REPUBLIC ACT NO. 4067 - AN ACT TO
CONVERT THE CENTRAL LUZON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE INTO THE CENTRAL LUZON
STATE UNIVERSITY AND AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION OF ADDITIONAL FUNDS
THEREFOR
Section 1. The present Central Luzon Agricultural College,
located in Muñoz, Nueva Ecija, Philippines, is hereby converted
into the Central Luzon State University.
Sec. 2. The university shall primarily give
professional and technical training in agriculture and mechanic arts
besides providing advanced instruction and promoting research in
literature, philosophy, the sciences, technology and arts.
Sec. 3. No student shall be denied admission to
the university by reason of sex, nationality, religious belief, or
political affiliation.
Sec. 4. The head of the institution shall be known
as the President of the University. He shall be elected and his
compensation shall be fixed by the Board of Regents. The powers and
duties of the President of the University, in addition to those
specifically provided for in this Act, shall be those usually
pertaining to the office of the president of the university.
Sec. 5. The government of the university is vested
in a board of regents to be known as the Board of Regents of the
Central Luzon State University. It shall 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
President of the University, the Director of Public Schools, the
Director of Vocational Education, the President of the Alumni
Association, and four additional members to be appointed by the
President of the Philippines, with the consent of the Commission on
Appointments.
When the Secretary of Education is unable to perform his duties as
ex-officio Chairman of the Board, owing to illness, absence, or other
cause, or in case of a vacancy in the office, the Undersecretary of
Education shall temporarily perform the functions of ex-officio
Chairman of said Board. When both the Secretary and the Undersecretary
of Education are unable to exercise the powers of the Chairman of the
Board of Regents, or when these two positions are vacant the members of
the board may elect from among themselves a temporary chairman who
shall act as Chairman of the Board of Regents.
Of the four additional members first appointed as above provided, the
President of the Philippines shall designate one to serve for one year,
one to serve for two years, one to serve for three years, and one 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 are appointed. In case of a vacancy among the members of the
Board of Regents, such vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the
President of the Philippines, with the consent of the Commission on
Appointments, and such appointee shall hold office for the unexpired
term only. All members of the Board of Regents shall be residents of
the Philippines. No person in the employ of the University or in other
educational institution in any capacity whatsoever, whether as dean,
professor, instructor, lecturer, or otherwise, shall be eligible for
membership in the board.
Members shall serve without compensation, but they shall be reimbursed
for necessary expenses incurred either in attendance upon meetings of
the Board or upon other official business authorized by resolution of
the board.
Sec. 6. The Central Luzon State University shall
have the general powers set out in Section thirteen of Act Numbered
Fourteen hundred and fifty-nine, as amended, and the administration of
the university and the exercise of its corporate powers are hereby
vested exclusively in the Board of Regents, and in the President of the
University in so far as authorized by the board.
Sec. 7. The Board of Regents shall have the
following powers and duties, in addition to its general powers of
administration and the exercise of the powers of the corporation:
(a) To receive and appropriate to the ends specified
by law such sums as may be provided by law for the support of the
university;
(b) To provide for the establishment of a College of
Agriculture, a College of Engineering, a College of Arts and Sciences,
a College of Education, a College of Home Economics, a College of
Veterinary Medicine, and such other colleges and schools as the Board
of Regents may deem necessary;
(c) To confer the usual honorary degrees upon persons
in recognition of learning, statesmanship, or eminence in literature,
science or art: provided, that such degrees shall not be conferred in
consideration of the payment of money or other valuable consideration;
(d) To establish chairs in the colleges mentioned in
paragraph (b), and to provide for the maintenance or endowment of such
chairs, as well as to provide for such other professors, assistant
professors, instructors, tutors, and lecturers as the progress of
instruction may make necessary, and to fix the compensation pertaining
to such positions;
(e) To appoint, on the recommendation of the
President of the University, professors, instructors, lecturers and
other employees of the University; to fix their compensation, hours of
service, and such other duties and conditions as it may deem proper; to
grant to them in its discretion leave of absence under such regulations
as it may promulgate, any provisions of law to the contrary
notwithstanding, and to remove them for cause after an investigation
and hearing shall have been had;
(f) To approve the courses of study and rules and
discipline drawn up by the University Council as hereinafter provided;
to fix the tuition fees required of students, as well as matriculation
fees, graduation fees and fees for laboratory courses, and all special
fees; and to remit the same in special cases;
(g) To provide fellowships and scholarships and to
award the same to students showing special evidence of merit;
(h) To prescribe rules for its own government, and to
enact for the government of the university such general ordinances and
regulations, not contrary to law, as are consistent with the purposes
of the university 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 university, or of a department thereof,
or for aid to any student or students, in accordance with the direction
or instructions of the donor, and, in default thereof, in such manner
as the Board of Regents may in its discretion determine.
