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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 609
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 609
- ESTABLISHING THE TARLAC COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF
CAMILING, PROVINCE OF TARLAC
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WHEREAS,
the Constitution of the Philippines prescribes that all educational
institutions shallm to develop scientific technological and vocational
efficiency;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, Presidential Decree No. 6-A (Educational Decree of 1972)
declared it a policy that educational objectives shall be attained
through the undertaking of educational development projects by
expansion of agricultural and higher education programs and
agricultural extension activities to meet the demands and needs of the
New Society;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, it is imperative that agricultural institutions, particularly
agricultural schools, cooperate to the maximum in the massive land
reform programs of the government to uplift the tenant-farmer from
lethargy and ignorance and to release him from the bondage of tenancy;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the Tarlac College of Agriculture can carry out with greater
strength its goal, agricultural programs and its vital role in national
economic development effectively and efficiently if granted complete
autonomy.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution as
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and pursuant
to Proclamation No. 1081 dated September 21, 1972, and General Order
No. 1 dated September 22, 1972, as amended, do hereby decree and order
the following:cralaw:red
Section 1. The Tarlac College of Agriculture of the
Tarlac College of Technology, located in the Municipality of Camiling,
Province of Tarlac, is hereby separated from the latter college and
established as an independent state college. The Tarlac College of
Agriculture shall offer a four-year secondary agricultural and special
course leading to the title of Associate in Technical Agriculture,
Courses leading to the degrees of Bachelor of Science in Agriculture,
Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Education, Bachelor of Science in
Home Technology, and Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Engineering,
post graduate course leading to the degrees of Master of Science in
Agriculture, and other degree courses and special courses as the Board
of Trustees of the college may deem necessary.
Section 2. Them of the said college shall be to
provide professional, technical and special instruction for special
purposes and to promote research extension services and progressive
leadership in agriculture, agricultural education, home technology and
other related educational fields.
Section 3. The head of this institution shall be
known as the President of the Tarlac College of Agriculture. He shall
be appointed by the President of the Philippines upon the
recommendation of the board of trustees as hereinafter provided. The
powers and duties of the president of the college, in addition to those
especially provided for in this Decree, shall be those usually
pertaining to the office of the president of the state colleges.
Section 4. The government of said college is hereby
vested in a board of trustees of the Tarlac College of Agriculture. The
board of trustees shall be composed of the Secretary of Education, who
shall be ex-officio chairman of the board, the Provincial Governor of
Tarlac, the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources, the
Secretary of Agrarian Reform, the Secretary of Labor, the Director of
Vocational Education, the president of the college and the president of
the Tarlac College of Agriculture Alumni Association.
Members of the board shall be serve without compensation, other than
actual and necessary expenses incurred either in attendance upon
meetings of the board or upon other official business authorized by
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Section 5. The board of trustees shall have the
following powers of administration:cralaw:red
(a) To create, in addition to the existing College
of Agriculture, a College of Forestry, College of Veterinary Science,
College of Inland Fisheries and other allied colleges as the Board may
deem necessary;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
(b) To receive and appropriate to the ends specified
by law such sums of money as may be provided by law for the support of
the college;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
(c) To confer the title of Associate of Agricultural
Education, the degrees of Bachelor of Science in Agriculture, Bachelor
of Science in Home Technology, and such other titles and degrees,
corresponding to the courses which the board of trustees may offer:
Provided, That it may confer the usual honorary degrees upon any person
in recognition of learning, statesmanship, leadership or eminence in
literature, science, art, agriculture or public service;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
(d) To appoint, upon the recommendation of the
president of the college, instructors, professors, lecturers and other
employees of the college: Such recommending power of the President
shall, however, be subjected to limitations as may be provided by a
Code for the College; to fix their compensation, hours of service and
such other duties and conditions as may be deemed proper, to grant to
them in its discretion, leaves of absence under such regulations as it
may promulgate, any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding,
and to remove them for cause after an investigation and hearing shall
have been conducted;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
(e) To approve the curricula and rules of discipline
drawn up by the college council as hereinafter provided;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
(f) To fix the tuition fees, graduation fees and
fees for laboratory courses and all special fees, and to remit the same
in special cases;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
(g) To provide fellowships for faculty members and
scholarships to students showing special evidence of merit;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
(h) To provide rules of its own 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 two of this Act; and
(i) To receive in trust, legacies, gifts, donations
of real and personal property of all kinds and to administer the same
for the benefit of the college or ford to any student, in accordance
with the directions and instruction of the donor, and in default
thereof, in such manner as the board of trustees may, in its
discretion, determine.
