REPUBLIC ACT NO. 5513 - AN
ACT TO AMEND CERTAIN SECTIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED TWO THOUSAND TWO
HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SEVEN, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE CHARTER OF THE
PHILIPPINE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND TRADES
Section 1. Section one of Republic Act Numbered Two thousand
two hundred and thirty-seven is hereby amended to read as follows;
"Section 1. The present Philippine School of Arts and
Trades located in the City of Manila, Philippines, is hereby converted
into the Philippine College of Arts and Trades which shall offer
courses in arts, industrial education and technology leading to
baccalaureate and graduate degrees."
Sec. 2. Section two of the same Act is amended to
read as follows:
"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 in arts and technology;
and for special purposes, to promote research, advance studies, and
progressive leadership in the field of trade, technical, and industrial
education and in arts and technology."
Sec. 3. Section four of the same Act is amended to
read as follows:
"Sec. 4. The government of the Philippine College of
Arts and Trades is hereby vested in a Board of Trustees, to be composed
of the Secretary of Education, who shall be the 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 Public Schools, the President of the
College, the President of the Philippine College of Arts and Trades
(PSAT) Alumni Association, the Director of Vocational Education and the
President of the Chamber of Industries of the Philippines. In the
absence or 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 the Undersecretary of
Education or when these positions are vacant, the other members of the
Board may elect among themselves a temporary chairman who shall act as
chairman.
"In the absence or inability of either or both the presidents of the
Philippine Chamber of Industries and the Philippine College of Arts and
Trades Alumni Association (PSAT), or when these position are vacant,
the said organizations shall elect their respective representatives who
will be accorded the same right and privilege as the other members of
the Board: Provided, however, That in the case of the Philippine
College of Arts and Trades Alumni Association (PSAT), its president or
representative must not be in the employ of the College.
"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. 4. Section five of the same Act is hereby
amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 5. The Board of Trustees shall have the
following general powers set out in Section thirteen of Act Numbered
Fourteen hundred and fifty-nine, as amended. The government and
administration of said College and the exercise of its corporate powers
are hereby vested exclusively in the Board of Trustees. In addition to
its general powers, the Board of Trustees as a corporate body shall
have the following powers and duties:
"(a) To appropriate such sums as may be provided by
law for the support of the college;
"(b) To confer the baccalaureate and graduate degrees
to successful candidates for graduation; confer the usual honorary
degrees upon a person in recognition of learning, statesmanship, or
eminence in industry, science and technology: Provided, That such
degrees shall not be conferred in consideration of the payment of money
or valuable considerations;
"(c) To authorize the President of the College to
award proficiency, certificates or diplomas to students who have
finished non-degree courses;
"(d) To appoint, on recommendation of the President
of the College, vice-presidents, deans, directors, secretary of the
College, 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, any provision of existing laws to the contrary
notwithstanding; to grant to them, in its discretion, leave of absence
under such regulations as it may promulgate, any other provisions of
law to the contrary notwithstanding, and to remove them for cause after
an investigation and hearing shall have been had; to establish chairs
in the College and to provide for the maintenance or endowment of such
chairs as the progress of instruction may make necessary;
"(e) To approve the curricula and rules and
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 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
scholarship 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, to administer the
same for the benefit of the College, or of the departments thereof, or
for aid to any student or students, 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. All such
donations shall be exempt from all taxes and to be considered as
deductible items from the income tax of the donors; to import duty free
commodities for educational purposes as an exception to existing laws;
and
"(j) To authorize the College to undertake
construction and/or repair of its buildings, machinery and equipment
and other facilities if in the opinion of the Board such undertaking
will help in its training program, any provision of law or executive
order to the contrary notwithstanding."
Sec. 5. Section seven of the same Act is hereby
amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 7. On or before the fifteenth day of the second
month after the opening of regular classes 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. 6. Section ten of the same Act is hereby
amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 10. There shall be a 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."
Sec. 7. Section fifteen of the same Act is hereby
amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 15. All the personnel, properties, records,
obligations, appropriations of and the land presently occupied by the
Philippine School of Arts and Trades located at San Marcelino Street
and Ayala Boulevard as determined by cadastral survey including the
site being occupied by the Bureau of Vocational Education are hereby
transferred to the Philippine College of Arts and Trades."
Sec. 8. This Act shall take effect upon its
approval.
Approved: June 21, 1969
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