division recommend amendments to the Secretary, with the concurrence of “at least two-thirds (2/3) of all Division Federation of SELG/SSLG nationwide” (Art. XXI, Secs. 2 and 4). The national federation asked for it in November 2023, in its Resolution No. 001, s. 2023, “A Resolution Formalizing the Revisions on the Interim Guidelines for the Learner Government Program”, which DepEd sent to the field with Memorandum OM-OUOPS-2024-11-01730. In August 2024, DepEd gathered regional representatives to draft a Learner Government Operations Manual and a Learners’ Manual (Memorandum DM-OUOPS-2024-11-06520). As of November 13, 2026, neither manual and no revised constitution has been issued.

When the revised constitution comes, it replaces the interim one. Until then, a school that keeps its papers under the interim texts, and its money and workload under the orders that govern them, is doing what DepEd has asked.

The offices above the school

Two offices of the Schools Division Office appear throughout the interim texts. The Division Youth Formation Coordinator is “the designated Project Development Officer handling the Student Government Program, stationed in the Schools Division Office” (2023 constitution, Art. III, Sec. 1.5). The School Governance and Operations Division (SGOD) is the division office that receives the adviser’s designation and the learner government’s fund-raising proposals. At the Central Office, the Bureau of Learner Support Services, through its Youth Formation Division, “is authorized to monitor and evaluate the implementation and enforcement of this issuance” (Interim Guidelines, p. 3). A sensible first stop for a question the texts leave open is the Division Youth Formation Coordinator.

SPG, SSG, SELG and SSLG: the names

The Interim Guidelines changed the names to match the word “learner”, which DepEd’s K to 12 policy (DepEd Order No. 021, s. 2019) uses: “To ensure consistency pursuant to DepEd Order No. 21, s. 2019, the SGP shall be named as Learner Government Program (LGP), while SPG and SSG will be known as the Supreme Elementary Learner Government (SELG) and Supreme Secondary Learner Government (SSLG), respectively” (pp. 1 to 2).

DepEd’s orders use both sets. The new names are in DO 005, s. 2024 (Sec. V.A.4.1), DO 006, s. 2025 (Encl. 3), DepEd Order No. 022, s. 2025 on school sports clubs, DepEd Order No. 026, s. 2025 on teachers’ overtime, and DO 009, s. 2026 (Annex B). The old names are still in DO 026, s. 2022 on the School Governance Council, DepEd Order No. 013, s. 2022 on Parent-Teacher Associations, the checklist of DepEd Order No. 007, s. 2024 on school-based management, and DepEd Memorandum No. 027, s. 2026 on Brigada Eskwela. All of them mean the same body. A school writes SELG or SSLG in its own papers.

The 2023 constitution describes the body in four sentences that a school head should know:

• “The SELG/SSLG shall be the highest student governing body in the school” (Art. IV, Sec. 1).
• “The SELG/SSLG shall have the power that emanates from the student body. It shall be autonomous, diplomatic, unified, and the highest democratic representative of the student body” (Art. IV, Sec. 3).
• “All bona fide learners of [name of school] shall be the members of the Learner Government” (Art. V, Sec. 1). A bona fide learner is one “enrolled in elementary and secondary schools” (Art. III, Sec. 1.4).
• “The SELG/SSLG shall uphold a non-partisan and non-sectarian status”, and it “shall not engage in any form of or act which constitutes as commercialization” (Art. IV, Secs. 12 and 13).

A school has one learner government. “A school, regardless of any special curriculum programs (such as special science, arts, sports and special education), shall organize only one SPG or SSG, as applicable, for every school year”, and “Schools with duly recognized annexes shall organize a separate SPG or SSG provided that the annex is complete with all grade/year levels” (DepEd Order No. 84, s. 2010, items 3.a and 3.b). No later issuance has repealed that order by name.

Officers and seats

Every learner government has the same seven executive officers, one of each: President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Auditor, Public Information Officer and Protocol Officer. The number of Grade Level Representatives depends on the kind of school and its size. The figure gives every seat for each of the sixteen cases, with the grade levels that may run for it and the learners who vote for it.

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The seats of a learner government

Choose the kind of school and its size to see every office, who may run for it and who votes.

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Elementary level (with Grade 3 – 6), small11 officers

• President1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 5 or 6

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 3, 4, 5 and 6 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.1.1; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.1; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row A.1

• Vice President1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 5 or 6

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 3, 4, 5 and 6 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.1.1; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.1; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row A.2

• Secretary1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 3, 4, 5 or 6

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 3, 4, 5 and 6 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.1.2; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.1; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row A.3

• Treasurer1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 3, 4, 5 or 6

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 3, 4, 5 and 6 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.1.2; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.1; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row A.4

• Auditor1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 3, 4, 5 or 6

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 3, 4, 5 and 6 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.1.2; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.1; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row A.5

• Public Information Officer1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 3, 4, 5 or 6

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 3, 4, 5 and 6 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.1.2; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.1; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row A.6

• Protocol Officer1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 3, 4, 5 or 6

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 3, 4, 5 and 6 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.1.2; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.1; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row A.7

• Grade 6 Representative1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 6

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 6 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.1.3; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row A.8

• Grade 5 Representative1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 5

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 5 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.1.3; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row A.8

• Grade 4 Representative1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 4

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 4 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.1.3; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row A.8

• Grade 3 Representative1Special election at the opening of classes (Enclosure 2.B only)

  May run

  incoming Gr. 3

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 3 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.1.3; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row A.8 (2.B alone marks the seat for special election)

Elementary level (with Grade 3 – 6), medium11 officers

• President1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 5 or 6

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 3, 4, 5 and 6 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.1.1; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.1; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row A.1

• Vice President1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 5 or 6

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 3, 4, 5 and 6 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.1.1; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.1; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row A.2

• Secretary1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 3, 4, 5 or 6

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 3, 4, 5 and 6 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.1.2; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.1; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row A.3

• Treasurer1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 3, 4, 5 or 6

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 3, 4, 5 and 6 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.1.2; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.1; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row A.4

• Auditor1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 3, 4, 5 or 6

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 3, 4, 5 and 6 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.1.2; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.1; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row A.5

• Public Information Officer1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 3, 4, 5 or 6

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 3, 4, 5 and 6 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.1.2; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.1; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row A.6

• Protocol Officer1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 3, 4, 5 or 6

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 3, 4, 5 and 6 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.1.2; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.1; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row A.7

• Grade 6 Representative1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 6

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 6 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.1.3; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row A.8

• Grade 5 Representative1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 5

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 5 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.1.3; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row A.8

• Grade 4 Representative1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 4

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 4 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.1.3; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row A.8

• Grade 3 Representative1Special election at the opening of classes (Enclosure 2.B only)

  May run

  incoming Gr. 3

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 3 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.1.3; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row A.8 (2.B alone marks the seat for special election)

Elementary level (with Grade 3 – 6), large14 officers

• President1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 5 or 6

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 3, 4, 5 and 6 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.1.1; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.1; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row A.1

• Vice President1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 5 or 6

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 3, 4, 5 and 6 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.1.1; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.1; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row A.2

• Secretary1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 3, 4, 5 or 6

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 3, 4, 5 and 6 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.1.2; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.1; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row A.3

• Treasurer1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 3, 4, 5 or 6

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 3, 4, 5 and 6 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.1.2; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.1; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row A.4

• Auditor1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 3, 4, 5 or 6

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 3, 4, 5 and 6 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.1.2; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.1; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row A.5

• Public Information Officer1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 3, 4, 5 or 6

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 3, 4, 5 and 6 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.1.2; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.1; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row A.6

• Protocol Officer1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 3, 4, 5 or 6

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 3, 4, 5 and 6 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.1.2; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.1; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row A.7

• Grade 6 Representative2

  May run

  incoming Gr. 6

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 6 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.1.4; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row A.8

• Grade 5 Representative2

  May run

  incoming Gr. 5

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 5 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.1.4; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row A.8

• Grade 4 Representative2

  May run

  incoming Gr. 4

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 4 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.1.4; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row A.8

• Grade 3 Representative1Special election at the opening of classes (Enclosure 2.B only)

  May run

  incoming Gr. 3

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 3 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.1.4; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row A.8 (2.B alone marks the seat for special election)

Elementary level (with Grade 3 – 6), mega15 officers

• President1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 5 or 6

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 3, 4, 5 and 6 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.1.1; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.1; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row A.1

• Vice President1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 5 or 6

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 3, 4, 5 and 6 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.1.1; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.1; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row A.2

• Secretary1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 3, 4, 5 or 6

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 3, 4, 5 and 6 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.1.2; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.1; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row A.3

• Treasurer1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 3, 4, 5 or 6

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 3, 4, 5 and 6 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.1.2; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.1; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row A.4

• Auditor1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 3, 4, 5 or 6

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 3, 4, 5 and 6 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.1.2; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.1; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row A.5

• Public Information Officer1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 3, 4, 5 or 6

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 3, 4, 5 and 6 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.1.2; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.1; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row A.6

• Protocol Officer1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 3, 4, 5 or 6

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 3, 4, 5 and 6 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.1.2; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.1; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row A.7

• Grade 6 Representative2

  May run

  incoming Gr. 6

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 6 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.1.5; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row A.8

• Grade 5 Representative2

  May run

  incoming Gr. 5

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 5 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.1.5; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row A.8

• Grade 4 Representative2

  May run

  incoming Gr. 4

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 4 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.1.5; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row A.8

• Grade 3 Representative2Special election at the opening of classes (Enclosure 2.B only)

  May run

  incoming Gr. 3

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 3 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.1.5; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row A.8 (2.B alone marks the seat for special election)

Junior High (Grade 7 – 10), small11 officers

• President1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 9 or 10

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 8, 9, and 10 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.1.a; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.2.a; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row B.1

• Vice President1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 9 or 10

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 8, 9, and 10 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.1.a; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.2.a; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row B.2

• Secretary1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 8, 9 or 10

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 8, 9, and 10 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.2.a; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.2.a; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row B.3

• Treasurer1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 8, 9 or 10

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 8, 9, and 10 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.2.a; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.2.a; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row B.4

• Auditor1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 8, 9 or 10

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 8, 9, and 10 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.2.a; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.2.a; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row B.5

• Public Information Officer1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 8, 9 or 10

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 8, 9, and 10 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.2.a; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.2.a; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row B.6

• Protocol Officer1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 8, 9 or 10

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 8, 9, and 10 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.2.a; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.2.a; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row B.7

• Grade 10 Representative1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 10

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 10 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.3.a; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row B.8

• Grade 9 Representative1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 9

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 9 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.3.a; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row B.8

• Grade 8 Representative1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 8

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 8 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.3.a; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row B.8

• Grade 7 Representative1Special election at the opening of classes

  May run

  incoming Gr. 7

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 7 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.3.a; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row B.8 (both mark the seat for special election)

Junior High (Grade 7 – 10), medium11 officers

• President1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 9 or 10

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 8, 9, and 10 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.1.a; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.2.a; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row B.1

• Vice President1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 9 or 10

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 8, 9, and 10 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.1.a; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.2.a; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row B.2

• Secretary1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 8, 9 or 10

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 8, 9, and 10 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.2.a; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.2.a; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row B.3

• Treasurer1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 8, 9 or 10

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 8, 9, and 10 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.2.a; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.2.a; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row B.4

• Auditor1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 8, 9 or 10

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 8, 9, and 10 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.2.a; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.2.a; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row B.5

• Public Information Officer1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 8, 9 or 10

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 8, 9, and 10 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.2.a; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.2.a; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row B.6

• Protocol Officer1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 8, 9 or 10

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 8, 9, and 10 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.2.a; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.2.a; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row B.7

• Grade 10 Representative1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 10

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 10 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.3.a; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row B.8

• Grade 9 Representative1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 9

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 9 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.3.a; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row B.8

• Grade 8 Representative1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 8

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 8 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.3.a; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row B.8

• Grade 7 Representative1Special election at the opening of classes

  May run

  incoming Gr. 7

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 7 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.3.a; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row B.8 (both mark the seat for special election)

Junior High (Grade 7 – 10), large15 officers

• President1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 9 or 10

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 8, 9, and 10 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.1.a; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.2.a; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row B.1

• Vice President1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 9 or 10

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 8, 9, and 10 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.1.a; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.2.a; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row B.2

• Secretary1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 8, 9 or 10

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 8, 9, and 10 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.2.a; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.2.a; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row B.3

• Treasurer1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 8, 9 or 10

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 8, 9, and 10 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.2.a; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.2.a; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row B.4

• Auditor1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 8, 9 or 10

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 8, 9, and 10 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.2.a; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.2.a; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row B.5

• Public Information Officer1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 8, 9 or 10

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 8, 9, and 10 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.2.a; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.2.a; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row B.6

• Protocol Officer1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 8, 9 or 10

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 8, 9, and 10 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.2.a; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.2.a; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row B.7

• Grade 10 Representative2

  May run

  incoming Gr. 10

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 10 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.4.a; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row B.8

• Grade 9 Representative2

  May run

  incoming Gr. 9

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 9 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.4.a; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row B.8

• Grade 8 Representative2

  May run

  incoming Gr. 8

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 8 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.4.a; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row B.8

• Grade 7 Representative2Special election at the opening of classes

  May run

  incoming Gr. 7

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 7 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.4.a; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row B.8 (both mark the seat for special election)

Junior High (Grade 7 – 10), mega15 officers

• President1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 9 or 10

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 8, 9, and 10 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.1.a; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.2.a; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row B.1

• Vice President1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 9 or 10

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 8, 9, and 10 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.1.a; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.2.a; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row B.2

• Secretary1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 8, 9 or 10

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 8, 9, and 10 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.2.a; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.2.a; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row B.3

• Treasurer1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 8, 9 or 10

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 8, 9, and 10 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.2.a; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.2.a; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row B.4

• Auditor1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 8, 9 or 10

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 8, 9, and 10 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.2.a; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.2.a; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row B.5

• Public Information Officer1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 8, 9 or 10

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 8, 9, and 10 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.2.a; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.2.a; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row B.6

• Protocol Officer1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 8, 9 or 10

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 8, 9, and 10 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.2.a; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.2.a; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row B.7

• Grade 10 Representative2

  May run

  incoming Gr. 10

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 10 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.4.a; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row B.8

• Grade 9 Representative2

  May run

  incoming Gr. 9

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 9 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.4.a; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row B.8

• Grade 8 Representative2

  May run

  incoming Gr. 8

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 8 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.4.a; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row B.8

• Grade 7 Representative2Special election at the opening of classes

  May run

  incoming Gr. 7

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 7 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.4.a; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row B.8 (both mark the seat for special election)