Section 6. A quorum of the board of trustees shall
consist of a majority of all the members.
Section 7. On or before the fifteenth of June of each
year, the board of trustees shall file with the President of the
Philippines a detailed report, setting forth the progress, condition
and needs of the college.
Section 8. There shall be a college council
consisting of the president of the college, as presiding Officer and of
all instructors and professors of the college, as members. The council
shall have the power to prescribe the curricula and rules of discipline
of the college, 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 award of a title or a degree. The council shall also
have the power to recommend students or other persons to be awarded
titles or degrees. Through the president, it shall have disciplinary
power over the students within the limits prescribed by the rules and
discipline approved by the board of trustees.
Other powers of the council shall be embodied in the Code for the
College to be hereinafter enacted.
Section 9. The body of the instructors and professors
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
any of the faculty members be made a matter of examination or inquiry:
Provided, however, That no instructor or professor in the college shall
inculcate sectarian tenets in any of his teachings, nor shall he
attempt either directly or indirectly, under penalty of dismissal, to
influence students for or against any particular church or religious
sect.
Section 10. No civil service eligibility shall be
required for appointment to the college as a professor or regular
instructor.
Section 11. There shall be a secretary of the
college, appointed by the board of trustees, who shall also act as the
secretary of the board, and shall keep such records of the college as
may be designated by the board.
Section 12. The Treasurer of the Philippines shall be
ex-officio treasurer of the college. All accounts and expenses
therefore shall be audited by the Commission on Audit and all
disbursements shall be made in accordance with existing auditing rules
and regulations.
Section 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, such 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. Employees so detailed shall perform such duties as may
be required of them by the head of the institution, and the time they
spent under detail shall be counted as part of their regular official
services.
Section 14. The president of the college, with the
approval of the Director of Public Schools, may use one or more public
schools as training or laboratory schools of the college.
Section 15. An Officer-in-Charge to be appointed by
the President of the Philippines shall take the place and/or take over
the functions and powers of the president in the Tarlac College of
Agriculture until the need for the latter arises.
Section 16. In order not to interrupt the smooth
functioning of the Tarlac College of Agriculture, the faculty as well
as the other personnel thereof as are presently employed on full-time
basis, shall be absorbed by the said college. Salaries of the personnel
shall be adjusted in the discretion of the Board of Trustees, and all
properties and assets, such as lands, buildings, equipment and
facilities; also the land grant in Mayantoc, Tarlac, if and when it is
released by the Bureau of Forest Development, as well as all its
liabilities, shall be absorbed by the new college.
Section 17. For the purpose of giving effect to this
decree, each college shall maintain its budget share up to the end of
the current fiscal year. In addition to this, one-half of all
unexpended balance of the appropriation for the Tarlac College of
Technology during the current fiscal year are hereby made available and
shall be remitted to the Tarlac College of Agriculture. Thereafter,
such sums as may be necessary to carry into effect the provisions of
this Decree shall be included in the Annual General Appropriations
Decree.
Section 18. Provisions consistent with this Decree
and which shall complement, strengthen and make effective the
provisions thereof, shall be embodied in a Code of the College to be
hereinafter enacted.
Section 19. Such provisions of Republic Act Numbered
Forty-three hundred thirty-seven as are inconsistent with the
provisions of this Decree are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.
Section 20. This Decree shall take effect upon its
approval.
DONE in the City of Manila,
this 18th day of December, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred
and seventy-four.
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