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BATAS PAMBANSA BILANG. 384BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 384 - AN ACT
CONVERTING THE SULU NATIONAL REGIONAL AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL IN THE
MUNICIPALITY OF BONGAO, PROVINCE OF TAWI-TAWI, INTO A COLLEGE TO BE
KNOWN AS THE TAWI-TAWI REGIONAL AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, AND AUTHORIZING
THE APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS THEREFOR
Section 1. The Sulu National Regional Agricultural School in
the Municipality of Bongao, Province of Tawi-Tawi, is hereby converted
into a college to be known as the Tawi-Tawi Regional Agricultural
College, hereinafter referred to in this Act as the College.
Sec. 2. In addition to its present curricula, the
College is authorized to offer the following collegiate and graduate
courses:
(a) Four-year teacher education courses leading to
the degrees of Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Education and
Bachelor of Science in Home Technology;
(b) Four-year technical curriculum leading to the
degree of Bachelor of Science in Agriculture;
(c) Graduate course leading to the degree of Master
of Science in Agricultural Education;
(d) Graduate course leading to the degree of Master
of Science in Home Technology; and
(e) Graduate course leading to the degree of Master
of Science in Agriculture.
Sec. 3. The aim of the College shall be to provide
professional, technical, and special training and promote research,
extension services, and progressive leadership in the field of
agriculture and home technology.
Sec. 4. The head of the College shall be known as
the President of the Tawi-Tawi Regional Agricultural College. He shall
be appointed by the President of the Philippines upon recommendation of
the Board of Trustees as hereinafter provided. He shall serve for a
term of six years but he may be reappointed. The powers and duties of
the President of the College, in addition to those specifically
provided in this Act, shall be these usually pertaining to the office
of the president of a college.
Sec. 5. The Tawi-Tawi Regional Agricultural
College shall have the general powers set out in Sec. 36 of Batas
Pambansa Bilang 68 and the government and administration of the College
and the exercise of its corporate powers are hereby vested in a Board
of Trustees. The Board of Trustees shall be composed of the Minister of
Education, Culture and Sports, who shall be ex officio Chairman of the
Board, the Regional Director of the National Economic and Development
Authority, the President of the College, and four (4) prominent
citizens of Region IX preferably from the Province of Tawi-Tawi, to be
appointed by the President of the Philippines as members. When both the
Minister and the Deputy Minister of Education, Culture and Sports are
unable to exercise the powers of the Chairman of the Board of Trustees,
the members of the Board may elect from among themselves a temporary
chairman who shall act as Chairman of the Board of Trustees.
The non-ex officio members of the Board, except the President of the
College who shall serve during the duration of his incumbency, shall
hold office as follows: two to serve for two years and the other two to
serve for four years, the term of office of each to be specified in his
appointment by the President. Thereafter, persons appointed to succeed
such members shall hold office for a term of four years and until their
successors shall have been appointed and qualified.
Members of the Board of Trustees shall serve without compensation,
other than actual and necessary expenses incurred either in attendance
upon meetings of the Boards of Trustees or upon other official business
authorized by resolution of the Board, subject to existing budget laws
on honoraria and allowances.
Sec. 6. The Board of Trustees shall have the
following powers and duties, in addition to its general powers of
administration:
(a) To receive and appropriate to the end specified
by law such sums of money as may be provided by law for the support of
the College;
(b) To confer, aside from the degrees now offered by
the Sulu National Regional Agricultural School, the degrees of Bachelor
of Science Agricultural Education, Bachelor of Science in Home
Technology, Bachelor of Science in Agriculture, Master of Science in
Agricultural Education, Master of Science in Home Technology, and
Master of Science in Agriculture;
(c) To appoint, on the recommendation of the
President of the College, professors, instructors, lecturers,
administrative and supervisory officials, and other employees of the
College, as may be necessary for the effective implementation of the
college program; to fix their compensation, subject to Presidential
Decree No. 985 and other pertinent budget and compensation laws, hours
of service and such other duties and conditions as it may deem proper;
to grant them, in its discretion, leave of absence under regulations as
it may promulgate, other provisions of law notwithstanding; to
prescribe rules of academic discipline for the educational and
professional growth of faculty members and other personnel; and to
remove them for cause after an investigation and hearing shall have
been held;
(d) To approve the curricula and rules of discipline
drawn up by the College Council as hereinafter provided;
(e) To provide fellowship for faculty members and
scholarships to students showing special evidence of merit;
(f) To provide rules for its government, and to enact
for the government of the College such general ordinances and
regulations, not contrary to law, as are consistent with the purposes
of the College, as defined in Section three of this Act;
(g) To receive in trust legacies, gifts and donations
of real and personal property of all kinds, and to administer the same
for the benefit of the College or for aid to any student, in accordance
with the directions and instructions of the donor, and in default
thereof, in such manner as the Board of Trustees may, in its discretion
determine;
(h) A quorum of the Board of Trustees shall consist
of a majority of all its members holding office at the time the meeting
of the Board is called.