Integrated High (Grade 7 – 12), small13 officers

• President1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 11 or 12

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 8, 9. 10, 11 and 12 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.1.c; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.2.c; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row C.1

• Vice President1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 11 or 12

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 8, 9. 10, 11 and 12 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.1.c; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.2.c; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row C.2

• Secretary1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 8, 9, 10, 11 or 12

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 8, 9. 10, 11 and 12 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.2.c; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.2.c; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row C.3

• Treasurer1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 8, 9, 10, 11 or 12

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 8, 9. 10, 11 and 12 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.2.c; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.2.c; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row C.4

• Auditor1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 8, 9, 10, 11 or 12

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 8, 9. 10, 11 and 12 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.2.c; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.2.c; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row C.5

• Public Information Officer1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 8, 9, 10, 11 or 12

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 8, 9. 10, 11 and 12 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.2.c; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.2.c; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row C.6

• Protocol Officer1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 8, 9, 10, 11 or 12

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 8, 9. 10, 11 and 12 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.2.c; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.2.c; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row C.7

• Grade 12 Representative1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 12

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 12 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.3.c; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row C.8

• Grade 11 Representative1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 11

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 11 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.3.c; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row C.8

• Grade 10 Representative1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 10

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 10 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.3.c; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row C.8

• Grade 9 Representative1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 9

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 9 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.3.c; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row C.8

• Grade 8 Representative1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 8

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 8 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.3.c; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row C.8

• Grade 7 Representative1Special election at the opening of classes

  May run

  incoming Gr. 7

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 7 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.3.c; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row C.8 (both mark the seat for special election)

Integrated High (Grade 7 – 12), medium13 officers

• President1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 11 or 12

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 8, 9. 10, 11 and 12 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.1.c; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.2.c; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row C.1

• Vice President1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 11 or 12

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 8, 9. 10, 11 and 12 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.1.c; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.2.c; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row C.2

• Secretary1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 8, 9, 10, 11 or 12

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 8, 9. 10, 11 and 12 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.2.c; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.2.c; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row C.3

• Treasurer1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 8, 9, 10, 11 or 12

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 8, 9. 10, 11 and 12 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.2.c; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.2.c; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row C.4

• Auditor1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 8, 9, 10, 11 or 12

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 8, 9. 10, 11 and 12 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.2.c; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.2.c; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row C.5

• Public Information Officer1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 8, 9, 10, 11 or 12

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 8, 9. 10, 11 and 12 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.2.c; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.2.c; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row C.6

• Protocol Officer1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 8, 9, 10, 11 or 12

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 8, 9. 10, 11 and 12 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.2.c; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.2.c; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row C.7

• Grade 12 Representative1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 12

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 12 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.3.c; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row C.8

• Grade 11 Representative1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 11

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 11 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.3.c; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row C.8

• Grade 10 Representative1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 10

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 10 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.3.c; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row C.8

• Grade 9 Representative1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 9

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 9 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.3.c; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row C.8

• Grade 8 Representative1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 8

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 8 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.3.c; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row C.8

• Grade 7 Representative1Special election at the opening of classes

  May run

  incoming Gr. 7

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 7 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.3.c; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row C.8 (both mark the seat for special election)

Integrated High (Grade 7 – 12), large19 officers

• President1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 11 or 12

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 8, 9. 10, 11 and 12 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.1.c; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.2.c; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row C.1

• Vice President1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 11 or 12

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 8, 9. 10, 11 and 12 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.1.c; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.2.c; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row C.2

• Secretary1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 8, 9, 10, 11 or 12

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 8, 9. 10, 11 and 12 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.2.c; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.2.c; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row C.3

• Treasurer1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 8, 9, 10, 11 or 12

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 8, 9. 10, 11 and 12 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.2.c; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.2.c; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row C.4

• Auditor1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 8, 9, 10, 11 or 12

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 8, 9. 10, 11 and 12 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.2.c; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.2.c; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row C.5

• Public Information Officer1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 8, 9, 10, 11 or 12

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 8, 9. 10, 11 and 12 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.2.c; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.2.c; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row C.6

• Protocol Officer1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 8, 9, 10, 11 or 12

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 8, 9. 10, 11 and 12 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.2.c; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.2.c; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row C.7

• Grade 12 Representative2

  May run

  incoming Gr. 12

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 12 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.4.c; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row C.8

• Grade 11 Representative2

  May run

  incoming Gr. 11

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 11 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.4.c; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row C.8

• Grade 10 Representative2

  May run

  incoming Gr. 10

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 10 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.4.c; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row C.8

• Grade 9 Representative2

  May run

  incoming Gr. 9

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 9 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.4.c; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row C.8

• Grade 8 Representative2

  May run

  incoming Gr. 8

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 8 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.4.c; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row C.8

• Grade 7 Representative2Special election at the opening of classes

  May run

  incoming Gr. 7

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 7 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.4.c; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row C.8 (both mark the seat for special election)

Integrated High (Grade 7 – 12), mega19 officers

• President1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 11 or 12

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 8, 9. 10, 11 and 12 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.1.c; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.2.c; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row C.1

• Vice President1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 11 or 12

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 8, 9. 10, 11 and 12 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.1.c; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.2.c; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row C.2

• Secretary1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 8, 9, 10, 11 or 12

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 8, 9. 10, 11 and 12 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.2.c; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.2.c; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row C.3

• Treasurer1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 8, 9, 10, 11 or 12

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 8, 9. 10, 11 and 12 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.2.c; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.2.c; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row C.4

• Auditor1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 8, 9, 10, 11 or 12

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 8, 9. 10, 11 and 12 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.2.c; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.2.c; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row C.5

• Public Information Officer1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 8, 9, 10, 11 or 12

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 8, 9. 10, 11 and 12 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.2.c; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.2.c; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row C.6

• Protocol Officer1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 8, 9, 10, 11 or 12

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 8, 9. 10, 11 and 12 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.2.c; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.2.c; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row C.7

• Grade 12 Representative2

  May run

  incoming Gr. 12

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 12 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.4.c; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row C.8

• Grade 11 Representative2

  May run

  incoming Gr. 11

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 11 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.4.c; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row C.8

• Grade 10 Representative2

  May run

  incoming Gr. 10

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 10 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.4.c; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row C.8

• Grade 9 Representative2

  May run

  incoming Gr. 9

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 9 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.4.c; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row C.8

• Grade 8 Representative2

  May run

  incoming Gr. 8

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 8 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.4.c; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row C.8

• Grade 7 Representative2Special election at the opening of classes

  May run

  incoming Gr. 7

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 7 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.4.c; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row C.8 (both mark the seat for special election)

Stand-alone Senior High (Grade 11 – 12), small9 officers

• President1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 12

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 12 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.1.b; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.2.b; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row D.1

• Vice President1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 12

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 12 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.1.b; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.2.b; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row D.2

• Secretary1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 12

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 12 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.2.b; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.2.b; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row D.3

• Treasurer1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 12

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 12 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.2.b; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.2.b; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row D.4

• Auditor1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 12

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 12 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.2.b; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.2.b; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row D.5

• Public Information Officer1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 12

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 12 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.2.b; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.2.b; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row D.6

• Protocol Officer1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 12

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 12 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.2.b; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.2.b; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row D.7

• Grade 12 Representative1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 12

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 12 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.3.b; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row D.8

• Grade 11 Representative1Special election at the opening of classes

  May run

  incoming Gr. 11

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 11 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.3.b; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row D.8 (both mark the seat for special election)

Stand-alone Senior High (Grade 11 – 12), medium9 officers

• President1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 12

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 12 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.1.b; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.2.b; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row D.1

• Vice President1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 12

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 12 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.1.b; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.2.b; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row D.2

• Secretary1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 12

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 12 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.2.b; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.2.b; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row D.3

• Treasurer1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 12

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 12 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.2.b; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.2.b; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row D.4

• Auditor1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 12

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 12 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.2.b; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.2.b; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row D.5

• Public Information Officer1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 12

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 12 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.2.b; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.2.b; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row D.6

• Protocol Officer1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 12

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 12 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.2.b; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.2.b; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row D.7

• Grade 12 Representative1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 12

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 12 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.3.b; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row D.8

• Grade 11 Representative1Special election at the opening of classes

  May run

  incoming Gr. 11

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 11 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.3.b; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row D.8 (both mark the seat for special election)

Stand-alone Senior High (Grade 11 – 12), large11 officers

• President1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 12

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 12 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.1.b; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.2.b; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row D.1

• Vice President1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 12

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 12 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.1.b; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.2.b; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row D.2

• Secretary1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 12

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 12 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.2.b; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.2.b; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row D.3

• Treasurer1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 12

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 12 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.2.b; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.2.b; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row D.4

• Auditor1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 12

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 12 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.2.b; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.2.b; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row D.5

• Public Information Officer1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 12

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 12 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.2.b; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.2.b; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row D.6

• Protocol Officer1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 12

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 12 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.2.b; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.2.b; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row D.7

• Grade 12 Representative2

  May run

  incoming Gr. 12

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 12 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.4.b; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row D.8

• Grade 11 Representative2Special election at the opening of classes

  May run

  incoming Gr. 11

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 11 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.4.b; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row D.8 (both mark the seat for special election)

Stand-alone Senior High (Grade 11 – 12), mega11 officers

• President1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 12

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 12 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.1.b; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.2.b; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row D.1

• Vice President1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 12

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 12 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.1.b; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.2.b; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row D.2

• Secretary1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 12

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 12 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.2.b; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.2.b; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row D.3

• Treasurer1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 12

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 12 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.2.b; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.2.b; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row D.4

• Auditor1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 12

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 12 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.2.b; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.2.b; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row D.5

• Public Information Officer1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 12

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 12 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.2.b; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.2.b; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row D.6

• Protocol Officer1

  May run

  incoming Gr. 12

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 12 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.2.b; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.2.b; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row D.7

• Grade 12 Representative2

  May run

  incoming Gr. 12

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 12 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.4.b; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row D.8

• Grade 11 Representative2Special election at the opening of classes

  May run

  incoming Gr. 11

  Votes

  Incoming Gr. 11 learners

  LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.2.4.b; Enclosures 2.A and 2.B, row D.8 (both mark the seat for special election)

• Whatever the seat, a learner who runs or is appointed must be “a bona fide learner of the current school year”, “have good moral character” and “have no failing grade on the previous semester/grading”.LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 1
• The code sorts schools as “small, medium, large, or mega” and nowhere says how many learners make a school one or the other; neither do its enclosures.LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2; Enclosure 2.A
• Enclosures 2.A and 2.B mark the Grade 7 seat of a junior or integrated high school and the Grade 11 seat of a stand-alone senior high school “Subject for special election in the opening of classes within the Grade level ONLY”. Enclosure 2.B marks the voters of the elementary Grade 3 seat the same way; Enclosure 2.A does not mark that seat, and Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.1 counts incoming Grade 3 learners among the voters.LGEAC, Enclosures 2.A and 2.B; Art. VII, Sec. 4, item 4.1
• “For schools not offering the specified grade levels, the elective positions shall be made open to the highest grade level available.”LGEAC, Art. V, Sec. 2, item 2.3

Learner Government Election and Appointment Code (LGEAC), Annex A to Memorandum DM-OUOPS-2024-11-02487 (March 25, 2024), Articles V and VII, and its Annex B, Enclosures 2.A and 2.B; Interim Guidelines of the Learner Government Program (May 5, 2023)

The rule behind the numbers is short. A small or medium school elects one representative for each grade level. A large or mega secondary school elects two for each. A large elementary school elects one for Grade 3 and two each for Grades 4 to 6, and a mega elementary school two for each of Grades 3 to 6 (election code, Art. V, Sec. 2). The totals run from 9, in a small or medium stand-alone senior high school, to 19, in a large or mega integrated school (Enclosure 2.A).

Four points need care.

The code does not define the four sizes. It sorts schools as “small, medium, large, or mega” and gives no enrollment for any of them. DepEd’s monitoring of the 2023 elections sorted schools by another set: “Small, Medium, Large, Very large” (Memorandum OM-OASOPS-2023-05-13, item 2.c). No DepEd text says which classification a school uses for its learner government. Ask the Division Youth Formation Coordinator which one the division applies, and record the size in the LG COMEA’s first resolution, so that the number of seats is settled before anyone files.

Kindergarten to Grade 2 learners are members without a seat or a vote. All bona fide learners are members, but an elementary school’s seats and voters begin at Grade 3.

A school without the grade levels named opens the post to its highest grade. “For schools not offering the specified grade levels, the elective positions shall be made open to the highest grade level available” (Art. V, Sec. 2.3). An elementary school that ends at Grade 4 opens its presidency to incoming Grade 4 learners.

An executive officer holds no other post. “Any SELG/SSLG Officer, except the Grade Level Representatives, shall not be holding any other elective or appointive positions in other student clubs/organizations” (2023 constitution, Art. IX, Sec. 2). A club president who wins the Treasurer’s seat gives up one of the two. Grade Level Representatives exist only in the learner government: “Elective positions for Grade Level Representative shall be solely intended for SELG/SSLG” (election code, Art. V, Sec. 3).

What each officer does

The Protocol Officer took the Peace Officer’s place with one duty gone. DO 47 told the Peace Officer to “Act as disciplinary officer, if necessary” (2014 constitution, Art. IX, Sec. 7.2). The 2023 constitution has no such duty.

Below the learner government, “There shall be a homeroom class organization in every section composed of executive officers only parallel to the organizational structure of the SELG/SSLG”, and it “shall assist the SELG/SSLG in implementing its PPAs”, its programs, projects and activities (2023 constitution, Art. XI).

Who may run and who may vote

Qualifications

“Any learner who intends to run or be appointed for a certain position in the Learner Government shall have the following qualifications: 1.1 Must be a bona fide learner of the current school year; 1.2 Must have good moral character; and 1.3 Must have no failing grade on the previous semester/grading” (election code, Art. V, Sec. 1).

DO 47 asked for more: “a general average of 85 and above without any failing grade during the 1st to 3rd grading period of the current school year” and that the candidate “Have not been subjected to any disciplinary sanction” (2014 constitution, Art. VIII, Secs. 6.2 and 6.4). DO 11, s. 2016 set the average at 80 for every SSG candidate in an integrated school or a stand-alone senior high school; a junior high school outside an integrated school kept DO 47’s 85. The election code keeps neither the average nor the disciplinary bar. One bar is new: an officer “who has been removed from office shall be disqualified from running for a position in any SELG/SSLG elections to be conducted in the next two (2) school years” (2023 constitution, Art. XX, Sec. 3).

