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BATAS PAMBANSA BILANG. 412BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 412 - AN ACT
CONVERTING THE CEBU SCHOOL OF ARTS AND TRADES IN CEBU CITY INTO A
CHARTERED COLLEGE TO BE KNOWN AS THE CEBU STATE COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY, EXPANDING ITS JURISDICTION AND CURRICULAR PROGRAMS
Section 1. The present Cebu School of Arts and Trades,
located in Cebu City, is hereby converted into the Cebu State College
of Science and Technology (CSCST) with extension system that includes
Sudlon Agricultural College in Cebu; Abellana National School, Cebu
City; Danao Vocational School, Danao City; Tuburan Vocational School,
Tuburan, Cebu; Moalboal School of Fisheries, Moalboal, Cebu; Argao
Agro-Industrial School, Argao, Cebu; Quirino School of Fisheries,
Carmen, Cebu; Manuel A. Roxas Memorial School of Fisheries,
Daanbantayan, Cebu; and Magsaysay School of Fisheries, San Francisco,
Cebu are likewise converted as part of the state college, hereinafter
referred to as the Cebu State College of Science and Technology System,
with the CSCST, (formerly CSAT), in Cebu City as the State College
proper.
Sec. 2. The purpose of the said state college
shall be to provide effective vocational-technical instruction and
training in industrial, agricultural, fishery, distributive education,
and apprenticeship training in cooperation with the Ministry of Labor,
required for immediate entry into the occupations consistent with the
manpower requirements of the Region and to provide opportunities for
higher education in the fields of technological, teacher education,
physical and nature sciences; agriculture, fishery, forestry, nautical;
and special programs to promote research, and graduate studies for a
progressive executive leadership training.
Sec. 3. The Cebu State College of Science and
Technology System shall offer courses in higher technological education
leading to the degrees of Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering,
Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, Electronics Engineering,
Industrial Engineering, Forestry, Fishery, Nautical, and the physical
and natural sciences, in addition to its present curricular offerings
in elementary (laboratory school), four-year secondary trade
curriculum, two-year technical education curriculum, evening
opportunity trade classes, degree courses leading to the degrees of
Bachelor of Science in Industrial Education, Bachelor of Science in
Industrial Technology, and other graduate degrees in science and
technology.
Sec. 4. The State College shall be headed by a
President hereinafter referred to as the College President, assisted by
a Vice-President for Technology and a Vice-President for Academic
Affairs: Provided, That each of the extension units of the CSCST System
mentioned in Sec. 1 of this Act shall be headed by a Superintendent.
The powers and duties of the College President in addition to these
specially provided for in this Act, shall be those pertaining to the
office of a state college president in the Philippines.
Sec. 5. The governance of the Cebu State Colleges
of Science and Technology System is vested in a Board of Trustees to be
composed of the Minister of Education and Culture, who shall be the
Chairman of the Board, the College President, and the President of the
Cebu State College of Science and Technology Alumni Association, the
Regional Director, MEC Region VII, the Chairman of the Regional
Development Council, Region VII as members. In the absence or inability
of the Minister of Education, the Deputy Minister of Education and
Culture or when these positions are vacant, the other members of the
Board may select from among themselves a temporary chairman who shall
act as Chairman.
The members of the Board of Trustees shall serve without compensation,
but shall receive a per diem of fifty pesos per meeting. All members of
the Board of Trustees shall be entitled to reimbursement of actual
necessary expenses incurred either in attendance upon meetings of the
Board 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 governing powers:
(a) To appropriate such sums as may be provided by
law for the operation and maintenance of the Cebu State College of
Science and Technology System;
(b) To confer titles or degrees in the fields of
study stated in Section s two and three of this Act to successful
candidates for graduation;
(c) To confer certificates and diplomas upon
successful candidates for graduation on courses other than degree
courses;
(d) To approve appointments submitted by the College
President of all Superintendents of extension units, the dean of
instruction, college deans, heads of departments, registrar, associate
professors, professors, guest lecturers, instructors, teachers, and
other employees of the State College system; to fix their compensation
not otherwise covered in Section thirteen hereof, 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
such regulations as it may promulgate, any other provision to the
contrary notwithstanding, and to remove them for cause after an
investigation and hearing shall have been held;
(e) To approve the curricula and rules of discipline
drawn up by the College Council as hereinafter provided;
(f) To provide fellowship for faculty members and
scholarships to students showing special evidence of merit;
(g) To prescribe rules for its own governance, and to
enact for the government of the State College system such rules and
regulations, not contrary to law, as may be necessary to carry out the
purpose and functions of the State College system as defined in
Section s two and three of this Act;
(h) To approve the staffing pattern of the Cebu State
College of Science and Technology proper and the extension unit as
defined and submitted by their respective heads; and
(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 State College system 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.
