THE HOUSE Committee on Appropriations has started its review of the Department of Education’s budget utilization.

The review includes the budget for fiscal years 2022, 2023, and 2024 and was done ahead of the 2025 budget deliberations.

House Committee on Appropriations Vice Chairperson Rep. Stella Luz Quimbo said the oversight hearing on the DepEd’s budget is under the commitment of Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez and Committee Chairperson Rep. Elizaldy Co to actively monitor the compliance of agencies with the requirements and conditions for utilizing public funds under the General Appropriations Act and other pertinent laws.

Quimbo said their action is to ensure the efficiency, effectiveness, and accountability of the national government and all its agencies in the authorized appropriations for Congress as provided under Section 29 Article VI of the 1987 Constitution.

“Under the oversight power of the committee on appropriations we are to ensure that the appropriations under the GAA are utilized and disbursed timely, effectively, and efficiently by the intent of Congress,” Quimbo said.

The solon added that the committee has the function to recommend whether these activities or projects should be pursued, curtailed, or eliminated in the proposal for the next budget year to be authorized by Congress.