The memoranda let a school “revise or enhance” the guidelines by formal resolution, and they do not say whether a school may add a qualification. The safer course is to keep to the code’s three. A grade average restored by a school would narrow the right the 2023 constitution gives every learner “to suffrage, to apply for a position, to nominate, and to be elected to office” (Art. VI, Sec. 1.6), and it is the rule the code left behind.

What a candidate files

A candidate files the Election Application Form and the Introductory Profile for their level (election code, Art. V, Sec. 4), with a certificate of good moral character and a photocopy of School Form 9, the report card (Enclosure 1). Three people outside the commission sign the application form (Enclosure 6):

• the class adviser, who attests that the learner “Has no failing grades in all subject areas”;
• the Edukasyon sa Pagpapakatao (EsP) or guidance coordinator, who attests that the learner “Is of good moral character”; and
• the parent or guardian, who signs the “PARENTAL CONSENT” part.

The Commissioner on Screening and Validation verifies the form, and the Chief Commissioner approves it. The Introductory Profile carries a disclaimer that it “shall be published, posted, or disseminated”, so a learner and a parent should know before filing that its answers will be public.

Candidates may run in groups or alone. “The LG COMEA shall regulate the establishment of political parties through a resolution. A recognized and certified group of qualified candidates may form a political party subject to the completion of candidates to the elective position. However, any candidate with no political party may run independently” (Art. V, Sec. 5).

Grade levels: what “incoming” means

Every grade level in the code and in the figure is an “incoming” one. The code does not define the word. Since the election is held the school year before the officers serve, it can only mean the grade a learner will be in during the term. A Grade 9 learner who files in February runs as an incoming Grade 10 learner.

The pattern is the same in every kind of school. The President and the Vice President come from the school’s upper grades: incoming Grades 5 and 6 in an elementary school, 9 and 10 in a junior high school, 11 and 12 in an integrated school, and Grade 12 in a stand-alone senior high school. The other five executive officers come from a wider range, and each representative comes from the grade represented (Art. V, Sec. 2).

Voters

The 2023 text of the code named no voters. The 2024 text does. “Voters are only allowed to vote once.” In an elementary school, “the eligible voters for the elementary level are all incoming Grades 3-6 learners”. In a secondary school, they are “incoming Grades 8-10 for Regular High School (offering Grades 7-10)”, “incoming Grade 12 for Stand-alone Senior High School (offering Grades 11-12)” and “incoming Grades 8-12 for Integrated School (Offering Grades 7-12)” (Art. VII, Secs. 4, 4.1 and 4.2). Each Grade Level Representative is chosen by that grade alone (Enclosure 2.B).

Five consequences follow, and a school head should expect questions on each.

1. The learners in a school’s last grade level do not vote. Grade 6 pupils in an elementary school, Grade 10 learners in a school that ends at Grade 10, and Grade 12 learners are not “incoming” to any grade in that school. In an integrated school, Grade 10 learners vote as incoming Grade 11.
2. Incoming Grade 7 learners vote only for their own representative, after classes open. They are still in Grade 6, often in another school, when the general election is held. Enclosure 2.A marks the Grade 7 representative of a junior high or integrated school “Subject for special election in the opening of classes within the Grade level ONLY”.
3. A stand-alone senior high school’s general election is among its Grade 11 learners. Every executive officer and every voter is an incoming Grade 12 learner. The Grade 11 representative carries the same mark and is elected when classes open.
4. The elementary Grade 3 seat is marked in one table and not the other. Enclosure 2.B puts the special-election mark on the voters of the Grade 3 representative. Enclosure 2.A does not mark the seat, and Art. VII, Sec. 4.1 counts incoming Grade 3 learners among the voters of the general election. Incoming Grade 3 pupils are the school’s own Grade 2 pupils, so either course can be carried out. No text settles it. A workable course is for the LG COMEA to decide by resolution and say so in the posted schedule, after asking the Division Youth Formation Coordinator, so that schools in the division do the same.
5. The special election is the commission’s work too. “Special elections shall adopt the rules and procedures of the elections from previous articles” (Art. IX, Sec. 2). No national issuance fixes the day beyond “the opening of classes”; a division may.

The term, the oath and the turn-over

“The officers of the SELG/SSLG shall hold office for a period of one (1) school year” (2023 constitution, Art. IX, Sec. 3). The next two sections say when it starts:

• “The term of office shall start from the date the officer takes his/her oath, until the successor takes his/her oath of office or until the end of the incumbent SELG/SSLG’s residency in the school as may be applicable” (Sec. 4).
• “Oath Taking Ceremonies of elected SELG/SSLG Officers must be conducted on the next regular Monday after the SELG/SSLG Elections” (Sec. 5).

The oath

The LG COMEA proclaims the winners before all learners, from the Grade Level Representatives up to the President, and the Chief Commissioner “or any authorized representative” then leads the oath (election code, Art. XI, Secs. 2 and 5). The figure in the section on the steps of an election has the details of the ceremony. Three points are easy to miss:

• It is held before the learners. The oath is taken “within school premises during a general assembly of learners”, or online or by livestream “as approved” (Sec. 3). A ceremony in the school head’s office does not meet the rule.
• A signed duplicate is filed. Each officer signs the Oath of Office and gives “a duplicate copy thereof to the Screening and Validation Committee” (Sec. 6). After an online oath, the signed copy is sent by email “within three (3) school days” (Sec. 7).
• An officer may ask for help. An officer “with special needs may request assistance from the LG COMEA before the oathtaking” (Sec. 4).

When the new officers take over

Article IX starts a term at the oath and ends it at the successor’s oath (Sec. 4), and sets the oath on the Monday after the election (Sec. 5). Read alone, those sections would end the sitting officers’ term months before classes end, since the election now falls in the school year before. Other provisions point the other way: the term is “one (1) school year” (Sec. 3); the outgoing officers turn over “to the incoming SELG/SSLG Officers at least two (2) weeks before the end of their term” (Art. VIII, Sec. 1.12); every seat is filled from an “incoming” grade level; and DepEd’s memoranda elect the officers for the coming school year. No DepEd text reconciles them, or says who acts for the learners between the oath and the last day of classes, or who delivers the year’s last report.

A workable course, which no DepEd text states, is to treat those weeks as the hand-over. The outgoing officers finish and liquidate the activities already approved in their plan, report their accomplishments, and turn over the funds and papers. The newly sworn officers attend, receive the turn-over and begin their plan with the adviser. Put the arrangement in writing, in a resolution of the officers that the school head approves, so that no one disputes who may sign a disbursement in March.

The turn-over

The learner government’s functions include “To turn over financial assets, documents, properties, and other responsibilities to the incoming SELG/SSLG Officers at least two (2) weeks before the end of their term” (2023 constitution, Art. VIII, Sec. 1.12). Its funds are audited “at the end of the term of the SELG/SSLG”, by the Auditor, and “rechecked and verified by the school’s administrative officer or assistant” (Art. XVIII, Sec. 2.10). A school head who receives both papers, the audit and a signed inventory of what was turned over, has what the next set of officers and the division will ask for.

When the election is held

The rule

Until 2023, the election was held in February or, in the pandemic years, in the first quarter of the school year. The Interim Guidelines moved it: “the conduct of the said elections shall be moved back to the last quarter of its preceding school year” (p. 2). The 2024 text of the code fixed the point: “The schedule of elections shall be conducted after the third quarter examination and shall be in accordance with the DepEd Calendar of Activities and other DepEd issuances” (Art. VII, Sec. 1).

Each year’s dates have come in a memorandum of the Undersecretary’s office, as “suggested” or “indicative” dates that regions and divisions then fix for their schools.

The first step of every cycle is tied to the memorandum, not to a date: the school forms its LG COMEA “A week after the issuance of this Memorandum” (Enclosure 1).

The gap the three-term calendar leaves

For one year, a DepEd Order carried the timing. DepEd Order No. 012, s. 2025 provided that the school-based elections “shall take place immediately after the 3rd Quarter Examination, with a two-week period allocated for preparation, campaigning, and voting”, with “another two weeks” for the district, division and regional federation elections (Sec. G, item 21), and that afterward “the school’s Commission on Elections and Appointments (COMEA) shall oversee the elections of other recognized clubs and organizations” (item 22). The memorandum of December 22, 2025 rests on those two items.

DO 009, s. 2026, issued on April 16, 2026, “repeals in full DO 12, s. 2025” (item 41). It has no section on learner government elections. Its school year has three terms and no quarters, so the code’s “third quarter examination” no longer names a date. Its calendar for SY 2026-2027 mentions the learner government once, a “National Federation SELG and SSLG Election” on July 20 to 24, 2026 (Annex B). It promises “A separate issuance on school clubs, organizations, and other learner support observances” from the Bureau of Learner Support Services (item 20.iii).

As of November 13, 2026:

• no DepEd issuance sets the election of the officers for SY 2027-2028;
• the issuance on learner support observances came out on June 18, 2026 (Memorandum OM-OUGOPS-2026-08-02274), a list of observances by month;
• the guidelines on school clubs and organizations were still a draft under pilot in October 2026: Memorandum DM-OUGOPS-2026-15-04040 of October 6, 2026 called a meeting “To review and refine the draft guidelines” so that they are “applicable to the current school contexts, including the three-term school calendar”; and
• the election code still reads “after the third quarter examination”.

The dates that bound the next election are known. SY 2026-2027 ends on April 8, 2027. Term 3 runs from January 4 to April 8, 2027, with its examinations on March 15 and 16 for graduating and moving-up learners and March 22 and 23 for the other grade levels (DO 009, s. 2026, item 4 and Annex B). The last three election memoranda were dated March 25, 2024, January 20, 2025 and December 22, 2025.

Class time during an election

DO 009, s. 2026 also changes when a school may hold the activities of an election. During a term’s Instructional Block, “School-based co-curricular activities shall be conducted only after class hours”, and “School heads must ensure that no co-curricular and extra-curricular activities, including preparations and rehearsals, are conducted during the Instructional Block” (Annex A). The End-of-Term Block of eight to ten days is where such activities belong: its first five days may hold “school-wide clubs, organizations, and interest groups” and “school-initiated programs and assemblies” (Annex A, Table 10.1). For SY 2026-2027, the End-of-Term Blocks are September 2 to 15, 2026, December 7 to 18, 2026 and March 24 to April 8, 2027 (Annex B).

The election code was written for the old calendar. It allows classroom campaigns of up to ten minutes and has polling precincts “opened within school hours with no noon break” (Art. VI, Sec. 2.1; Art. VII, Sec. 3). It also requires that campaigns be “done in such a manner that there is no disruption of the learning process and other school functions” (Art. VI, Sec. 3). DO 009 does not name the election, and DepEd’s memoranda call the learner government “the foremost co-curricular learner-led organization”. No issuance reconciles the two texts.

Until the next memorandum does, this is the safer course, and it is advice, not a DepEd rule:

1. Wait for the central memorandum and the division’s dates before fixing the school’s election day.
2. See that the School Memorandum naming this school year’s four commissioners is in place before Term 3, so that the commission can meet within a week of the memorandum.
3. Schedule campaigning, voting and the oath-taking assembly after class hours or inside an End-of-Term Block, and ask the Division Youth Formation Coordinator in writing if the division’s dates fall inside an Instructional Block.
4. Keep the code’s sequence and its papers whatever the dates.

If classes are disrupted

“In case of disaster, calamities, pandemic, and other unforeseen events which will disrupt regular classes and subsequently affect the conduct of elections, the LG COMEA, upon determination of the appropriate modality, shall determine whether to reschedule the elections or to proceed with the appointment procedures” (election code, Art. VII, Sec. 2).

Who runs the election: the LG COMEA

“The Learner Government Commission on Elections and Appointments, herein referred to as the LG COMEA, shall solely manage the elections and appointments of the Learner Government” (2023 constitution, Art. XIV, Sec. 1). It is “an independent, non-partisan, and non-sectarian commission” and “the sole commission to conduct meetings and issue resolutions related to learner government elections and appointments” (election code, Art. I, Secs. 4 and 5).

Five commissioners, all school personnel

“The LG COMEA is composed of five (5) commissioners: Chief Commissioner, Commissioner on Screening and Validation, Commissioner on Electoral Board, Commissioner on Appointment, and Commissioner on Grievance” (Art. II, Sec. 1).

• The school head chairs it. “The LG COMEA Chief Commissioner shall be the School Head and the other commissioners shall come from teaching and non-teaching personnel not handling any learner government” (Sec. 2.1).
• The adviser stays out. The adviser handles the learner government and so cannot be a commissioner. The 2023 constitution gives the learner government one part in an election, to “monitor and coordinate with the LG COMEA every election period” (Art. VIII, Sec. 1.10).
• The grievance seat goes to a guidance or child protection person. “The Commissioner on Grievance shall preferably be the Guidance Counselor or Guidance Designate, or any teaching or non-teaching personnel who is a member of the Child Protection Committee of the school” (Sec. 2.2).
• A School Memorandum names them. “The Chief Commissioner shall issue a School Memorandum designating the four (4) commissioners of the LG COMEA. In the case of schools with limited personnel, the Chief Commissioner may designate personnel who will handle multiple commissions” (Sec. 4). A school with four teachers may give one teacher two commissions.
• They serve one school year. “Each commissioner shall hold office for one (1) school year”, “from the date of oathtaking until the end of the school year” (Sec. 3). The commission that runs the general election therefore ends with that school year. The special election at the opening of classes, and any special election during the year, needs a School Memorandum for the new school year.

DepEd Order No. 006, s. 2025 lists the election’s forms, from the application form to the oath of office, among the 30 forms of the “Trainer/Adviser: Supreme Elementary/Secondary Learner Government” (Encl. 3). The election code assigns each of those forms to a commissioner or a committee, and it bars the adviser from the commission. The two texts are not reconciled. On the code’s wording, a commissioner prepares and signs the election’s papers.

The Chief Commissioner’s duties

The code gives the school head, as Chief Commissioner, seven duties: to “designate and appoint the commissioners”; to “call and preside all meetings”, or designate a commissioner to preside; to “supervise the learner government elections and appointments”; to “approve the official results and other documents”; to “enforce the rules and regulations of the commission”; to “administer the Oath-Taking Ceremonies”; and to “approve the composition of each committee and the total number of members from the teaching, non-teaching and learners recommended and determined by each commissioner” (Art. II, Sec. 6.1).

Approval is the last step of a count, not a choice among candidates. The Electoral Board Committee tabulates, the Screening and Validation Committee canvasses, the results go on the Registry of Elected Officers, and the registry is “endorsed by the Committee on Screening and Validation and to be approved by the Chief Commissioner” (Art. VIII, Sec. 5).

