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BATAS PAMBANSA BILANG. 91BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 91 - AN ACT
CONVERTING THE MAMBUSAO AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL COLLEGE AND THE
CAPIZ AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERY SCHOOL, BOTH IN THE PROVINCE OF CAPIZ,
INTO THE PANAY STATE POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE AND EXPANDING ITS CURRICULAR
PROGRAMS
Section 1. The
present Mambusao Agricultural and Technical College, located in the
Municipality of Mambusao, Capiz, and the Capiz Agricultural and Fishery
School, located in the Municipality of Pontevedra, Capiz, are hereby
converted into the Panay State Polytechnic College hereinafter referred
to as the College.
Sec. 2. The College shall primarily provide for
vocational, professional, and technical training in agricultural,
fishery, forestry, industrial fields, medical technology, and similar
courses. It shall also promote research, advance studies, and
progressive leadership in the fields of agriculture, fishery, forestry,
industrial fields and medical technology including other allied fields.
Sec. 3. In addition to its present secondary
agricultural courses, secondary trade courses, secondary fishery
courses, and undergraduate courses leading to the degrees of Bachelor
of Science in Agriculture, Bachelor of Science in Fishery Education,
Bachelor of Science in Industrial Education, Bachelor of Science in
Agricultural Education, Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Homemaking,
Bachelor of Science in Fishery and the various two-year post-secondary
curricula such as: Agricultural Technician, Forest Ranger, Trade
Technician, and Fishery Technician, the College shall offer
undergraduate courses leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science in
Agricultural Engineering, Bachelor of Science in Home Technology,
Bachelor of Science in Animal Husbandry, Bachelor of Science in
Industrial Arts, Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Extension,
Bachelor of Science in Agrarian Education, Bachelor of Science in
Agri-Business, Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Chemistry, Bachelor
of Science in Forestry, Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering,
Bachelor of Science in Veterinary Medicine, Bachelor of Science in
Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor of Science in Sugar Technology,
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Bachelor of Science in
Architecture, post-graduate studies leading to the degree of Master of
Science and Doctor of Philosophy in the fields of Agriculture,
Industrial Education, Fishery Education, and special courses as the
Board of Trustees may approve.
Sec. 4. No student shall be denied admission to
the College by reason of sex, ethnic consideration or religious and
political belief or affiliation.
Sec. 5. The head of the College shall be known as
the President of Panay State Polytechnic College. He shall be appointed
by the President (Prime Minister) 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.
The seat of the administration of the College shall be determined by
the Board of Trustees hereinafter created.
Sec. 6. The President of the College shall assign
the deans of the different units in Mambusao, Capiz, and Pontevedra,
Capiz.
Sec. 7. The governing body of the College shall be
the Board of Trustees of the Panay State Polytechnic College. It shall
be composed of the Minister of Education and Culture who shall be the
Chairman, the President of the College as Vice-Chairman who shall
preside in the absence of the Chairman, the President of the Alumni
Association of the College, the Regional Director of the NEDA for
Region VI, the Regional Director of the MEC for Region VI, and two
residents of the Province of Capiz who shall be appointed by the
President (Prime Minister) for a term of two years.
Sec. 8. The members of the Board of Trustees shall
serve without compensation but they shall be reimbursed for actual and
necessary expenses incurred either in attendance at the meetings of the
Board or upon official business authorized by the resolution of the
Board.
Sec. 9. In addition to its general powers of
administration, the Board of Trustees shall have the following powers:
a. To receive, and appropriate for the ends specified
by law, such sums as may be provided by law for the support of the
College;
b. To confer degrees upon successful candidates. It
may also confer the usual honorary degrees upon persons in recognition
of academic achievements in agriculture, forestry and fishery;
c. To appoint, upon recommendation of the President
of the College, the deans of the different units and/or colleges, the
registrar, the heads of departments, professors, instructors, lecturers
and other employees of the colleges; to prescribe hours of service,
duties and the conditions of work as may be deemed proper; to grant
them, in its discretion leaves of absence under such regulations as it
may promulgate, and to remove them for cause after an 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 fix the tuition fees required of students as
well as matriculation fees, graduation fees, and fees for laboratory
courses and all special fees;
f. To provide fellowship and scholarship to deserving
faculty members and students;
g. 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 for aid to any student, in accordance
with the directions and instructions of the donor;
h. To name after prominent Filipinos or heroes any
building annex, ground or branch of the College; and
i. To provide vocational training to adult citizen
and out-of-school youths.
Sec. 10. A quorum of the Board of Trustees shall
consist of majority of all the members holding office at the time the
meeting of the Board is called.
Sec. 11. On or before the fifteenth day of June of
each year, the Board of Trustees shall submit to the President (Prime
Minister) of the Philippines a detailed report, setting forth the
programme, conditions and the needs of the College.
Sec. 12. There shall be a College Council
consisting of the President of the College and all the members of the
faculty. The Council shall have the powers 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 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 disciplinary power over the students within the limits
prescribed by the rules of discipline.
Sec. 13. The body of instructors and professors of
the College shall constitute the faculty of the College with the
President of the College as presiding officer. In the appointment of
professors or instructors of each college, no religious test or party
loyalty check shall be applied.
Sec. 14. The Treasurer of the Philippines shall be
the 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. The Board of Trustees shall appoint a
Secretary of the Board who shall keep the records of the Board.
Sec. 16. The President of the College, with the
cooperation of the superintendent within the service area of the
College, may use one or more of their schools as training or laboratory
schools for student teaching, research and innovative projects.
Sec. 17. 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. 18. The requirements provided in this Act as
may prove adverse to the present faculty and employees of the
above-mentioned schools who may be absorbed by the Panay State
Polytechnic College shall not apply to them. But future appointees to
the College shall be subject to all requirements provided in this
Act.
Sec. 19. The existing faculty, employees,
personnel, parcels of land, buildings, equipment and facilities owned
by the Mambusao Agricultural and Technical College and the Capiz
Agricultural and Fishery School, as well as all obligations and
appropriations thereof, shall be transferred to the Panay State
Polytechnic College.
Sec. 20. The Board of Trustees shall be empowered
to approve the inclusion of the other public schools in the Western
Visayas Region if they signify in writing to join the Panay State
Polytechnic College and upon recommendation of the Ministry of
Education and Culture.
Sec. 21. The amount already appropriated and
existing for the Mambusao Agricultural and Technical College and the
Capiz Agricultural and Fishery School shall be utilized to carry out
the purpose of this Act. Funds for the operation, maintenance and
improvement of the Panay State Polytechnic College in 1982 and
subsequent years shall be included in the Annual General Appropriations
Act.
Sec. 22. This Act shall take effect upon its
approval.
Approved: December 24, 1980.
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