Sec. 7. 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 served on the Chairman or Secretary thereof.
Sec. 8. 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 programs, conditions,
and needs of the State College.
Sec. 9. There shall be a College Council,
consisting of the College President, Vice-President for Technology,
Vice-President for Academic Affairs, Dean of Instruction, College
Deans, Registrar, and Department Heads.
The Council shall have the power to prescribe the curricula,
educational qualifications of professors, department heads, deans,
instructors, teachers, and key personnel and rules of discipline,
subject to the approval of the Board of Trustees. It shall fix the
requirement for admission to the College, as well as for graduation and
the receiving of title or degree. The College 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. 10. The body of teachers, instructors,
professors, associate professors, department heads, registrar, college
deans, and dean of instruction shall constitute the faculty of the
College with the College President and/or in the latter's absence, one
of the Vice-Presidents of the college, as the presiding officer:
Provided, That no teacher, instructor, professor, or lecturer in the
State College System shall inculcate sectarian tenets in any of their
teachings, nor attempt directly, under penalty of dismissal by the
Board of Trustees, to influence students or attendants for or against
any particular church or religious sect.
Sec. 11. The administrative officer shall be at
the same time the secretary of the Board of Trustees who shall keep
such records of the State College as may be designated by the Board.
Sec. 12. The professors, associate professors,
deans, registrar, and department heads, and superintendents of
extension units shall be covered by the appropriate civil service rules
and regulations.
Sec. 13. The compensation per annum of the
following shall be fixed at the minimum as follows: College President —
forty-five thousand pesos; Vice-Presidents — twenty-four thousand pesos
each; administrative officer who is the secretary of the Board of
Trustees — fifteen thousand pesos; Superintendents of extension units —
eighteen thousand pesos; department heads — fifteen thousand pesos;
college registrar — fifteen thousand pesos; professors — twelve
thousand pesos; associate professors — ten thousand four hundred pesos;
lecturers — fifty pesos an hour. Those compensation may be determined
in accordance with Presidential Decree No. 985 and other pertinent
budget and compensation laws.
Sec. 14. The Board of Trustees shall fix the
compensation of the employees and other personnel of the College not
otherwise covered in Section thirteen hereof whose appointments shall
be recommended by the President of the College, subject to Presidential
Decree No. 985 and other pertinent budget and compensation laws.
Sec. 15. In the absence or inability of the
College President or when this petition is vacant, the Vice-President
for Technology shall temporarily perform the duties of the College
President until such time when he returns to duty or when another
College President shall have been appointed.
Sec. 16. In order not to disrupt the present
administrative operation of the Cebu School of Arts and Trades, and the
schools to be converted as extension units, the faculty of the school
as well as the other personnel shall be absorbed by the new State
College system: Provided, That the incumbent Vocational College
Superintendent of Cebu Schools of Arts and Trades shall be appointed as
the first College President who, upon his assumption to the position
shall recommend to the President of the Philippines the appointments of
Vice-President for Technology and Vice-President for Academic Affairs;
all other officials and personnel whose appointment specifically vested
in the President of the Philippines shall be issued appointments by the
College President consistent with the actual service needs of the
converted State College System to be approved by the Board of Trustees.
Subsequent salary increases of personnel shall be approved by the Board
of Trustees upon the recommendation of the College President.
Sec. 17. The Treasurer of the Philippines shall be
ex officio treasurer of the College and all accounts and expenses
thereof shall be audited by the Commission on Audit or its duly
authorized resident representative.
Sec. 18. All the personnel, properties, including
buildings, sites, and improvements thereof, records, obligations,
monies and appropriations of the Cebu School of Arts and Trades and the
schools mentioned in Sec. 1 to be converted as part of the CSCST
System are hereby transferred to the converted Cebu State College
System.
Sec. 19. All existing appropriations for the Cebu
School of Arts and Trades are hereby transferred to the Cebu State
College of Science and Technology to be disbursed in accordance with
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 approval of this Act.
Sec. 20. This Act shall take effect upon its
approval.
Approved: June 10, 1983
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