Where learners take part

Learners no longer run the election, but they may work in it. “There shall be five (5) permanent committees of LG COMEA: Executive, Screening and Validation, Electoral Board, Appointment, and Grievance. It shall be composed of teaching, non-teaching, and learners recommended and determined by each commissioner” (Art. III). The Election Help Desk may include learners too. Learners also serve as poll watchers: “Each political party or independent candidate is allowed to have one (1) poll watcher in each polling precinct” (Art. VII, Sec. 5).

The code does not say that a candidate may not sit on a committee. Since the commission is to be “independent, non-partisan”, the safer course is for each commissioner to leave candidates, their party mates and their poll watchers out of the committees.

The steps of an election and its papers

The election code’s Enclosure 1 lays out three procedures: nine steps for an election, nine for an appointment when no one runs, and four for a grievance. The figure follows each on a rail, with who acts at every step, the papers the step leaves and its place in the code.

Figure

A learner government election, step by step

The School Head, as Chief Commissioner, names the four other commissioners, supervises the election, approves its official results and leads the oath; an act the code gives to a committee is shown under that committee’s commissioner.

ElectionAppointmentGrievance

Play the steps

Lights each step in turn and marks who acts.

1. Chief Commissioner
2. Commissioner on Screening and Validation
3. Commissioner on Electoral Board
4. Commissioner on Appointment
5. Commissioner on Grievance
6. Learners

Election10 stops

Enclosure 1’s nine steps, from the School Memorandum that names the commissioners to the oath of office. Step 7 is two stops here, because the votes are tabulated under one commissioner and canvassed under another; the enclosure has no step for election day itself.

1. Chief CommissionerEstablish

   Establishment of the School’s Learner Government COMEA; Identification of modality and schedule of election activities

   The School Head is the Chief Commissioner and issues “a School Memorandum designating the four (4) commissioners of the LG COMEA”, who come from “teaching and non-teaching personnel not handling any learner government”. Each commissioner recommends a committee of “teaching, non-teaching, and learners”, the Chief Commissioner approves its composition, and the LG COMEA decides the election modality “considering the preference of the learners”. Papers: School Memorandum; Resolution (Encl. 3); Notice of Meeting (Encl. 4); Minutes of the Meeting (Encl. 5).

   Timeline A week after the issuance of this Memorandum

   LGEAC, Enclosure 1, Election, step 1; Art. II, Secs. 2.1, 4, 5.2 and 6.1.7; Art. III

2. LearnersApply

   Application Period: Submission of required forms and documents

   Each aspiring candidate files an Election Application Form, which holds a parent’s or guardian’s consent, with an Introductory Profile. A candidate must be “a bona fide learner of the current school year”, “have good moral character” and “have no failing grade on the previous semester/grading”. Papers: Election Application Form (Encl. 6); Introductory Profile (Encl. 7.1); Certificate of Good Moral; Photocopy of School Form 9 (Learner’s Progress Report Card). Encl. 7.1 is the profile for the elementary level; the one for the secondary level is Encl. 7.2.

   Timeline The duration of each process shall be determined by the LG COMEA. It must be ensured that the schedule is compliant with the allotted period to conduct the LG Elections.

   LGEAC, Enclosure 1, Election, step 2; Art. V, Secs. 1 and 4; Enclosures 6, 7.1 and 7.2

3. Commissioner on Screening and ValidationScreen

   Screening Process

   The Screening and Validation Committee checks each applicant’s documents and qualifications on a Screening Form, which the Commissioner on Screening and Validation verifies and which declares the learner “QUALIFIED” or “NOT QUALIFIED” “to run for the elections”. On the Election Application Form, the same commissioner verifies and the Chief Commissioner approves. Paper: Screening Form (Encl. 8.1).

   Timeline The duration of each process shall be determined by the LG COMEA. It must be ensured that the schedule is compliant with the allotted period to conduct the LG Elections.

   LGEAC, Enclosure 1, Election, step 3; Art. II, Sec. 6.2.1; Art. III, Sec. 2; Enclosures 6 and 8.1

4. Commissioner on Screening and ValidationPost

   Posting of Official List of Candidates

   The Commissioner on Screening and Validation prepares “the final list of qualified candidates for elections”. The official list is posted “in visible places in schools” or sent out on “accessible platforms as determined by the LG COMEA”, and the campaign period begins with its announcement. Paper: Resolution (Encl. 3).

   Timeline The duration of each process shall be determined by the LG COMEA. It must be ensured that the schedule is compliant with the allotted period to conduct the LG Elections.

   LGEAC, Enclosure 1, Election, step 4; Art. II, Sec. 6.2.2; Art. V, Sec. 6; Art. VI, Sec. 1

5. Commissioner on Electoral BoardCampaign

   Campaign Period: Setting of campaign modality and guidelines

   Unless the LG COMEA fixes otherwise in a special case, the campaign covers “five (5) school days beginning from the announcement of the official list of candidates and ending immediately a day before the election”, and may be extended to “not more than eight (8) school days”. The Commissioner on Electoral Board regulates campaign materials “prior to posting, dissemination and publication”, and campaigning must cause “no disruption of the learning process and other school functions”. Papers: Resolution (Encl. 3); Notice of Meeting (Encl. 4); Minutes of the Meeting (Encl. 5).

   Timeline The duration of each process shall be determined by the LG COMEA. It must be ensured that the schedule is compliant with the allotted period to conduct the LG Elections.

   LGEAC, Enclosure 1, Election, step 5; Art. II, Sec. 6.3.2; Art. III, Sec. 3; Art. VI, Secs. 1, 3 and 4

6. Commissioner on Electoral BoardPrepare

   Pre-election: Identification of polling precincts; Authorization of Poll Watchers; Preparation of ballots, master list of voters, and displayed list of candidates

   The Commissioner on Electoral Board prepares “the election paraphernalia”, and the Electoral Board Committee the ballots, which carry “voting instructions, a list of candidates, space for the voter’s thumb mark and/or signature for manual elections, and electronic identity verification for digital elections”. The LG COMEA determines the number of polling precincts, and each party or independent candidate may have “one (1) poll watcher in each polling precinct”. Papers: Resolution (Encl. 3); Poll Watcher Authorization Form (Encl. 9); Sample Ballot (Encl. 10).

   Timeline The duration of each process shall be determined by the LG COMEA. It must be ensured that the schedule is compliant with the allotted period to conduct the LG Elections.

   LGEAC, Enclosure 1, Election, step 6; Art. II, Sec. 6.3.1; Art. VII, Secs. 3, 5, 8 and 10

7. Commissioner on Electoral BoardTabulate

   Post-election: Tabulation of votes

   On election day the Commissioner on Electoral Board conducts the voting, in precincts open “within school hours with no noon break”. The Electoral Board Committee then tabulates the votes, “ballot-by-ballot for manual elections”; the commissioner attests the form and turns it over for canvassing. Paper: Election Tabulation Form (Encl. 11).

   Timeline The duration of each process shall be determined by the LG COMEA. It must be ensured that the schedule is compliant with the allotted period to conduct the LG Elections.

   LGEAC, Enclosure 1, Election, step 7 (tabulation); Art. II, Secs. 6.3.3 and 6.3.5; Art. VII, Sec. 3; Art. VIII, Sec. 1; Enclosure 11

8. Commissioner on Screening and ValidationCanvass

   Post-election: Canvassing of votes

   The Screening and Validation Committee canvasses the tabulated votes on a form its commissioner prepares and the Chief Commissioner attests. A tie is settled by “a toss coin, draw lots, or other similar methods agreed upon by all concerned candidates”, “facilitated by the Chief Commissioner”. Paper: Election Canvass Form (Encl. 12).

   Timeline The duration of each process shall be determined by the LG COMEA. It must be ensured that the schedule is compliant with the allotted period to conduct the LG Elections.

   LGEAC, Enclosure 1, Election, step 7 (canvassing); Art. VIII, Secs. 3 and 4; Enclosure 12

9. Chief CommissionerApprove

   Issuance of Official Results of Winners

   The canvassed results go on the Registry of Elected Officers, “endorsed by the Committee on Screening and Validation” and “approved by the Chief Commissioner”; the Commissioner on Electoral Board attests it. Once it is approved the LG COMEA proclaims the officers “in ascending order of positions”, the Grade Level Representatives first and the President last. Paper: Registry of Elected Officers (Encl. 13).

   Timeline The duration of each process shall be determined by the LG COMEA. It must be ensured that the schedule is compliant with the allotted period to conduct the LG Elections.

   LGEAC, Enclosure 1, Election, step 8; Art. II, Sec. 6.1.4; Art. VIII, Sec. 5; Art. XI, Secs. 1 and 2; Enclosure 13

10. Chief CommissionerSwear in

    Oath Taking Ceremony

    “The Chief Commissioner or any authorized representative” leads the oath, “within school premises during a general assembly of learners as scheduled by the LG COMEA” or online. After an in-person oath the officers sign it in “blue wet ink” and give a duplicate copy to the Screening and Validation Committee; the constitution sets the ceremony “on the next regular Monday after the SELG/SSLG Elections”. Paper: Oath of Office (Encl. 14).

    Timeline The duration of each process shall be determined by the LG COMEA. It must be ensured that the schedule is compliant with the allotted period to conduct the LG Elections.

    LGEAC, Enclosure 1, Election, step 9; Art. XI, Secs. 3, 5 and 6; CBL 2023, Art. IX, Sec. 5

Appointment9 stops

Enclosure 1’s nine steps for a position no learner ran for: another learner nominates, and the commission screens, shortlists and appoints. The LG COMEA may also choose “to proceed with the appointment procedures” when a disaster or another unforeseen event disrupts classes and the election (Art. VII, Sec. 2).

1. Chief CommissionerEstablish

   Establishment of the School’s Learner Government COMEA; Appointment Guidelines

   The commission the Chief Commissioner’s School Memorandum constitutes also appoints, “under any of the following circumstances only”: no learner filed an Election Application Form “for all positions before the election proper”, or a position is “not filled before the election proper because there are no candidates for the position”. The Commissioner on Appointment posts the positions open for appointment “immediately after the release of official list of candidates”. Papers: School Memorandum; Resolution (Encl. 3); Notice of Meeting (Encl. 4); Minutes of the Meeting (Encl. 5).

   Timeline A week after the issuance of this memorandum

   LGEAC, Enclosure 1, Appointment, step 1; Art. II, Sec. 4; Art. X, Secs. 1 and 2

2. LearnersNominate

   Nomination Period

   “Any learner may nominate possible appointees”, on a Nomination Form submitted “to the Screening and Validation Committee”. “Self-nomination is not allowed.” Paper: Nomination Form (Encl. 15).

   Timeline The duration of each process shall be determined by the LG COMEA. It must be ensured that the schedule is compliant with the allotted period to conduct the LG Elections.

   LGEAC, Enclosure 1, Appointment, step 2; Art. X, Sec. 3; Enclosure 15

3. Commissioner on Screening and ValidationInform

   Consolidation of submitted nomination forms; Informing the nominated learners

   The Screening and Validation Committee consolidates the Nomination Forms and informs each nominated learner “through a Communication for Nominee”. The letter asks for a reply slip, accepting or waiving the nomination, “within three (3) days upon receipt of this letter”. Paper: Communication for Nominee (Encl. 16).

   Timeline The duration of each process shall be determined by the LG COMEA. It must be ensured that the schedule is compliant with the allotted period to conduct the LG Elections.

   LGEAC, Enclosure 1, Appointment, step 3; Art. II, Sec. 6.2.3; Art. X, Sec. 4; Enclosure 16

4. LearnersSubmit

   Submission of Required Documents

   A learner who accepts the nomination submits three documents to the Screening and Validation Committee “within three (3) school days upon receipt of letter of nomination”. Papers: Certificate of Good Moral; Photocopy of School Form 9 [Learner’s Progress Report Card]; Introductory Profile (Encl. 7.2). Encl. 7.2 is the profile for the secondary level; the one for the elementary level is Encl. 7.1.

   Timeline The duration of each process shall be determined by the LG COMEA. It must be ensured that the schedule is compliant with the allotted period to conduct the LG Elections.

   LGEAC, Enclosure 1, Appointment, step 4; Art. X, Sec. 5; Enclosures 7.1 and 7.2

5. Commissioner on Screening and ValidationScreen

   Screening Process

   The Screening and Validation Committee screens the documents on a Screening Form its commissioner verifies, for the Appointment Committee. “The qualification for appointment shall be the same as the qualification for election candidacy.” Paper: Screening Form (Encl. 8.2).

   Timeline The duration of each process shall be determined by the LG COMEA. It must be ensured that the schedule is compliant with the allotted period to conduct the LG Elections.

   LGEAC, Enclosure 1, Appointment, step 5; Art. X, Secs. 6 and 7; Enclosure 8.2

6. Commissioner on AppointmentShortlist

   Shortlisting of Learners for Appointment

   The Appointment Committee deliberates “for the purpose of shortlisting” and records the shortlisted learners in the Registry of Qualified Nominees. The Commissioner on Appointment prepares the registry, the Commissioner on Screening and Validation attests it and the Chief Commissioner approves it. Paper: Registry of Qualified Nominees (Encl. 17).

   Timeline The duration of each process shall be determined by the LG COMEA. It must be ensured that the schedule is compliant with the allotted period to conduct the LG Elections.

   LGEAC, Enclosure 1, Appointment, step 6; Art. II, Sec. 6.4.1; Art. X, Secs. 7 and 8; Enclosure 17

7. Commissioner on AppointmentInform

   Informing the shortlisted learners about their appointment

   The Appointment Committee issues a Communication for Appointee to each shortlisted nominee, “for the signing of individual Appointment Form”. The learner returns the Appointment Reply Slip, accepting or waiving the appointment. Paper: Communication for Appointee (Encl. 18).

   Timeline The duration of each process shall be determined by the LG COMEA. It must be ensured that the schedule is compliant with the allotted period to conduct the LG Elections.

   LGEAC, Enclosure 1, Appointment, step 7; Art. II, Sec. 6.4.3; Art. X, Sec. 9; Enclosure 18

8. Chief CommissionerApprove

   Accomplishment of Appointment Form

   The Appointment Committee prepares an Appointment Form for each appointee, and all of them are “consolidated and submitted to the Chief Commissioner for approval”; the Chief Commissioner signs the form’s certification. The form says the appointment takes effect “immediately on the date of signing by the appointing authority”. Paper: Appointment Form (Encl. 19).

   Timeline The duration of each process shall be determined by the LG COMEA. It must be ensured that the schedule is compliant with the allotted period to conduct the LG Elections.

