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BATAS PAMBANSA BILANG. 392BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 392 - AN ACT
CONVERTING THE LAGANGILANG AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE INTO THE ABRA STATE
INSTITUTE OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY, EXPANDING FOR THIS PURPOSE ITS
CURRICULAR PROGRAMS IN AGRICULTURE, SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY
Section 1. The present Lagangilang Agricultural College
located in the Municipality of Lagangilang, Province of Abra, is hereby
converted into the Abra State Institute of Sciences and Technology,
hereinafter referred to in this Act as the College.
Sec. 2. The College shall primarily provide
technological, professional, technical and vocational education and
shall inspire leadership in the field of agriculture, forestry, home
technology, agricultural education and industry, through scientific
research and extension.
Sec. 3. In addition to its present secondary
agricultural course, undergraduate courses leading to the degrees of
Bachelor in Science in Agriculture and Bachelor of Science in
Agricultural Education, two-year technician courses for agriculture and
forest ranger, the College shall offer other courses leading to the
degrees of Bachelor of Science in Home Technology, Bachelor of Science
in Forestry and Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Engineering;
postgraduate courses leading to the degree of Master Science in
Agricultural Education and such other courses as the Board of Trustees
may deem wise and necessary.
Sec. 4. No student, provided he qualifies in the
National College Entrance Examination test, shall be denied admission
to the College by reason of sex, ethnic considerations or religious
belief. Those who do not qualify can be admitted in the two-year
technical courses. All applicants for admission must have to pass the
College entrance examination.
Sec. 5. The head of the College shall be known as
the President of the Abra State Institute of Sciences and Technology.
He shall be appointed by the President of the Philippines.
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. 6. The governing body of the College shall be
the Board of Trustees of the Abra State Institute of Sciences and
Technology. It shall be composed of the Minister of Education, Culture
and Sports who shall be the chairman, the Director of Higher Education,
the Director of Secondary Education, the President of the College and
the Member of the Batasang Pambansa coming from Abra, as ex officio
members and two prominent residents of Abra who are distinguished
leaders in agriculture, forestry and other industrial fields.
The non-ex officio members of the Board of Trustees shall be appointed
by the President of the Philippines. Of the first group appointed, the
President shall designate one to serve for two years and the other to
serve for four years. 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. In case of
permanent vacancy, the position shall be filled by appointment by the
President of the Philippines. Such appointment shall hold office for
the unexpired term only.
When the Minister of Education, Culture and Sports is unable to perform
his duties as Chairman of the Board due to illness, absence or other
causes, or in the case of vacancy in the office, the Deputy Minister of
Education, Culture and Sports shall temporarily perform the functions
of the Chairman of the said Board. 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
Batasang Pambansa coming from Abra shall act as temporary chairman
thereof.
Sec. 7. The members of the Board of Trustees shall
serve without compensation other than a per diem of one hundred pesos
each per session of the Board and that expenses incurred either in
attendance upon meetings of the Board or upon other official business
shall be reimbursed as authorized by resolution thereof, subject to
existing budget laws on honoraria and allowances.
Sec. 8. In addition to its general powers of
administration, the Board of Trustees shall have the following powers
and duties:
(a) To receive and appropriate for the purposes
specified by law such sums as may be provided for the support of the
College;
(b) To confer degrees upon successful candidates for
graduation of the College. It may also confer the usual honorary
degrees upon persons in recognition of learning, statesmanship or
eminence in science, agriculture, forestry, industry or public service
related to such fields;
(c) Subject to Civil Service Law, rules and
regulations, to appoint, upon recommendation of the President of the
College, the registrar, the deans of the different schools of the
College, the heads of departments, professors, instructors, lecturers
and other employees of the College and to fix their compensation,
subject to Presidential Decree No. 985 and other pertinent budget and
compensation laws; to prescribe hours of service, duties and the
conditions of work as it may deem proper; to grant to 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 investigation and hearing pursuant to
Civil Service Law governing disciplinary action;
(d) To approve the curricula and rules of discipline
drawn up by the College Council as hereinafter provided;
(e) To provide fellowships and scholarships for
deserving faculty members and students;
(f) To prescribe rules for its own government and for
this purpose, to enact such regulations not contrary to law, as may be
necessary;
(g) To receive in trust legacies, gifts and donations
of the real and personal property of all kinds and to administer the
same for the benefit of the College or of a department thereof, or for
aid to any student in accordance with the directions and instructions
of the donors, and in default thereof, in such manner as the Board of
Trustees may in its discretion determine;
(h) To provide vocational training and retraining of
adult citizens and out-of-school-youths; and
(i) To name after prominent Filipinos or heroes any
building, annex, ground, or branch of the College.
Sec. 9. A quorum of the Board of Trustees shall
consist of a majority of all the members holding office at the time the
meeting of the Board is called. All processes against the Board of
Trustees shall be served on the President or Secretary thereof.
Sec. 10. On or before the fifteenth day of June
each year, the Board of Trustees shall submit to the President of the
Philippines a detailed report, setting forth the program, condition,
and needs of the College.
Sec. 11. There shall be a College Council composed
of the President of the College as chairman and the faculty of the
College who teach collegiate courses 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
conferring of degrees, subject to review by the Board of Trustees. The
council alone shall have the power to recommend students or others to
be recipients of degrees. Through the President of the College or a
duly authorized committee, the council shall have the disciplinary
power over the students within the limits prescribed by the rules of
discipline.
Sec. 12. The body of instructors and professors of
the College shall constitute the faculty of the College, with the
President of the College as the presiding officer.
No member of the faculty of the College shall attempt directly or
indirectly, under penalty of dismissal by the Board of Trustees, to
influence students or employees of the College toward any ideology,
political or otherwise, which preaches the overthrow of the government
through violence or subversion.
Sec. 13. There shall be a secretary of the College
who shall be appointed by the Board of Trustees upon recommendation of
the President of the College. He shall be the secretary of the Board
also of the College, and shall keep the records of the College as may
be determined by the Board of Trustees.
Sec. 14. The Treasurer of the Philippines shall be
ex officio treasurer of the College. All accounts and expenses therefor
shall be audited by the Commission on Audit and all disbursements shall
be made in accordance with existing auditing rules and
regulations.
Sec. 15. 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 for
duty therein when in the judgment of the head of the bureau or office,
such apparatus, equipment, supplies or the services of such employees
can be spared without serious detriment to the public service.
Employees so detailed shall perform such duty as is required under such
detail, and the time so employed shall be counted as part of their
regular official service.
Sec. 16. The requirements provided in this Act as
may prove adverse to the present faculty and employees to the
Lagangilang Agricultural College who may be absorbed by the Abra State
Institute of Sciences and Technology shall not apply to them, except
for the position of the President of the College who shall be appointed
by the President of the Philippines upon the recommendation of the
Board of Trustees. The Board shall nominate the best man in the Ilocos,
particularly in Abra, who has the best qualifications, both in
education, training and experiences to be recommended as the President
of the College. Future appointees to the said College shall be subject
to all the requirements provided in this Act.
Sec. 17. All parcels of land, buildings, equipment
and facilities owned by the Lagangilang Agricultural College, as well
as all obligations and appropriations thereof, shall be transferred to
the Abra State Institute of Sciences and Technology. The necessary sum
for the operation and maintenance of the new state college shall be
provided for in subsequent General Appropriations Acts, until which the
time the operation of the institution as an institute shall be
deferred, provided that its new name shall take effect upon approval of
this Act.
Sec. 18. This Act shall take effect upon its
approval.
Approved: May 18, 1983 (P.B.
No. 66).
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