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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7182 - AN ACT
CONVERTING THE MOUNTAIN PROVINCE COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN THE MUNICIPALITY
OF BONTOC, MOUNTAIN PROVINCE, INTO A STATE COLLEGE TO BE KNOWN AS THE
MOUNTAIN PROVINCE STATE POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE, INTEGRATING THEREWITH THE
TADIAN SCHOOL OF ARTS AND TRADES IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF TADIAN, THE
BACARRI AGRICULTURAL HIGH SCHOOL IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF PARACELIS, AND
THE EASTERN BONTOC NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF
BARLIG, ALL IN THE MOUNTAIN PROVINCE, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFORE Section 1. The Mountain Province Community College located in the Municipality of Bontoc in Mountain Province is hereby converted into a state college to be known as the Mountain Province State Polytechnic College, hereinafter referred to as the College, and integrating therewith as its branches the Tadian School of Arts and Trades located in the Municipality of Tadian, Mountain Province, which shall be its College of Engineering; the Bacarri Agricultural High School located in the Municipality of Paracelis, Mountain Province, which shall be its College of Agriculture; and the Eastern Bontoc National Agricultural School located in the Municipality of Barlig, Mountain Province, which shall be its College of Forestry. Sec. 2. The College shall primarily provide higher professional, technical and special instructions for special purposes and promote research and extension services, advanced studies and progressive leadership in agriculture, education, forestry, engineering, arts, sciences, humanities, and other fields as may be relevant. Sec. 3. The College shall offer undergraduate and graduate courses in the field of agriculture, education, forestry, engineering, arts, sciences, humanities, and other allied degree courses as the Board of Trustees may deem necessary to carry out its objectives. It shall also offer opportunity in short-term technical or vocational courses within its areas of specialization to meet the needs of the nation. Sec. 4. The existing high schools shall be transferred under the supervision of the Department of Education, Culture and Sports: provided, that these high school shall be allowed to remain and operate within the campuses of the College until they have been transferred to other locations. Sec. 5. The College shall have the general powers of a corporation set forth in the Corporation Law. The administration of the College and the exercise of its corporate powers shall be vested exclusively in the Board of Trustees and the President of the College insofar as authorized by the Board. Sec. 6. The governing body of the College shall be the Board of Trustees, hereinafter referred to as the Board, which shall be composed of the following: Secretary of Education, Culture and Sports, Chairman Sec. 7. The Board shall promulgate and implement policies in accordance with the declared State policies on education and other pertinent provisions of the Philippine Constitution on education, science and technology, arts, culture and sports. Sec. 8. The Board shall have the following
specific powers and duties in addition to its general powers of
administration and the exercise of all the powers granted to the board
of directors of a corporation under existing laws: Sec. 9. A quorum of the Board shall consist of a
majority of all members holding office at the time of the meeting:
provided, however, that among those present are the Secretary of
Education, Culture and Sports who is Chairman of the Board, or the
President of the College who acts as presiding officer in the former's
absence. The Board shall convene regularly once every two (2) months.
The Chairman of the Board may call a special meeting whenever
necessary. Sec. 20. On or before the fifteenth day of the second month after the opening of regular classes each year, the Board shall file with the Office of the President of the Philippines through the Secretary of Education, Culture and Sports and to both Houses of Congress, a detailed report on the progress, conditions and needs of the College. Sec. 21. All the assets, fixed and movable, personnel and records of the Mountain Province Community College, the Tadian School of Arts and Trades, the Bacarri Agricultural High School and the Eastern Bontoc National High School, except those belonging or to be used by the high schools, as well as liabilities or obligations, are hereby transferred to the College: provided, however, that the positions, rights, and security of tenure of personnel therein employed under existing laws prior to absorption by the College are not impaired: provided, further, that the incumbent of the positions shall remain in the same status until otherwise provided for by the Board. All parcels of the land belonging to the Government occupied by the Mountain Province Community College, the Tadian School of Arts and Trades, the Bacarri Agricultural High School and the Eastern Bontoc National Agricultural School are hereby declared to be the property of the Mountain Province State Polytechnic College and shall be titled under that name: provided, that should the College cease to exist or be abolished and should such parcels of land aforementioned be no longer needed by the College, the same shall revert to the Mountain Province. Sec. 22. All accounts and expenses of the College shall be audited by the Commission on Audit or its duly authorized representatives. Sec. 23. 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 services of such employees can be spared without serious detriment to the public service. Employees so detained shall perform such duties as required of them by the President of the College, and the time so employed shall be counted as part of their official service. Sec. 24. It shall be a continuing policy of the College to accept the affiliation and/or integration within its operation of any existing national schools whose programs can contribute largely and effectively to the attainment of its objectives: provided, however, that in case of integration, the Secretary of Education, Culture and Sports is hereby authorized to determine and approve the specific existing national schools that are to be integrated as part of the Mountain Province State Polytechnic College. In this particular case, it is understood that all funds, properties, and other assets, as well as obligations of the integrated school shall be transferred to the College. Sec. 25. The appropriations for the Mountain Province Community College, the Tadian School of Arts and Trades, the Bacarri Agricultural High School and the Eastern Bontoc National Agricultural School, except the sum necessary to continue the operation of the existing high schools, are hereby transferred to the College. Thereafter, such amount as may be necessary for the continued operation and maintenance of the College shall be included in the General Appropriations Act. Sec. 26. All laws, presidential decrees, executive orders, rules and regulations contrary to or inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly. Sec. 27. This Act shall take effect upon its
approval. Approved: January 17,
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