   LGEAC, Enclosure 1, Appointment, step 8; Art. X, Secs. 8 and 10; Enclosure 19

9. Chief CommissionerSwear in

   Proclamation and Oath Taking Ceremony

   The LG COMEA proclaims the appointees “after the approval of Appointment Forms”. The Chief Commissioner or an authorized representative then leads the oath of the “elected and/or appointed learner government officers”. Paper: Oath of Office (Encl. 14).

   Timeline The duration of each process shall be determined by the LG COMEA. It must be ensured that the schedule is compliant with the allotted period to conduct the LG Elections.

   LGEAC, Enclosure 1, Appointment, step 9; Art. X, Sec. 11; Art. XI, Sec. 5

Grievance4 stops

Enclosure 1’s four steps for a written complaint about the election, all of them to end before the new officers are proclaimed.

1. LearnersFile

   Filing of Complaint

   A learner or a political party that knows of an alleged violation fills out the Grievance Form, “whether anonymously or with his/her name”, and submits it to the Commissioner on Grievance; “verbal complaints shall not be entertained”. Complaints are received “starting from the release of the official list of the candidates, during the campaign period and election proper”. Paper: Grievance Form (Encl. 20).

   Timeline The duration shall be determined by LG COMEA, provided that all complaints shall be resolved before the proclamation of the new set of Learner Government Officers.

   LGEAC, Enclosure 1, Grievance, step 1; Art. XII, Secs. 1 and 2; Enclosure 20

2. Commissioner on GrievanceInform

   Informing the Respondent and Concerned parties (Teacher, Parent, etc.)

   The Commissioner on Grievance informs the respondent “through the Communication for Respondent, copy furnished the class adviser, legal guardian or parent”. The respondent then gives “a written explanation regarding the complaint within 48 hours”. Paper: Communication for Respondent (Encl. 21).

   Timeline The duration shall be determined by LG COMEA, provided that all complaints shall be resolved before the proclamation of the new set of Learner Government Officers.

   LGEAC, Enclosure 1, Grievance, step 2; Art. XII, Sec. 3; Enclosure 21

3. Commissioner on GrievanceInvestigate

   Investigation/Deliberation

   The Commissioner on Grievance conducts “fact-finding on written complaints”, convenes “with other commissioners and/or concerned personnel”, and submits “the initial decision of concerns to the Chief Commissioner for approval”. Papers: Notice of Meeting (Encl. 4); Minutes of the Meeting (Encl. 5).

   Timeline The duration shall be determined by LG COMEA, provided that all complaints shall be resolved before the proclamation of the new set of Learner Government Officers.

   LGEAC, Enclosure 1, Grievance, step 3; Art. II, Secs. 6.5.2, 6.5.3 and 6.5.4

4. Commissioner on GrievanceDecide

   Final Verdict

   The Commissioner on Grievance convenes, separately, “the complainant/s and the respondent/s together with their respective parents or legal guardians and class advisers to discuss the findings, final verdict, and the corresponding sanctions or penalties if found guilty”. The possible sanctions are “Verbal Warning”, “Reprimand through Writing” and “Disqualification”. Paper: Resolution (Encl. 3).

   Timeline The duration shall be determined by LG COMEA, provided that all complaints shall be resolved before the proclamation of the new set of Learner Government Officers.

   LGEAC, Enclosure 1, Grievance, step 4; Art. XII, Sec. 4, item 4.1; Art. XIII, Secs. 2 and 3

Learner Government Election and Appointment Code (LGEAC), Annex A to Memorandum DM-OUOPS-2024-11-02487 (March 25, 2024), Articles II to XIII, and its Annex B, Enclosures 1 and 6 to 21; Interim Guidelines of the Learner Government Program (May 5, 2023)

The commission sets its own calendar inside the dates DepEd and the division give: “The duration of each process shall be determined by the LG COMEA. It must be ensured that the schedule is compliant with the allotted period to conduct the LG Elections” (Enclosure 1). The rules below are the ones that decide disputes.

Modality and schedule

The commission may hold a manual, a digital or a hybrid election (Art. IV, Sec. 1), and it decides “considering the preference of the learners” (Art. II, Sec. 5.2). “The modality and the schedule of the election activities shall be posted in strategic places in schools or be disseminated in accessible platforms designated by the LG COMEA” (Art. IV, Sec. 2).

The campaign

The campaign runs five school days from the announcement of the official list of candidates to the day before the election, and the LG COMEA may stretch it to eight (Art. VI, Sec. 1). Four rules shape it.

• Classroom time is rationed. “For in-person campaigns, all candidates from a political party may engage in a classroom campaign with a maximum of ten (10) minutes, and a maximum of three (3) minutes for independent candidates” (Sec. 2.1). As worded, the ten minutes are for a party’s candidates together.
• Online campaigns are regulated too. “For virtual campaigns, the Electoral Board Committee shall regulate any social media platform agreed upon by the LG COMEA” (Sec. 2.2).
• Materials are approved first, and taken down by the candidates. They “must be regulated and approved by the LG COMEA prior to posting, dissemination, and publication” (Sec. 4), and “Candidates shall also be responsible for the cleanup of the said materials” (Sec. 5).
• It stops the day before the vote. A candidate “who engages in any form of vote-soliciting or propaganda activity for or against any candidate or political party on the day of the elections” commits an offense (Art. XIII, Sec. 1.3).

Election day

• Precincts. The LG COMEA decides how many there are (Art. VII, Sec. 3). Each has “an area that can accommodate voters”, “readily accessible equipment and materials”, a “displayed list of candidates” and “a master list of voters” (Sec. 8).
• Identity. “Voters shall present a School Identification Card, or any alternative school document as determined by the LG COMEA to the Electoral Board Committee as a requisite to vote” (Sec. 7). A school whose learners have no identification cards names the alternative in a resolution before election day.
• Conduct. A voter may “bring a list of candidates to vote for” but may not “discuss or influence other voters inside the precinct” (Sec. 4). “In case a voter violates the rules and regulations set by the LG COMEA, his/her vote will be nullified” (Sec. 9).
• Custody. In a manual election the ballots stay “under the supervision of the Electoral Board Committee until the casting of votes is finished and the counting of votes begins” (Sec. 11). In a digital election the partial results stay confidential until voting ends (Sec. 12).

Counting, a tie and the results

Two committees handle the count: the Electoral Board Committee tabulates the votes, and the Screening and Validation Committee canvasses them (Art. VIII, Secs. 1 and 3). Partial and unofficial results “may be posted” (Sec. 2). The official results “shall be posted in strategic places in schools or be disseminated in accessible platforms” (Sec. 6), and a poll watcher who asks may be given “photocopies of the duly signed canvassed results” (Sec. 7).

The code does not say in so many words that the candidate with the most votes wins a school election. Its tabulation form ranks the candidates by their totals, its tie rule assumes it, and Annex C states the rule for federation elections: “the candidate who receives the most votes wins”. It sets no minimum number of votes, so a lone candidate is elected by the votes cast.

A tie is not voted on again. DO 47 sent it to a special election; the code has the tied candidates agree on a coin toss, a drawing of lots or a similar method, which the Chief Commissioner conducts (Art. VIII, Sec. 4). Do it in the open, and record the agreement and the result in the minutes.

When no one runs: appointment

The LG COMEA appoints “under any of the following circumstances only”: no learner filed for any position, or a position has no candidate (Art. X, Sec. 1). A post with one candidate is not vacant and is not filled by appointment. A disaster or another event that disrupts classes is the one other case in which the commission may choose “to proceed with the appointment procedures” (Art. VII, Sec. 2).

The route starts with the learners, and a learner may not put his or her own name forward: “Self-nomination is not allowed” (Art. X, Sec. 3). The nominee must meet the same three qualifications as a candidate (Sec. 7), and the Chief Commissioner approves the Appointment Forms (Sec. 10).

The code does not say what happens when two qualified learners are nominated for one post, beyond “deliberation for the purpose of shortlisting” by the Appointment Committee. The committee’s minutes should show the reasons for its choice.

Election complaints, offenses and sanctions

The Commissioner on Grievance receives complaints “with utmost confidentiality”, from “the release of the official list of the candidates” through the campaign and election day (Art. XII, Sec. 1). The figure’s grievance route gives the four steps. These points decide most cases:

• A complaint may be anonymous, but it must be written. “However, verbal complaints shall not be entertained” (Art. XII, Sec. 2). A member of the Grievance Committee may help the learner fill out the form.
• Parents are told from the start. The notice to the respondent is “copy furnished the class adviser, legal guardian or parent”, and the commissioner meets the complainant and the respondent separately, each with a parent or guardian and the class adviser (Secs. 3 and 4.1).
• The respondent has 48 hours to explain in writing (Sec. 3).
• The school head approves the decision. The commissioner submits “the initial decision of concerns to the Chief Commissioner for approval” (Art. II, Sec. 6.5.4).
• Everything ends before proclamation. “all complaints shall be resolved before the proclamation of the new set of Learner Government Officers” (Enclosure 1).

The code lists six offenses, “but not limited to” them (Art. XIII, Sec. 1): giving, offering or promising “money or other valuables” for votes; intimidation, threats or violence against another candidate; soliciting votes on election day; impersonating a candidate or a party, which “shall be considered an election violation and lead to disqualification”; removing, destroying or slandering campaign materials; and discussing with or influencing voters inside the precinct. The sanction, a verbal warning, a written reprimand or disqualification, follows “the gravity of the offense committed by the respondent” (Secs. 2 and 3).

“Other offenses defined on the school localized child protection policy (CPC) that may occur during the elections are subject to investigation for sanction by the Grievance Committee” (Sec. 4). The committee’s sanction reaches the candidacy. An act that is bullying or abuse is also handled under the school’s child protection and anti-bullying procedures, which the election code does not replace; those are in DepEd Child Protection and Anti-Bullying: School Head Duties. The code does not say who decides a complaint against the commission itself, though its Grievance Form lists “Learner Government COMEA” and “Teacher” among those a complaint may name. Refer such a complaint to the Division Youth Formation Coordinator; that is advice, since no text provides for it.

The adviser: who designates, and the teaching load

The school head designates, every school year

“The School Head shall designate a qualified teacher as the SELG/SSLG Adviser and endorse a copy of the designation to the Schools Division Office through the School Governance Operations Division”, and “The endorsement and designation of SELG/SSLG Adviser shall be done every school year” (2023 constitution, Art. XIII, Secs. 1 and 2).

The adviser must have “direct experience in youth organizational management”, “good character and reputation in the school and community”, be “competent, able, and willing to work with the student leaders from planning to implementation of PPAs”, and “have at least one (1) year residency in the school” (Sec. 3).

Under DO 47 the officers nominated. “The SPG / SSG Adviser shall be endorsed to the School Head from among the three (3) teacher-nominees submitted by the newly-elected SPG / SSG officers through a resolution” (2014 constitution, Art. XIII, Sec. 1), and DO 11, s. 2016 added, for integrated schools and stand-alone senior high schools, a selection meeting where “The decision on the appointment should be a consensus between the School Head and the SSG officers”. The 2023 constitution drops the nomination. Nothing in it or in the workload order forbids a school head from asking the officers whom they would work with before designating, and doing so keeps faith with a rule that is still on the books. That is advice.

The designation order

DO 005, s. 2024 lists the “Supreme Elementary Learner Government (SELG)/Supreme Secondary Learner Government (SSLG)” trainer or adviser among the only teaching-related assignments a teacher may be given, “provided that developmental programs are included in the School Improvement Plan (SIP)” (Sec. V.A.4.1). It sets four requirements, and DM 053, s. 2024 gives the steps.

1. Choose with the workload in view. “School Heads shall consider the specialization of teachers who shall be assigned, along with their respective workloads. Teachers with less than six (6) hours of teaching load shall be prioritized in the designation to teaching-related assignments. They shall also consider the guidelines and requirements written in other existing policies related to the teaching-related assignments” (DO 005, Sec. V.A.4.2). The 2023 constitution’s four qualifications are such requirements.
2. Get the teacher’s agreement. “Since these assignments are not mandatory, the identified teachers must concur with their designation and scope of duties and responsibilities” (DM 053, para. 6.b).
3. Issue the order and send it up. The designation is “enabled by a designation order from the school head duly concurred by the teacher concerned” (DO 005, Sec. V.A.4.3). The school head prepares it and submits it to the Schools Division Superintendent, who “shall approve the Designation Order”, with a copy kept by the School Governance and Operations Division (DM 053, paras. 6.c and 6.d).
4. Record it. “Teaching-related assignments must be reflected in the electronic School Form 7 (eSF7)” (DO 005, Sec. V.A.4.3).

One paper serves both texts: the designation order that the workload order requires is the designation the 2023 constitution tells the school head to endorse to the division.

No teaching load

The 2023 constitution says: “The Advisership in the SELG/SSLG shall be equivalent to one (1) teaching load pursuant to Republic Act No. 4670 and other relevant DepEd issuances” (Art. XIII, Sec. 4.10). The 2014 constitution says the same (Art. XIII, Sec. 4).

The law the constitutions cite gives no such equivalence. Section 14 of Republic Act No. 4670 provides that “co-curricula and out of school activities and any other activities outside of what is defined as normal duties of any teacher shall be paid an additional compensation of at least twenty-five per cent of his regular remuneration after the teacher has completed at least six hours of actual classroom teaching a day”. The workload order is a DepEd Order later than both constitutions, and it repeals inconsistent issuances (DO 005, s. 2024, para. 4). It gives the assignment “on top of the teacher ancillary tasks”, and its implementing memorandum counts as teaching load only “actual classroom teaching rendered per learning area and class advising duties” (DM 053, para. 3.c). DepEd’s consolidated answers from the orientation on that memorandum say that “Any issuances providing equivalent teaching load for teaching-related assignments are no longer in effect” (No. 32). DO 005 governs: the advisership counts for no part of the six hours of teaching.

What the adviser earns is credit or pay for the extra hours. “Teachers performing teaching-related assignments, duties, and responsibilities beyond regular work hours, whether within or outside the school premises, shall be granted with VSC”, vacation service credits (DO 005, Sec. V.A.4.4). Since September 2025, DO 026, s. 2025 pays overtime for “services in performance of teaching-related assignments within school premises” and names the SELG and SSLG adviser among them (Sec. V.2). The conditions for each are in Teaching-Related Assignments: The 11 Roles DepEd Allows and the guide to the teacher workload policies.

What the adviser does

The adviser’s duties are in the 2023 constitution, Art. XIII, Sec. 4. The adviser is to:

• “Monitor all programs, projects, activities, and meetings of the SELG/SSLG at all times”;
• “Act as the SELG/SSLG’s mentor in good governance and leadership”;
• “Ensure the academic excellence, as well as the holistic welfare and development of the SELG/SSLG officers”;
• consult the officers on their performance and “Propose recommendations for improvement”;
• “Actively participate and coordinate with the Division Youth Formation Coordinators through the School Head”;
• “Facilitate the crafting of the General Program of Action (GPOA) for approval of the School Head”; and
• “Submit reports and other pertinent documents for approval of the School Head”.