Sec. 8. A quorum of the Board of Regents 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
Regents shall be served on the chairman or secretary thereof.
Sec. 9. On or before the tenth day of August of
each year, the Board of Regents shall file with the President of the
Philippines a detailed report, setting forth the progress, condition,
and needs of the university.
SECTION 10. There shall be a university council,
consisting of the President of the University and all instructors in
the university holding the rank of professor, associate professor, or
assistant professor. The council alone shall have the power to
recommend students or others to be recipient of degrees. Through its
president or committees it shall have disciplinary power over the
students within the limits prescribed by the rules of discipline
approved by the Board of Regents.
SECTION 11. The body of instructors of each college
shall constitute its faculty, and as presiding officer of each faculty
there shall be a dean elected from the members of such faculty by the
Board of Regents on nomination by the President of the University. In
the appointment of professors or other instructors of the university,
no religious test shall be applied, nor shall the religious opinions or
affiliation of the instructors of the university be made a matter of
examination or inquiry: provided, however, that no instructor in the
university shall inculcate sectarian tenets in any of the teachings,
nor attempt, either directly or indirectly, under penalty of dismissal
by the Board of Regents, to influence students or attendants at the
university for or against any particular church or religious sect.
SECTION 12. Professors and other regular instructors
in the university shall be exempt as such from any civil service
examination or regulation and from WAPCO rules and regulations as a
requisite to appointment.
SECTION 13. There shall be a secretary of the
university, appointed by the Board of Regents. He shall be the
secretary of such board and also of the university, and shall keep such
records of the university as may be designated by the board.
SECTION 14. The Treasurer of the Philippines shall be
ex-officio treasurer of the university, and all accounts and expenses
thereof shall be audited by the Auditor General, and disbursements
shall be made in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed
by him.
SECTION 15. Heads of bureaus and offices of the
National Government are hereby authorized to loan or transfer, upon
request of the President of the University, such apparatus or supplies
as may be needed by the university and to detail employees for duty
therein, when in the judgment of the head of the bureau or office such
supplies or 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 count as
part of their regular official service.
SECTION 16. The President of the Philippines, the
President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of
Representatives shall constitute a board of visitors of the university,
whose duty it shall be to attend the commencement exercises of the
university, and to make visits at such other times as they may deem
proper, to examine the property, course of study, discipline, the state
of finances of the university, to inspect all books and accounts of the
institution, and to make report to the Congress of the Philippines upon
the same, with such recommendations as they favor.
SECTION 17. The present faculty and employees of the
former college, as well as the present buildings, equipment, and
facilities shall be absorbed by the new university. Salaries of the
personnel shall be adjusted at the discretion of the Board of Regents
within the amount available for appropriation.
SECTION 18. The sum of two million pesos is hereby
authorized to be appropriated out of any funds in the National Treasury
not otherwise appropriated, as additional appropriation for the
operation of the university to carry out the purposes of this Act and
for the construction of the necessary building during the fiscal year
nineteen hundred sixty-five. Such sums as may be necessary for the same
purposes in subsequent years shall be included in the annual General
Appropriations Act.
SECTION 19. This Act shall take effect upon its
approval.
Approved: June 18, 1964
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