Sec. 7. On or before the fifteenth August of each
year, the Board of Trustees shall file with the President a detailed
report, setting forth the progress, conditions and needs of the College.
Sec. 8. There shall be a College Council
consisting of the President of the College as presiding officer and all
professors and instructors of the College as members. The Council shall
have the power to prescribe the curricula and rules of discipline,
subject to the approval of the Board of Trustees. It shall fix the
requirements for admission to the College, as well as for graduation
and the receiving of a title or a degree. The Council alone shall have
the power to recommend students or others to be recipients of titles or
degrees. Through its president or committee, it shall have disciplinary
power over the students within the limits prescribed by the rules of
discipline approved by the Board of Trustees.
Sec. 9. The body of professors and instructors of
the College shall constitute the faculty of the College. In the
appointment of professors or instructors of the College, no religious
test shall be applied nor shall religious opinions or affiliations of
faculty of the College be made a matter of examination or inquiry:
Provided, however, That no professor or instructor in the College shall
inculcate sectarian teachings, nor attempt either directly or
indirectly, under penalty of dismissal by the Board of Trustees, to
influence students attending the College for or against any particular
church or religious sect.
Sec. 10. Professors and other teaching personnel
of the College shall be covered by the appropriate civil service rules
and regulations.
Sec. 11. There shall be a secretary of the
College, appointed by the Board of Trustees. He shall be the secretary
of such Board and also of the College.
Sec. 12. To help the College achieve its
educational, research and extension aims, the College Council is hereby
empowered to negotiate or make arrangements with government colleges or
universities, private colleges and universities, other government
agencies, and private or semi-private organizations for cooperative
projects in instructions, research, and extension; and to seek the
assistance of educational foundations in promoting the programs of
instruction, research, and extension.
Sec. 13. Heads of bureaus or offices of the
national government are hereby authorized to loan, or transfer, upon
request of the President of the College, equipment, apparatus, or
supplies as may be needed by the College, and to detail employees for
duty therein, when in the judgment of the head of the bureau or office
such supplies or employees can be spared without serious detriment to
the public service.
Sec. 14. The College, by arrangement with the
Director of Technical and Vocational Education and Director of
Secondary Education, may use one or more vocational or general public
schools as training or laboratory schools of the College.
Sec. 15. The present faculty of the Sulu National
Regional Agricultural School, as well as the administrative and
supervising officials and other personnel as well as the present
buildings, equipment and facilities and other properties, real and
personal, shall be absorbed by the new college. Salaries of these
personnel shall be determined in accordance with Presidential Decree
No. 985 and other pertinent budget and compensation laws.
Sec. 16. All existing appropriations for the Sulu
National Regional Agricultural School are hereby transferred to the
Tawi-Tawi Regional Agricultural College, to be disbursed in accordance
with the provisions of this Act. The necessary sum for the operation
and maintenance of the state college shall be provided for in
subsequent General Appropriations Acts, until which time the operation
of the institution as a college shall be deferred, provided that its
new name shall take effect upon the approval of this Act.
Sec. 17. This Act shall take effect upon its
approval.
Approved: April 8, 1983. (P.B.
No. 728)
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