On the money, the adviser notes the monthly reports and the disbursement resolutions, endorses the plan, and rechecks the audit where the school has no administrative officer or assistant (Art. XVIII, Secs. 2.1, 2.6, 2.8 and 2.10). The adviser signs nothing in the learner government’s name that creates a debt (Sec. 2.5).

What the learner government does through the year

Its functions

The 2023 constitution gives the learner government thirteen functions (Art. VIII, Sec. 1). They sort into five kinds of work.

The learners’ rights that the same constitution lists give these functions their point. Among them are the right “to freely express and be heard his/her views on matters concerning him/her”, the right “to proper representation and participation to different meetings and assemblies of the school on issues affecting the welfare of the student body”, the right “to due process”, and the right “to an open and regular student-teacher and student-school administration dialogue” (Art. VI, Secs. 1.2, 1.8, 1.10 and 1.13).

The General Plan of Action

The General Plan of Action (GPOA) is “the annual plan of co-curricular and extra-curricular programs, projects and activities crafted by the officers of the SELG/SSLG and in consultation with all school clubs and organizations” (Art. III, Sec. 1.7). Three steps make it valid:

1. The officers adopt it “through a resolution”, “collectively conformed by at least a majority (one-half plus one) of the officers” (Art. XIX, Sec. 2.1).
2. The adviser endorses it.
3. The school head approves it (Art. XVIII, Sec. 2.6). The officers then “Conduct PPAs duly approved by the school head for the school year” (Art. XIX, Sec. 2.3).

Since 2024 the plan has a national template, Enclosure 22 of the election code’s forms. For each activity it asks for the quarter, the name, the DepEd Core Value it serves, a description, the time frame, objectives, participants, mode of delivery, resources, expected outputs, strategies, and monitoring and evaluation. The officers prepare it, the adviser notes it and the school head approves it. The template’s “Quarter No.” is another trace of the old calendar; a school on three terms writes the term.

The school head’s approval is the point where the plan meets the school’s own. An activity that needs school funds must be in the Annual Implementation Plan, an activity in class time must fit the calendar, and an activity that raises money must pass the rules in the money section below. The constitution leaves the choice of projects to the officers: the learner government “shall enjoy the freedom to determine its priorities in the disbursement of its funds”, provided the funds go to its programs “aligned with the school’s priority PPAs” (Art. XVIII, Sec. 2.7). A school head who returns a plan says which rule an activity breaks, and does not substitute other projects for the learners’ own. That is advice.

The State of the Learner Government Address

The President shall “conduct a State of the Learner Government Address (SOLGA) during the first and last quarter of the school year” (Art. X, Sec. 1.11), an activity “highlighting the presentation of the GPOA and accomplishments of the SELG/SSLG” (Art. III, Sec. 1.17). No issuance converts the two quarters into terms. Holding the first address in Term 1, to present the plan, and the second in Term 3, to report on it, keeps the purpose of the rule.

Meetings, the assembly and the Coordinating Council

The Coordinating Council coordinates school-wide programs, supports the clubs’ programs and synchronizes them (Art. XII, Sec. 3). The school head has two parts in it: “The School Head shall automatically be the Adviser of the Coordinating Council. All resolutions and agreements arrived at by the Coordinating Council shall be approved by the School Head”, and “Copy of the Minutes of the Meeting and resolutions must be submitted to the School Head” (Secs. 4 and 5). Under DO 47 those resolutions were only “noted by the School Head”.

The council has “six (6) permanent committees”: “Executive Committee, Internal Affairs Committee, External Affairs Committee, Secretariat, Rules and Constitution Committee, and Learners’ Welfare Committee” (Sec. 6). The Vice President chairs Internal Affairs, with the Treasurer and the Auditor as co-chairs, and it handles “finance management, resource mobilization, budgeting and auditing, and training”. The Public Information Officer chairs External Affairs, the Secretary the Secretariat, and the Protocol Officer the Rules and Constitution Committee (Secs. 8 to 11). The officers’ duties in Article X still name a Finance Committee and a Public Relations Committee; the six in Article XII are the council’s committees.

The transparency board and the reports

The learner government keeps “a transparency board” for notices, its action plan, briefs on its programs, resolutions and DepEd issuances that affect learners, and posts there its “duly approved after-activity accomplishment and financial reports” and its “duly audited and approved monthly financial reports” (Art. XIX, Secs. 2.6 to 2.8).

Which activities

No current national list tells a learner government what to do. The last one, DepEd Memorandum No. 055, s. 2021, recommended activities for SY 2021-2022 only. Several current issuances give the learner government a part in a school program:

• Brigada Eskwela. “The SSG / SPG Officers shall assist their homeroom teachers in the implementation of Brigada Eskwela activities” (DM 027, s. 2026, Encl. 1, Sec. D.8).
• Child protection. Schools “Engage learner governments and school organizations to lead protection campaigns” (DepEd Order No. 006, s. 2026, Sec. IX.D, item 7).
• School sports clubs. “The SSC Coordinator, together with the Learner Government Coordinating Council, shall conduct a survey with the learners on what sports they prefer to be offered” (DO 022, s. 2025, Sec. V.B.1.a).
• School-based management. The checklist of DO 007, s. 2024 asks whether “The school has a functional Supreme Student Government/ Supreme Pupil Government” (indicator 21). The other indicators are in DepEd Revised SBM: DO 007, s. 2024 and the Self-Assessment.

Whatever the activity, the calendar rule of DO 009, s. 2026 applies to it: after class hours during an Instructional Block, or in an End-of-Term Block.

Money: what the learner government may collect, and how it is spent

Where the money may come from

The 2023 constitution names two kinds of funds. “Internal Sources of Funds refers to the financial support provided by schools but not limited to School’s Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses (MOOE)”, and “External Sources of Funds refers to the financial support or funds coming from donations and fund-raising activities” (Art. III, Secs. 1.8 and 1.6). It sets no membership fee for the learner government. Neither did DO 47, which only had the Coordinating Council set rules for the fees of other clubs (2014 constitution, Art. XII, Sec. 3.5).

What MOOE may and may not pay for is in DepEd School MOOE: Allowable Expenses and Liquidation.

Collections from learners

This is where the texts differ most.

The law. RA 4206, as amended by RA 5546, provides: “The sale of tickets and/or the collection of contributions in any form whatsoever, by any person for any project or purpose, whether voluntary or otherwise, from school children, students and teachers of public and private schools, colleges and universities is hereby prohibited”. It exempts the “membership fees of school children and students” in the Red Cross, the Girl Scouts and the Boy Scouts, and “the contributions of parents and other donors for the support of barrio high schools” (Sec. 1). A violation is punished by a fine, imprisonment of not more than one month, or both (Sec. 2). The Education Act of 1982 gives students “The right to be free from involuntary contributions”, except those approved by their own organizations or societies (Batas Pambansa Blg. 232, Sec. 9(9)). No DepEd issuance treats that clause as an exception to RA 4206.

The orders on voluntary contributions. DepEd Order No. 19, s. 2008, the No Collection Policy, bars all fees up to Grade 4 and lists “Membership in student organizations” among the contributions that may be collected beyond Grade 4 “only on a voluntary basis”, with fees “set by the organization subject to existing school policies on student organizations” (items 1, 2 and 5). DO 013, s. 2022 calls these voluntary school contributions (VSCs). Its table for Grades 5 to 12 lists “Learners Organizations”, with the amount “Based on existing school policies” (Sec. 26.2.2, Table 2), and it surrounds the table with conditions:

• “the collection of VSCs shall only be allowed through the PTAs”, and only where it supports “the programs and activities identified in the SIP” (Sec. 26.1);
• “All PTA collections shall begin on the third (3rd) month of classes until the end of the SY” (Sec. 26.2);
• from Kindergarten to Grade 4, “no other VSCs shall be collected” beyond PTA dues (Sec. 26.2.1);
• “The collection VSCs shall be strictly on a voluntary basis” (Sec. 26.2.3.1);
• “No other school personnel”, outside those the order allows, “shall collect fees from learners, nor shall they safekeep and/or disburse such funds” (Sec. 26.2.3.6);
• “Learner organizations may authorize the PTAs to collect their VSCs for the organizations’ programs, projects, or activities. The amount collected by the PTAs shall be remitted immediately to the Treasurer of the learner organization concerned or to the authorized representative of the school on the day it was collected. No service fee shall be charged against any learner organization by the PTAs” (Sec. 26.2.3.7); and
• “In no case shall the non-payment of VSCs be made as a basis for non-admission, nonpromotion, or non-issuance of a Report Card, Certificate of Good Moral Character, and/or school clearance or denial of any benefit to a student by the school concerned” (Sec. 26.2.3.8).

The later memorandum. DepEd Memorandum No. 041, s. 2024, signed by the Secretary on August 2, 2024, quotes RA 4206 and then “underscores the policy that sales of tickets and/or all forms of contributions, voluntary or otherwise, are prohibited except for the instances provided under RA 4206, as amended” (para. 5). “All previous issuances which are inconsistent with the provisions of this Order are hereby repealed or modified accordingly” (para. 6). It does not name DO 013 or its table. The 2026 Brigada Eskwela guidelines restate the ban: “the sale of tickets or solicitation of contributions, whether voluntary or otherwise, from learners, school children, and teachers in public and private schools for any project or purpose is strictly prohibited” (DM 027, s. 2026, Encl. 1, Sec. A.4.1.b).

The 2025 reiteration. On August 14, 2025, the Office of the Secretary reiterated the policy for all public schools in a memorandum. It restates that “the collection of contributions in any form whatsoever from school children, students, and teachers is prohibited” (para. 2), and adds that “the sale of raffle tickets and the collection of funds in any form, for the conduct of programs, beauty pageants, events, ceremonies, and other similar activities, from the abovementioned individuals shall be strictly prohibited” (para. 3). What stays open is narrow: “Donations and contributions from individuals not otherwise prohibited are permitted only if made on a purely voluntary basis and without any form of coercion or pressure” (para. 4). It does not name DO 013 either.

As of November 13, 2026, no DepEd issuance reconciles these memoranda with the table in DO 013, and none says in so many words that the table’s item for learners’ organizations is withdrawn. Read alone, the table still lets that contribution be collected from learners in Grades 5 to 12, through the PTA.

Three things point to the stricter reading. RA 4206 is the law that each of these memoranda applies, its text is plain about learners and teachers, and an order is valid only when it is “not contrary to the laws or the Constitution” (Civil Code, Art. 7). DO 013 allows collections only “Consistent with existing laws, rules and regulations” on the No Collection Policy (Sec. 26.1), and makes its own rules “subject to changes or adjustments by subsequent DepEd issuances on the matter” (Sec. 26.3). And DM 041 repeals or modifies what is inconsistent with it.

For a learner government, the safer course is therefore stricter than DO 013’s table. A school that follows it gives up a contribution the table still lists. A school that relies on the table alone collects from learners what RA 4206 prohibits by its words, under a penalty of fine or imprisonment. This course agrees with the one School Governance Council, PTA and Partners: A Guide gives for the PTA’s own collections, and a division may be stricter:

1. Collect nothing from learners or teachers. No membership fee, no developmental fund, no amount per head through class officers, however small and however voluntary.
2. Sell no tickets to learners or teachers. A fun run, a concert or a raffle that learners and teachers pay to join is a sale of tickets or a contribution in another form, whoever approves the proposal.
3. Fund the plan from the sources in the table above: the school’s MOOE through the AIP, donations, the Special Education Fund, the PTA’s support, and fund-raising among people outside the school that the Schools Division Superintendent has approved.
4. Before any contribution is asked of parents for a learner organization, ask the division in writing whether it still allows the item in DO 013’s table. If it does, every condition of Section 26 applies: through the PTA, Grades 5 to 12 only, from the third month of classes, voluntary, remitted the same day, and never a condition of a clearance, a card or a benefit.

How the money is handled

Once money is in the learner government’s hands, the 2023 constitution sets one path for all of it (Art. XVIII, Sec. 2).

1. Safekeeping. “The SELG/SSLG shall maintain safekeeping measures of all funds received in coordination with the School Head and designated Disbursing Officer” (Sec. 2.2). The 2023 constitution has no bank account; DO 47 required one.
2. A plan first. “All disbursement shall be made in accordance with the programs, projects and activities of the SELG/SSLG embodied in the annual General Plan of Action (GPOA) endorsed by the SELG/SSLG Adviser and duly approved by the School Head” (Sec. 2.6).
3. A resolution for every disbursement. “The SELG/SSLG President and the Treasurer shall be the signatory of all fund disbursements of the SELG/SSLG. All fund disbursements must be accompanied with an SELG/SSLG resolution noted by the SELG/SSLG Adviser and approved by the School Head” (Sec. 2.8). Under DO 47 the adviser noted the resolution and the school head only received a copy.
4. Receipts. “All expenses must be supported by official and/or acknowledgement receipts” (Sec. 2.8).
5. Liquidation before the next release. “At the end of every activity, the SELG/SSLG shall liquidate expenses before another disbursement. Without this, succeeding disbursements shall not be authorized” (Sec. 2.10).
6. Audit, twice checked. “Funds of the SELG/SSLG shall be audited by the Auditor and rechecked and verified by the school’s administrative officer or assistant at the end of the term of the SELG/SSLG and at the end of every activity. In the absence of an administrative officer or assistant, the SELG/SSLG adviser shall do the rechecking and verification” (Sec. 2.10).
7. Posting and reports. The monthly report on receipts, the monthly financial statement and the twice-yearly financial report go to the bulletin board and the school head (Secs. 2.1, 2.11 and 2.12).

One rule has no exception: “No officers of the SELG/SSLG, as well as the SELG/SSLG Adviser shall have the power to make any bill, payable note or any negotiable instrument or endorse the same in the name of SELG/SSLG, or contract or cause to be contracted any debt or liability in the name or on behalf of the SELG/SSLG” (Sec. 2.5). An order of T-shirts on credit in the learner government’s name is what the rule forbids, and a school head who learns of one stops it.

Removal, resignation and vacancies

Grounds and procedure for removal

“Any officer may be removed from office for and conviction of, culpable violation of this Constitution, excessive absences, failure to fulfill duties, breach of confidentiality, other offenses that affect or compromise the integrity of the SELG/SSLG” (2023 constitution, Art. XX, Sec. 1). The constitution does not say how many absences are excessive. DO 47 counted “Non-attendance in both regular and special meetings for three (3) times without valid cause”.

