REPUBLIC ACT NO. 4470 - AN ACT
CONVERTING THE BULACAN SCHOOL OF ARTS AND TRADES IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF
MALOLOS, PROVINCE OF BULACAN, INTO A COLLEGE TO BE KNOWN AS THE BULACAN
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND TRADES, GIVING IT CORPORATE EXISTENCE, PROVIDING
FOR A BOARD OF TRUSTEES, DEFINING THE BOARD'S RESPONSIBILITIES AND
DUTIES, PROVIDING HIGHER VOCATIONAL, PROFESSIONAL, AND TECHNICAL
INSTRUCTION AND TRAINING IN TRADE AND INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION, AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES
Section 1. The present Bulacan School of Arts and Trades
located in the Municipality of Malolos, Province of Bulacan is hereby
converted into a college to be known as the Bulacan College of Arts and
Trades, which shall offer not only its present curricula but also
four-year trade technical course, leading to the degree of Bachelor of
Science in Technical Education, five-year courses leading to the degree
of Bachelor of Science in Engineering, and two-year graduate course
leading to the degree of Master of Arts in Industrial Education.
Sec. 2. The purpose of the said college shall be
to provide higher vocational, professional, and technical instruction
and training in trade and industrial education; and for special purpose
to promote research, advance studies, and progressive leadership in the
field of trade, technical and industrial education.
Sec. 3. The head of this institution shall be
known as the President of the Bulacan College of Arts and Trades. He
shall be appointed by the President of the Philippines upon the
recommendation of the Board of Trustees, subject to the confirmation of
the Commission on Appointments. The powers and duties of the president
of the college, in addition to those specifically provided for in this
Act, shall be those usually pertaining to the office of the president
of a college.
Sec. 4. The Government of the Bulacan College of
Arts and Trades is hereby vested in a Board of Trustees, to be composed
of the Secretary of Education, who shall be ex-officio Chairman of the
Board, the Chairman of the Committee on Education of the Senate, the
Chairman of the Committee on Education of the House of Representatives,
the Director of Vocational Education, the President of the College, the
President of the Bulacan College of Arts and Trades Alumni Association,
and the President of the Chamber of Industries of the Philippines, as
members. In the absence of inability of the Secretary of Education, the
Undersecretary of Education shall act as the ex-officio Chairman of the
Board. In the absence or inability of both the Secretary and
Undersecretary of Education or when these positions are vacant, the
other members of the Board may elect from among themselves a temporary
chairman who shall act as Chairman.
The members of the Board of Trustees shall serve without compensation,
but shall be entitled to reimbursement for actual and necessary
expenses incurred either in attendance upon meetings of the Board or
upon other official business authorized by resolution of the Board.
Sec. 5. The Board of Trustees shall have the
following powers and duties in addition to its general powers of
administration:
(a) To appropriate such sums as may be provided by
law for the support of the college;
(b) To confer the degrees of Bachelor of Science in
Industrial Arts, Bachelor of Science in Industrial Education, Bachelor
of Science in Technical Education, Bachelor of Science in Engineering,
and Master of Arts in Industrial Education of Successful candidates for
graduation;
(c) To authorize the president of the college to
award proficiency certificates to students who have finished the first
two years of the four-year curriculum in technical education and/or
diploma to those who have completed the four-year curriculum in
Bachelor of Science in Industrial Arts, Bachelor of Science in
Industrial Education, Technical Education, five-year curriculum in
Bachelor of Science in Engineering and Master's degree in Industrial
Education;
(d) To appoint, on recommendation of the president of
the college, dean of instruction, registrar, heads of departments,
professors, instructors, lecturers, and other employees of the college;
to fix their compensation, hours of service, and such other duties and
conditions as it may deem proper; to grant them, in its discretion,
leave 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
had;
(e) To approve the curricula and rules of discipline
drawn by the College Council as hereinafter provided;
(f) To fix, in as moderate as possible, the tuition
fees required of students, as well as matriculation fees, graduation
fees, and fees for laboratory courses, and all special fees which shall
constitute a special trust fund for the college and to remit such fees
in the case of deserving students;
(g) To provide fellowships for faculty members and
scholarships to students showing special evidence of merit;
(h) To prescribe rules for its own government, and to
enact for the government of the college such rules and regulations, not
contrary to law, as may be necessary to carry out the purposes and
functions of the college as defined in Section two of this Act;
(i) 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 of the department thereof,
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.
Sec. 6. A quorum of the Board of Trustees shall
consist of a majority of all the members. All processes against the
Board of Trustees shall be serve on the Chairman or Secretary thereof.
Sec. 7. On or before the fifteenth day of June of
each year, the Board of Trustees shall file with the President of the
Philippines 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 and of all professors and
instructors of the college. 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 degree. The council alone shall have the power to
recommend students or other to be recipients of titles or degrees.
Through the president or a committee, it shall have disciplinary power
over the students within the limits prescribed by the rules and
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, with the
president of the college as the presiding officer. In the appointment
of professors and instructors of the college, no religious test shall
be applied, nor shall the religious opinion or affiliation of the
faculty of the college be made a matter of examination or inquiry:
provided, that no instructors or professor in the college shall
inculcate sectarian tenets in any of the teaching, nor attempt either
directly or indirectly, under penalty of dismissal by the Board of
Trustees, to influence students or attendants at the college for or
against any particular church or religious sect.
SECTION 10. The administrative officer, in addition
to his regular duties, shall act as the secretary of the college who
shall be at the same time the Secretary of the Board of Trustees and
shall keep such records of the college as may be designated by the
Board.
SECTION 11. The president of the college, with the
cooperation of the division superintendents, city school
superintendent, superintendents of schools of arts and trades, and/or
principals of vocational schools may use one or more of their secondary
or elementary schools as training or laboratory schools for
student-teaching of the college.
SECTION 12. Heads of bureaus and offices of the
National Government are hereby authorized to loan or transfer, upon
request of the president of the college such apparatus, equipment or
supplies as may be needed by the college, and to detail employees
therein for duty, when in the judgment of the head of the bureau or
office such apparatus, equipment, supplies or employees can be spared
without serious detriment to the public service. Employees so detailed
shall perform such duties as are required under such details and the
time so employed shall count as part of their regular services.
SECTION 13. In order not to interrupt the smooth
functioning of the present curricula of the Bulacan School of Arts and
Trades, the faculty of the school, as well as the other personnel,
shall be absorbed by the new college with the incumbent superintendent
performing the functions of the president of the college and the head
of the teacher education department, the functions of the dean of
academic instructor and the head of the technical education department,
the functions of the dean of technical instruction. The two deans of
instruction will serve as the first and second vice president of the
college. Salaries of these personnel shall be adjusted at the
discretion of the Board of Trustees within the amount for
appropriation.
SECTION 14. The Treasurer of the Philippines shall be
ex-officio treasurer of the college and all accounts and expenses
thereof shall be audited by the Auditor General or his duly authorized
representative.
SECTION 15. All the personnel, properties, records,
obligations, and appropriations of the Bulacan School of Arts and
Trades are hereby transferred to the Bulacan College of Arts and Trades.
SECTION 16. The sum of nine hundred thousand pesos is
hereby authorized to the appropriated, out of any funds in the National
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the conversion, operation and
maintenance of said college including the construction of two buildings
during the fiscal year nineteen hundred sixty-six. Thereafter, such
sums as may be needed for its operation and maintenance shall be
included in the annual General Appropriations Act.
SECTION 17. This Act shall take effect upon its
approval.
Approved: June 19, 1965
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