REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6089 - AN
ACT TO AMEND REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED SEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-EIGHT FOR THE
PURPOSE OF AUTHORIZING THE PHILIPPINE COLLEGE OF COMMERCE TO EXPAND ITS
CURRICULAR OFFERINGS, TO CHANGE THE COMPOSITION OF ITS BOARD OF
TRUSTEES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Section 1.
Section One of Republic Act Numbered Seven hundred seventy-eight is
hereby amended as follows:
"Section 1. The Philippine College of Commerce located
in the City of Manila, Philippines, which was granted full college
status on June 21, 1952, is hereby authorized to confer baccalaureate
and graduate degrees in commerce, business administration and
education, and the social sciences related to the field of commerce and
business administration.
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 business education, commerce and other areas of study as
provided in section 1 hereof; and for special purposes, to promote
research, advance studies and progressive leadership in the stated
fields of study.n the pursuit of these objectives the sanctity of the
college and its academic freedom shall be duly respected by all
government agencies."
Sec. 3. Section five of the same Act is amended to
read as follows:
"Sec. 5. The Board of Trustees of the Philippine
College of Commerce 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
College, the President of the Philippine College of Commerce Alumni
Association: provided, that he is not in the employ of the college in
any capacity whatsoever, the President of the Chamber of Commerce of
the Philippines, and the President of the Supreme Student Council of
the College.n the absence or the inability of the Secretary of
Education as ex-officio Chairman of the Board of Trustees, or in the
event that there is no incumbent Secretary of Education, the
Undersecretary of Education shall sit as a member of the Board of
Trustees and the members thereof shall elect among themselves a
temporary chairman who shall act as Chairman of the Board of Trustees.
"Members of the Board shall serve without compensation, other than
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. Sub-sections (a), (c), (d), ( f ) and (i)
of Section six of the same Act are amended to read as
follows:
"(a) To elect a temporary chairman in the absence of
the Secretary of Education;
"(c) To confer degrees in the graduate and
undergraduate courses to successful
candidates for graduation;
"(d) To appoint, on the recommendation of the
President of the College, professors, instructors, lecturers, and other
members of the faculty, and other officials and employees of the
College; to fix their compensation, hours of service, and such other
duties and conditions as it may deem proper any other provisions of the
law 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 the law to the contrary
notwithstanding, and to remove them for cause after an investigation
and hearing shall have been had;
"( f ) To fix the tuition fees required of students,
matriculation fees, graduation fees, fees for laboratory courses, and
all special fees, and to deposit the same in such bank as may be
designated by the board of trustees, constituting a special trust fund
of the College subject to government audit;
"(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 College, or of the department 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 exemption to
existing laws; and"
Sec. 5. Section eight of the same Act is amended
to read as follows:
"Sec. 8. On or before the fifteenth day of September
of 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 nine of the same Act is amended to
read as follows:
"Sec. 9. There shall be a College Council, consisting
of the President of the College and all instructors and professors of
the College. The Council shall have the power to prescribe the
curricula and rules of discipline, subject to the approval of the Board
of Trustees.t shall fix the requirement for admission to the College,
as well as for graduation and the receiving of a title or degree. The
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. 7. Section ten of the same Act is amended to
read as follows:
"Sec. 10. The body of instructors and professors of
the College shall constitute the faculty of the College, with the
President as the presiding officer.n the appointment of professors or
instructors of the College, no religious or political test shall be
applied, nor shall the religious or political beliefs of the faculty of
the College be made a matter of examination or inquiry: provided,
however, thatno instructor or professor in the College shall inculcate
sectarian tenets in any of the teachings, nor attempt either directly
or indirectly, under penalty of dismissal by the Board of Trustees, to
influence students or attendants of the College for or against any
particular church, religious or political beliefs."
Sec. 8. Section eleven of the same Act is amended
to read as follows:
"Sec. 11. The president, the vice presidents, the
deans, the professors, and all members of the faculty and other
personnel of the College shall be exempt from civil service
examinations or regulations as a requisite to appointment, and from the
wage and position classification office."
Sec. 9. Section thirteen of the same Act is
amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 13. The President of the College, with the
cooperation of the Superintendents of Schools, may use one or more of
the secondary schools in their respective divisions as training or
laboratory schools of the College."
SECTION 10. Section fifteen of the same Act is
amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 15. In order not to interrupt the smooth
functioning of the present curricula of the Philippine College of
Commerce, the faculty of the College, as well as all other officials
and personnel, shall be absorbed by the new College. Salaries of these
personnel shall be adjusted by the Board of Trustees within the amount
available for appropriation upon the recommendation of the President of
the College."
SECTION 11. Section sixteen of the same Act is
amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 16. The Treasurer of the Philippines shall be
ex-officio Treasurer of the College of all funds appropriated by
Congress for the use of the College, and all accounts and expenses
thereof shall be audited by the Auditor General or his duly authorized
corporate auditor."
SECTION 12. Section seventeen of the same Act is
amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 17. For carrying out the purposes and
provisions of this Act, the sum of one million pesos is hereby
authorized to be appropriated from any funds in the National Treasury
not otherwise appropriated: provided, that all its present authorized
appropriations shall be retained by the College. Thereafter, necessary
funds shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act."
SECTION 13. This Act shall take effect upon its
approval.
Approved: August 4, 1969
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