The procedure belongs to the school head (Art. XX, Sec. 2).

If the officer does not respond, the school head may “proceed with the investigation and decide on the complaint for removal”. A removed officer “shall be disqualified from running for a position in any SELG/SSLG elections to be conducted in the next two (2) school years, except for any registered school clubs and organizations” (Sec. 3).

What the texts leave open

Under DO 47, the learners decided: “Two-thirds (2/3) vote of the General Assembly shall be necessary to decide after hearing a case of impeachment”, “The decision of the General Assembly shall be final”, and the officer was told “twenty (20) days prior” in order to be heard “with or without a counsel” (2014 constitution, Art. XIX, Secs. 2 and 3). The 2023 constitution moves the whole decision to the school head, though it still uses the word “impeachment” in Article XX. It leaves four things unsaid.

• No appeal is provided. The report and decision are the last step in the text.
• No rule covers a complaint that concerns the school head’s own decision.
• No procedure carries out the learners’ right “to recall his/her chosen SELG/SSLG representatives” (Art. VI, Sec. 1.9).
• No rule says who investigates with the school head.

Because one person decides, the record has to carry the fairness. The officer is a child, and the same constitution gives every learner “the right to due process, which includes the right to be informed and the right to be heard on matters affecting him/her” (Art. VI, Sec. 1.10). The following is advice, not a DepEd rule. Tell the officer in writing each act the complaint alleges, with dates and enough detail to answer it. Where the complainant or a witness is a learner, or the complaint alleges bullying or abuse, do not hand over the complaint or its names; the school’s child protection rules keep them confidential. Hear the officer in person, with a parent or guardian present, before deciding. Ask the guidance counselor or guidance designate to sit in. Decide only what the complaint alleges, and write the reasons. If the complaint is about an act of the school head, ask the Schools Division Office, through the Division Youth Formation Coordinator, to have someone else review it. Removal from a learner office is not school discipline; an act that also breaks the school’s rules goes through the school’s own procedure under its child protection policy.

Resignation

“Any SELG/SSLG officer may file a resignation letter to the Office of the School Head” (Art. XX, Sec. 4). The school head “shall verify the justification or validity of the reasons for resignation” and “shall determine whether to approve or disapprove the resignation within five (5) school days upon receipt of the letter” (Sec. 5). An approved resignation “shall take effect five (5) school days after the approval of the Office of the School Head” (Sec. 6). Under DO 47 a majority of the officers approved it.

The constitution does not say on what ground a school head may disapprove. The sensible use of the power, and this is advice, is to check that the resignation is the learner’s own decision; a learner who wants to step down for health, family or schoolwork reasons should be allowed to.

Vacancies

Neither text refers to the other. Read together, they fit this way: the adviser requests the special election, the LG COMEA conducts it, and it is held within ten school days. Article XX, Section 8 does not list the Grade Level Representatives, so its ten school days do not name them; the election code’s wording covers their vacancy, and their grade alone votes. When a Vice President becomes President, the Vice President’s post is the one filled by special election. Under DO 47 the President filled vacancies by appointment; that power is gone.

The federations: division, regional and national

The school’s President is the school’s member of the federation above it. “The Division Federation of SELG/SSLG is composed of all School Presidents of SELG/SSLG”, “The Regional Federation of SELG/SSLG is composed of all Division Presidents”, and “The National Federation of SELG/SSLG is composed of all Regional Presidents” (2023 constitution, Art. XVI). DO 47’s constitution federated only the SSG (Art. XVI); DepEd Memorandum No. 055, s. 2021 called for federations of both the SPG and the SSG (item 5.e), and the 2023 constitution writes the elementary federations in.

Annex C of the Interim Guidelines gives ten rules for the division and regional elections. The main ones:

• Who takes part. Division elections are for “School-based elected SELG/SSLG Presidents”, and regional elections for the elected division presidents (item 1).
• Who sets the day. “The setup (virtual and/or face-to-face) and date of the elections shall be determined by the Division Youth Formation Coordinator (DYFC) for the DFSELG/DFSSLG and Regional Youth Formation Coordinator (RYFC) for the RFSELG/RFSSLG following the timeline given by the Central Office” (item 2).
• The posts. The same seven executive posts as in a school (item 3). “The rest of the body that will not be elected in any position will be designated as Board Members” (item 5).
• How they are chosen. “Candidates for elective positions shall be determined through nomination procedures”, “No candidate can refuse to be nominated for any position”, and the candidate “who receives the most votes wins” (items 6 to 8).
• Qualifications. A candidate must be in good academic standing with no failing grades and “with good moral character and have not been subjected to any disciplinary action” (item 4). The disciplinary bar that the school election dropped is kept here.

At the national level, the body DepEd convenes is the National Federation of Supreme Secondary Learner Government (NFSSLG), “the highest federation of the Learner Government, serving as the foremost representative and voice of learners at the national level”. Its SY 2026-2027 election was held on July 29 and 30, 2026, on Microsoft Teams, among “all eighteen (18) elected Regional Federation Presidents” (memorandum of June 29, 2026 on the NFSSLG elections, pp. 1 to 2; DM-OUGOPS-2026-10-03494, p. 1). The regional presidents not elected to a national post become Board Members: seven officers and eleven board members were proclaimed on September 21, 2026.

Two other rules place the federations in the system. To keep the learner government first among learner organizations, “it is recommended that only federations of the SELG and SSLG be established within the field offices”; a federation of another club needs the approval of the Schools Division Superintendent or the Regional Director (Interim Guidelines, p. 2). And the president of the division federation of the SPG or the SSG is a listed member of the Division PTA Affairs Committee (DO 013, s. 2022, Sec. 34).

For a school head, a President who goes to a federation election is a learner on an official activity. The division’s memorandum names the papers to bring. The 2026 national election required a signed “Parental Consent and Waiver Form” (memorandum of June 29, 2026 on the NFSSLG elections, Annex A).

The learner government’s seat in the School Governance Council

DO 026, s. 2022 gives the learner government one of the four ex-officio seats of the School Governance Council (SGC): “There shall be four (4) ex-officio members of the SGC”, the “designated Co-Chairperson and representatives from the student government, PTA, and faculty club or its equivalent” (Part V.D). Five rules follow from that order.

1. The learner government chooses its representative. “Each of the school organizations / associations / committees shall appoint a representative, who may not necessarily be the incumbent president or chairperson” (Part V.D). Neither constitution says which officer takes the seat. A resolution of the officers that names the representative settles it and gives the SGC a paper to file.
2. The school head identifies the four, and represents none. “The School Head shall identify the four ex-officio members” (Part V.H.2, item b), and “The School Head shall not be authorized to represent any of the school committees/associations/organizations in the SGC regardless of the school size” (Part V.D).
3. The representative is known before classes open. The SGC elects its officers “after the elections of other committees/associations/organizations internal to the school (for example Teachers’ Association, SSG/SPG, etc.) and PTA”, “on or before the sixth week after the opening of classes” (Part V.I). Since the learner government is now elected the school year before, its seat can be filled in the first week.
4. The adviser may come along. “SGC members coming from student-led committees/associations/organizations, such as SSG and SPG, may be accompanied by their respective committee’s/association’s/organization’s adviser” (Part V.M).
5. The SGC does not replace the learner government. “The SGC shall not replace the Parents Teacher Association (PTA), Supreme Pupil/Student Government, School Planning Team (SPT), Alumni Association, Child Protection Committee (CPC), and other existing school committees/associations/organizations” (Part V, General Purpose). The learner government’s minutes and resolutions are its own papers. They are not the council’s, and DepEd’s assessment of the SGC does not count them as the council’s evidence, as SGC MOV Validation: Why Documents Are Marked Invalid explains.

The 2023 constitution states the purpose from the learners’ side: to “represent the learners in the School Governing Council pertaining to the learners’ concerns” (Art. IV, Sec. 7.5). How the council is formed and run is in School Governance Council (SGC): Complete DepEd Guide.

The SGC is one of several places where a learner sits by rule.

DO 117, s. 2009 has not been repealed by name. DO 013, s. 2022, the current order on PTAs, lists it as a reference and has no provision of its own on learner observers. A PTA board that invites the learner officers to observe acts within an order still on the books.

What the interim guidelines changed from DO 47

The table sets the two constitutions and their election codes side by side. “2014” is the constitution and election code of DO 47, with DO 11, s. 2016 and DO 48, s. 2014. “2023” is the interim constitution and the election code in its 2024 text.

Three things are new in 2023 and have no counterpart in DO 47: a full list of defined terms (Art. III; DO 47’s constitution defined only “SPG” and “SSG”), an article on transparency and accountability (Art. XIX), and the bans on commercialization and on contracting debts (Art. IV, Sec. 13; Art. XVIII, Sec. 2.5). Much stayed the same: the learners’ fifteen rights and their duties, the two signatures on a disbursement, liquidation before the next disbursement, the five-day campaign that may stretch to eight school days, the ten-minute classroom campaign, and one poll watcher for each party or independent candidate in a precinct.

What this means for school heads

A school head’s year with the learner government

What a school head must not do

• Seat the adviser, or anyone who handles the learner government, as a commissioner (election code, Art. II, Sec. 2.1).
• Choose among candidates. The Chief Commissioner approves results that two committees counted and canvassed (election code, Art. VIII).
• Allow the learner government, its adviser or any teacher to collect from learners or teachers, or to sell them tickets (RA 4206, as amended, Sec. 1; DM 041, s. 2024; the Office of the Secretary’s memorandum of August 14, 2025; DO 013, s. 2022, Secs. 26.1 and 26.2.3.6). Under DO 013 only the PTA collects a voluntary contribution, and whether it may still collect one for a learner organization is the open question under “Collections from learners”.
• Tie any contribution to a clearance, a report card, a certificate or a benefit (DO 013, s. 2022, Sec. 26.2.3.8).
• Let a fund-raising activity begin before the Schools Division Superintendent approves it (2023 constitution, Art. XVIII, Sec. 2.4).
• Promise the adviser a reduced teaching load, or designate a teacher who has not concurred (DO 005, s. 2024, Sec. V.A.4.3; DM 053, s. 2024, paras. 3.c and 6.b).
• Remove an officer without a written complaint, notice, the officer’s answer and a written decision (2023 constitution, Art. XX, Sec. 2).
• Sit for the learner government in the School Governance Council (DO 026, s. 2022, Part V.D).
• Allow co-curricular activities, the learner government’s included, during the class hours of an Instructional Block (DO 009, s. 2026, Annex A).
• Lend the learner government’s name to a product, a candidate or a party (2023 constitution, Art. IV, Secs. 12 and 13).

One more caution rests on the safer course above, not on a text: keep to the election code’s three qualifications, and add no grade average or disciplinary bar.

Records to keep

Keep one file for each school year: the School Memorandum on the commissioners; the LG COMEA’s resolutions, notices and minutes; the official list of candidates; the tabulation and canvass forms; the Registry of Elected Officers; the signed oaths; the adviser’s designation order as approved by the division; the approved GPOA and its resolution; every disbursement resolution with its receipts and liquidation; the monthly and twice-yearly financial reports; the audit; the turn-over inventory; and any complaint with its decision. The Commissioner on Screening and Validation is the code’s record keeper for the election papers (Art. II, Sec. 6.2.9), and complaints are kept confidential (Art. XII, Sec. 5).

The standards this work serves

Two strands of the Philippine Professional Standards for School Heads (DepEd Order No. 024, s. 2020) name this work.

The domain guides are PPSSH Domain 5 for the NASH: Building Connections and PPSSH Domain 1 for the NASH: Leading Strategically.

How the NASH may test this

The items below are original practice items, scored 3 (Relational), 2 (Multistructural), 1 (Unistructural) or 0 (Prestructural). An option that breaks a rule scores 0.

Question 1

Indicator 5.2.2, Management of school organizations. Career Stage 2, Situational, Moderate.

You are the school head of a public junior high school with 1,400 learners in a provincial city. In the second month of classes, the officers of the Supreme Secondary Learner Government submit their General Plan of Action, endorsed by their adviser, with a resolution on how to fund it. Each learner will give Php 50 through the class presidents, and learners will buy Php 100 tickets to a fun run next month. The officers say that the amounts are voluntary and were approved by their own organization. What is the most appropriate action?

• A. Disapprove the collection and the ticket sale in writing, cite the rule against collecting from learners, and approve the remaining activities, leaving the officers to look for other funds on their own.
• B. Approve the plan and the resolution since the amounts are voluntary and the adviser has endorsed them, and require the class presidents to issue receipts and remit the money to the Treasurer daily.
• C. Approve the activities that fit school priorities, disapprove the collection and the ticket sale, and help the officers fund the plan from school funds, outside donors or fund-raising the division approves.
• D. Tell the officers to hold the collection, refer the plan and the resolution to the Division Youth Formation Coordinator, and take no action on either until the division office advises in writing.

Answer and explanation: Question 1

Best answer: C. Points: A = 2, B = 0, C = 3, D = 1.

• A (2 points, Multistructural). It stops the collection and the ticket sale, gives the reason in writing and approves the rest. It then leaves the officers alone to find the money, though the school may support the plan from its own funds and the rules name lawful sources.
• B (0 points, Prestructural). The law prohibits the sale of tickets and the collection of contributions from students, “whether voluntary or otherwise”. Receipts and daily remittance do not make the collection lawful, and even the order on voluntary school contributions allows collection only through the PTA, from the third month of classes.
• C (3 points, Relational). It acts on the plan as the approving authority, stops what the law prohibits, and connects the learners’ activities to the sources the rules allow, with the division’s approval before any fund-raising.
• D (1 point, Unistructural). It holds the collection, and the Division Youth Formation Coordinator does review a fund-raising proposal. The approval of the plan is the school head’s own duty, and the rule on collections already answers the question.

Why. This aligns with Career Stage 2 expectations because indicator 5.2.2 asks a school head to manage learner organizations by applying the policies that govern them, in support of the school’s goals. Republic Act No. 4206, as amended, Sec. 1 prohibits the sale of tickets and the collection of contributions from students, whether voluntary or otherwise, and DepEd Memorandum No. 041, s. 2024 restates it. The 2023 constitution lets the school allocate a portion of its MOOE, lets the learner government accept donations, and requires the Schools Division Superintendent’s approval before fund-raising (Art. XVIII, Secs. 1, 2.3 and 2.4). Disapproving in writing and approving the rest applies the prohibition and leaves the officers without the support the same rules allow.

Indicator 5.2.2: Manage school organizations, such as learner organizations, faculty clubs and parent-teacher associations, by applying relevant policies and guidelines to support the attainment of institutional goals.

