Public school teachers on Thursday decried the alleged removal of their allowances given by local government units to teachers hired by the Department of Education sourced from the Special Education Fund . Members of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers , along with ACT Teachers Party-List Representatives Antonio Tinio and France Castro, expressed their disappointment in the Joint Circular 1, series of 2017 issued by the Department of Budget and Management , DepEd and the Department of Interior and Local Government which “removes” the allowances given by LGUs to DepEd-hired teachers as expenses chargeable to the SEF.