Sources: Republic Act No. 4206, as amended by Republic Act No. 5546, Sec. 1; DepEd Memorandum No. 041, s. 2024, paras. 2 and 5; DepEd Order No. 013, s. 2022, Sec. 26; Interim Guidelines of the Learner Government Program for School Year 2023-2024, Annex A, Art. XVIII, Secs. 1 and 2.3 to 2.8; DepEd Order No. 024, s. 2020.

Question 2

Indicator 1.6.2, Learner voice. Career Stage 2, Situational, Moderate.

You are the school head of a public high school in an upland municipality. While the School Planning Team is drafting next year’s Annual Implementation Plan, the officers of the Supreme Secondary Learner Government hand you a resolution of the Coordinating Council, which you advise. It reports their survey of 540 of the school’s 800 learners, most of whom named toilets without water as their first concern. The team’s draft has no entry on toilets, and the team meets again on Friday. What is the most appropriate action?

• A. Receive the resolution, add an entry on water for the toilets to the draft yourself before Friday’s meeting, and tell the SSLG adviser so that the officers know their concern is in the plan.
• B. Return the resolution, explain that the plan is prepared by the planning team from the school’s own data, and advise the officers to keep to the activities in their own plan of action.
• C. Receive the resolution, thank the officers for the survey, and ask them to post its results on their transparency board so that all learners can see what concerns were raised.
• D. Receive the resolution, have the officers present the survey to the planning team on Friday so that it weighs the finding in the draft, and report its decision to the learners.

Answer and explanation: Question 2

Best answer: D. Points: A = 2, B = 0, C = 1, D = 3.

• A (2 points, Multistructural). The learners’ concern reaches the plan, which is the point of listening. The school head decides alone: the officers do not take part in the planning, the team does not weigh the finding, and the learners hear the outcome secondhand.
• B (0 points, Prestructural). The learner government’s functions include taking part in the formulation of the school’s improvement and implementation plans and making recommendations on learners’ concerns. Sending the officers back to their own plan shuts out the voice the planning needs.
• C (1 point, Unistructural). It acknowledges the survey and keeps it visible to learners. Nothing in it carries the finding into the decision that is being made that week.
• D (3 points, Relational). It receives the learners’ view through their own council, puts it before the team that decides while the decision is still open, and closes the loop by telling the learners what was decided.

Why. This aligns with Career Stage 2 expectations because indicator 1.6.2 asks a school head to use learners’ views to inform decisions for school improvement, not only to collect them. The 2023 constitution gives the learner government the functions “to participate in the formulation of the School Improvement Plan (SIP) and School Annual Implementation Plan (SAIP)” and to make recommendations on issues affecting learners (Art. VIII, Secs. 1.6 and 1.8), and the School Planning Team has a student representative (DepEd Order No. 44, s. 2015). Adding the entry alone uses the finding and leaves out the learners’ part in the planning and the report back to them.

Indicator 1.6.2: Utilize learner voice, such as feelings, views and/or opinions to inform policy development and decision-making towards school improvement.

Sources: Interim Guidelines of the Learner Government Program for School Year 2023-2024, Annex A, Art. VI, Sec. 1.8, Art. VIII, Secs. 1.6 to 1.8 and Art. XII, Secs. 3 to 5; DepEd Order No. 44, s. 2015; DepEd Order No. 024, s. 2020.

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Frequently asked questions

Is the SSG now called the SSLG?

Yes. Since the Interim Guidelines of May 5, 2023, the Supreme Student Government is the Supreme Secondary Learner Government (SSLG), the Supreme Pupil Government is the Supreme Elementary Learner Government (SELG), and the Student Government Program is the Learner Government Program. Some DepEd Orders, among them DO 026, s. 2022 and DO 013, s. 2022, still print the old names; they mean the same body.

What grades does a learner need to run for the SELG or SSLG?

No general average is required. A candidate must be a bona fide learner, have good moral character, and have “no failing grade on the previous semester/grading” (election code, Art. V, Sec. 1). The general average of 85 in DO 47, s. 2014, and of 80 for integrated schools and stand-alone senior high schools in DO 11, s. 2016, is not in the election code.

Can the SELG or SSLG collect a membership fee from learners?

The safer answer is no. Republic Act No. 4206, as amended, prohibits collecting contributions from students “whether voluntary or otherwise”, except Red Cross and scouting membership fees, and DepEd Memorandum No. 041, s. 2024 and the Office of the Secretary’s memorandum of August 14, 2025 restate the ban. DO 013, s. 2022 still lists a voluntary contribution for learners’ organizations, collected only through the PTA, for Grades 5 to 12, from the third month of classes; ask the division in writing whether it still allows that before anything is collected.

Does the SELG or SSLG adviser get a reduced teaching load?

No. The 2023 constitution calls the advisership “equivalent to one (1) teaching load”, but DO 005, s. 2024 makes it a teaching-related assignment on top of a teacher’s regular load, and DM 053, s. 2024 counts only classroom teaching and class advising as teaching load (para. 3.c). Hours beyond the regular day earn vacation service credits or, under DO 026, s. 2025, overtime pay for work inside the school.

When is the SELG and SSLG election for SY 2027-2028?

As of November 13, 2026, no DepEd issuance sets it. The election code places the election “after the third quarter examination” of the preceding school year, and the three-term calendar of DO 009, s. 2026 has no quarters. The last three memoranda were issued on March 25, 2024, January 20, 2025 and December 22, 2025; a school waits for the next one and for its division’s dates.

Sources

DepEd Orders on the learner government:

• DepEd Order No. 47, s. 2014, Constitution and By-Laws of the Supreme Pupil Government and Supreme Student Government in Elementary and Secondary Schools, December 1, 2014: para. 3; Encl. No. 1, Arts. I, III, V to X, XII to XX; Encl. No. 2; Encl. No. 3, Arts. V, VIII and X to XII.
• DepEd Order No. 11, s. 2016, Additional Guidelines to DepEd Order No. 47, s. 2014, March 8, 2016: para. 4; Encl. No. 1, item 5.
• DepEd Order No. 48, s. 2014, Amendments and Additional Provisions to DepEd Order No. 45, s. 2007, December 2, 2014: item 2.
• DepEd Order No. 45, s. 2007, Institutionalization of the Supreme Pupil Government in All Elementary Schools Nationwide, July 9, 2007: items 6 and 8.
• DepEd Order No. 84, s. 2010, One School, One Supreme Pupil/Student Government Policy, June 18, 2010: item 3.
• DepEd Order No. 49, s. 2011, Mandated Programs, Projects and Activities of the Supreme Student Government, June 30, 2011: item 3.e.
• DepEd Order No. 117, s. 2009, Pupil and Student Participation in the Parents-Teachers Associations (PTAs), December 1, 2009: para. 4.

Memoranda of the Office of the Undersecretary for Operations (from late 2025, Governance and Operations):

• Interim Guidelines of the Learner Government Program (LGP) for School Year 2023-2024, May 5, 2023: memorandum, pp. 1 to 3; Annex A, Constitution and By-Laws of the SELG and SSLG; Annex B, Learner Government Election and Appointment Code; Annex C, Guidelines and Procedures in the Election of Division and Regional Federation Officers.
• Memorandum DM-OUOPS-2024-11-02487, Schedule of the Supreme Elementary Learner Government (SELG) and Supreme Secondary Learner Government (SSLG) Elections for School Year (S.Y.) 2024-2025, March 25, 2024: memorandum; Annex A, the election code; Annex B, Enclosures 1 to 22.
• Memorandum DM-OUOPS-2025-11-00442, Learner Government Elections for School Year (S.Y.) 2025-2026, January 20, 2025.
• Memorandum DM-OUOPS-2025-10-07908, Learner Government (LG) Elections for School Year (S.Y.) 2026-2027, December 22, 2025.
• Office of the Undersecretary for Governance and Operations, National Federation of Supreme Secondary Learner Government (NFSSLG) Elections for School Year 2026-2027, memorandum of June 29, 2026: pp. 1 to 2; Annex A.
• Memorandum DM-OUGOPS-2026-10-03494, Proclamation and Oath-Taking Ceremony of the Newly Elected Officers and Board Members of the National Federation of Supreme Secondary Learner Government (NFSSLG) for School Year 2026-2027, September 21, 2026: p. 1; Annex A. Region XII sent it to its divisions with Regional Memorandum No. 181, s. 2026.
• Memorandum OM-OUGOPS-2026-08-02274, Learner Support Observances for SY 2026-2027, June 18, 2026.
• Memorandum DM-OUGOPS-2026-15-04040, Request for Participants and Technical Working Group Members for the Feedback and Assessment of the Pilot Implementation of the Policy Guidelines on the After-School Activities (Establishment and Operationalization of School Clubs and Organizations), October 6, 2026.
• Memorandum DM-OUOPS-2025-10-07458, Announcement of the Newly Elected Officers and Board Members of the NFSSLG for School Year 2025-2026, November 25, 2025.
• Memorandum OM-OASOPS-2023-05-13, Monitoring and Evaluation of the Learner Government Program (LGP) Elections for School Year 2023-2024, May 31, 2023: item 2.c.
• Memorandum OM-OUOPS-2024-11-01730, Dissemination of the Resolutions Crafted by the Officers and Board Members of the NFSSLG, February 28, 2024.
• Memorandum DM-OUOPS-2024-11-06520, Invitation to the Data Gathering and Consultation on the Development of the Learner Government (LG) Operations Manual and Learners’ Manual, August 8, 2024.

Other DepEd issuances:

• DepEd Order No. 005, s. 2024, Rationalization of Teachers’ Workload in Public Schools and Payment of Teaching Overload, April 29, 2024: para. 4; Sec. V.A.4.
• DepEd Memorandum No. 053, s. 2024, Implementation Guidelines for DepEd Order No. 005, s. 2024, September 27, 2024: paras. 3.c and 6.
• DepEd, Consolidated Questions and Answers, online orientation on DepEd Memorandum No. 053, s. 2024 (October 22 and November 6 to 8, 2024; updated November 13, 2024), No. 32, in DepEd’s Teacher Workload Public Drive.
• DepEd Order No. 026, s. 2025, Guidelines on the Payment of Overtime Services of Teachers, September 6, 2025: Sec. V.2.
• DepEd Order No. 006, s. 2025, Guidelines on the Streamlining of School Forms and Reports Accomplished by Teachers, March 20, 2025: Encl. 3.
• DepEd Order No. 009, s. 2026, Guidelines on the Implementation of the Three-Term School Calendar in Basic Education, April 16, 2026: items 4, 20 and 41; Annexes A and B.
• DepEd Order No. 012, s. 2025, Multi-Year Implementing Guidelines on the School Calendar and Activities, April 15, 2025: Sec. G, items 21 and 22 (repealed by DO 009, s. 2026).
• DepEd Order No. 013, s. 2022, Omnibus Guidelines on the Regulation of Operations of the Parent-Teacher Associations, March 18, 2022: Secs. 24.1.3, 26 and 34.
• DepEd Order No. 19, s. 2008, Implementation of No Collection Policy in All Public Elementary and Secondary Schools, March 19, 2008: items 1, 2 and 5.
• DepEd Memorandum No. 041, s. 2024, Reiteration of the “No Collection Policy” in Schools, August 2, 2024: paras. 2, 5 and 6.
• Office of the Secretary, Reiteration of the Implementation of the No Collection Policy in All Public Schools, memorandum of August 14, 2025: paras. 2 to 4.
• DepEd Memorandum No. 027, s. 2026, 2026 Brigada Eskwela Implementing Guidelines, May 5, 2026: Encl. 1, Secs. A.4.1.b and D.8.
• DepEd Order No. 008, s. 2019, Revised Implementing Guidelines on the Direct Release, Use, Monitoring and Reporting of MOOE Allocation of Schools, May 2, 2019: Sec. V.D.
• DepEd Order No. 026, s. 2022, Implementing Guidelines on the Establishment of School Governance Council, June 17, 2022: Part V (General Purpose, D, H, I and M).
• DepEd Order No. 44, s. 2015, Guidelines on the Enhanced School Improvement Planning (SIP) Process and the School Report Card (SRC), September 29, 2015: Encl., Sec. V.B.1; SIP Guidebook, Step 1, Activity 1.2.
• DepEd Order No. 40, s. 2012, DepEd Child Protection Policy, May 14, 2012: Sec. 10.
• DepEd Order No. 006, s. 2026, Guidelines on Ensuring a Safe and Motivating Learning Environment (ESMLE), March 24, 2026: Sec. IX.D.
• DepEd Order No. 022, s. 2025, Policy Guidelines on the Institutionalization of the School Sports Club in Public Schools, August 7, 2025: Sec. V.B.1.
• DepEd Order No. 007, s. 2024, Policy Guidelines on the Implementation of the Revised School-Based Management (SBM) System, May 16, 2024: SBM checklist, indicator 21.
• DepEd Memorandum No. 055, s. 2021, Recommended Programs, Projects, and Activities of the Student Government for School Year 2021-2022, August 13, 2021: item 5.e.
• DepEd Order No. 021, s. 2019, Policy Guidelines on the K to 12 Basic Education Program, August 22, 2019.
• DepEd Order No. 024, s. 2020, National Adoption and Implementation of the Philippine Professional Standards for School Heads, September 7, 2020: strands 1.6 and 5.2.
• Joint Circular No. 01, s. 2025 of DepEd, the Department of Budget and Management, the Department of the Interior and Local Government and the Department of Finance, Omnibus Guidelines on the Use of the Special Education Fund: Annex C, Operation and maintenance, item 13.

Laws:

• Republic Act No. 4206, June 19, 1965, as amended by Republic Act No. 5546, June 21, 1969, An Act Prohibiting the Sale of Tickets and/or the Collection of Contributions for Whatever Project or Purpose from Students and Teachers of Public and Private Schools, Colleges and Universities: Secs. 1 and 2.
• Batas Pambansa Blg. 232, Education Act of 1982, September 11, 1982: Sec. 9.
• Republic Act No. 386, Civil Code of the Philippines, June 18, 1949: Art. 7.
• Republic Act No. 4670, Magna Carta for Public School Teachers, June 18, 1966: Sec. 14.

Written by Mark Anthony Llego for NASH Reviewer. Sources: DepEd Orders No. 47, s. 2014 and No. 11, s. 2016; the Interim Guidelines of the Learner Government Program for School Year 2023-2024 and Memoranda DM-OUOPS-2024-11-02487, DM-OUOPS-2025-11-00442, DM-OUOPS-2025-10-07908 and DM-OUGOPS-2026-10-03494; DepEd Orders No. 005, s. 2024, No. 013 and No. 026, s. 2022, and No. 009, s. 2026; DepEd Memoranda No. 053 and No. 041, s. 2024; Republic Act No. 4206, as amended.