Section 1. The present Larena National Vocational College,
located in Larena, Siquijor, Philippines, shall be converted and
established as the Siquijor State College.
Sec. 2. The purpose of the said state college
shall be to provide effective vocational-technical education and
training in industrial, agricultural, fishery, distributive education,
and apprenticeship training, in cooperation with the Technical
Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) of the Department of
Labor and Employment, 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 technology, teacher
education, physical and natural sciences, agriculture, fishery,
forestry, nautical, and graduate studies for a progressive executive
leadership training.
Sec. 3. The Siquijor State College is authorized
to offer courses in higher technological education leading to the
degrees of bachelor of science in civil engineering, electrical
engineering, mechanical engineering, electronics engineering,
industrial engineering, education, forestry, fishery, nautical,
physical and natural sciences, and such other collegiate and/or degree
courses as may be approved by the Board of Trustees of the Siquijor
State College, in addition to its present curricular offerings in the
four-year secondary trade and general secondary curricula, two-year
technical education curriculum, degree courses leading to the degrees
in bachelor of science in industrial education and bachelor of science
in industrial technology.
Sec. 4. The existing high school shall be
transferred to the jurisdiction and supervision of the Department of
Education, Culture and Sports: provided, that this high school shall be
allowed to remain and operate within the campus of the College until it
shall have been transferred to another location, or until its students
shall have been accommodated in other high schools, public or private:
provided, further, that the College may operate a reasonably-sized
laboratory school if it has a college of education.
Sec. 5. No student shall be denied admission to
the College by reason of sex, nationality, religious belief, or
political affiliation.
Sec. 6. 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. The powers and duties of the College president, in
addition to those especially provided for in this Act, shall be those
usually pertaining to the office of a state college president in the
Philippines.
Sec. 7. The governing body of the state college
shall be the Board of Trustees of the Siquijor State College. It
shall be composed of the chairperson of the Commission on Higher
Education as chairman, the president of the state college, the
president of the Siquijor State College alumni association, and four
(4) prominent residents of Siquijor province who are distinguished
leaders in the field of education. Of the first group appointed,
the President shall designate one to serve for one (1) year; one to
serve for two (2) years; one to serve for three (3) years; and the
other to serve for four (4) years. Thereafter, persons appointed
to succeed such members shall hold office for a term of four (4) years
until their successors shall have been appointed and qualified.
In case of a permanent vacancy, the position shall be filled by
appointment by the President of the Philippines. Such appointee
shall hold office for the unexpired term only.
In the absence or inability of the chairperson of the Commission on
Higher Education or when the position is vacant, any commissioner of
the Commission on Higher Education shall temporarily perform the
functions of the chairman of the said Board. When both the
chairperson and any commissioner of the Commission on Higher Education
are unable to exercise the powers of the chairman of the Board of
Trustees, the members of the Board shall elect 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 Two hundred pesos (P200.00) per
meeting. All members of the Board 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 allowance.
Sec. 8. The Board of Trustees shall have the
following powers and duties in addition to its general governing powers:
(a) To use such sums as may be provided by law for
the operation and maintenance of the Siquijor State College;
(b) To approve other courses and/or degrees to be
offered by the College as may be deemed necessary;
(c) To confer titles or degrees in the field of study
stated in Section s 2 and 3 of this Act to successful candidates for
graduation. It may also confer honorary degrees and citations to
persons who have achieved eminence in or contributed to the development
of science, agriculture, forestry, industry, or public service related
to such fields;
(d) To confer certificates and diplomas upon
successful candidates for graduation on courses other than the degree
courses;
(e) Subject to civil service law, rules and
regulations, to approve appointments submitted by the College president
of all superintendents of extension units, the dean of instruction,
college deans, heads of departments, registrars, associate professors,
professors, guest lecturers, instructors, teachers, and other employees
of the State College; to fix their compensation 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 as its discretion, leave of absence under such
regulations as it may promulgate, any other provisions to the contrary
notwithstanding, and to remove them for cause after an investigation
and hearing shall have been held;
(f) To fix the tuition fees required of students, as
well as matriculation fees, graduation fees and fees for laboratory
trust fund of the college; and remit the same to the office or
authority concerned;
(g) To provide fellowships and scholarships for
deserving faculty members and students;
(h) To prescribe rules for its own governance and to
enact for the government of the state college such regulations, not
contrary to law, as may be necessary to carry out the purposes and
functions of the state college;
(i) To approve the staffing pattern of Siquijor State
College as defined and submitted by its head;
(j) 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 or of a 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; and
(k) To authorize the state college to undertake
construction and/or repair of its buildings, machineries and equipment
and other facilities, any provisions of law or executive orders to the
contrary notwithstanding: provided, that the funds for the purpose
shall come from its appropriation.
Sec. 9. A quorum of the Board of Trustees shall
consist of a majority of all members holding office as the meeting of
the Board is called. All processes against the Board of Trustees shall
be served on the chairman or secretary thereof.
SECTION 10. On or before the fifteenth day of the
second month after the opening of regular classes each year, the Board
of Trustees shall file with the Office of the President of the
Philippines a detailed report, setting forth the progress, conditions,
and needs of the state college.
SECTION 11. There shall be a college council,
consisting of the College president, the vice-president for technology,
the vice-president for academic affairs, the dean of instruction, the
college deans, the registrar, and the department heads.
The council shall have the power to prescribe the curricula,
educational qualification 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 rules of discipline approved by
the Board of Trustees.
SECTION 12. The body of teachers, instructors,
professors, associate professors, department head, 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 of the
state college shall inculcate sectarian tenets in any of their
teachings, nor attempt directly and under penalty of dismissal by the
Board of Trustees, to influence students or attendance at the College
towards any ideology, political or otherwise, which preaches the
overthrow of the government through violence or subversion or against
any particular church or religious sect.
SECTION 13. There shall be a secretary of the College
who shall be appointed by the Board of Trustees upon recommendation of
the president of the College. He shall be the secretary of the Board
and also of the College and shall keep such records of the College as
may be determined by the Board of Trustees.
SECTION 14. The President of the College may, upon
prior consultation with the superintendent of schools of the province,
designate any secondary or elementary school in the division concerned
as training or laboratory school of the College.
SECTION 15. The Treasurer of the Philippines shall be
the ex officio treasurer of the College. All accounts and
expenses therefore shall be audited by the Commission on Audit and all
disbursements shall be made in accordance with the auditing rules and
regulations.
SECTION 16. The professors, associate professors,
deans, registrars, and department heads shall be covered by the
appropriate civil service rules and regulations.
SECTION 17. The heads of bureaus and offices of the
national government are hereby authorized to loan or transfer, upon the
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 of office
such apparatus, equipment, supplies or services of such employees can
be spared without serious detriment to the public service. The
employees so detailed shall perform such duty as required of them under
such detail and the time so employed shall be counted as part of their
regular official service.
SECTION 18. In order not to disrupt the present
administrative operation of the Larena National Vocational College, the
faculty of the school, as well as other personnel, shall be absorbed by
the new state college: provided, that the incumbent vocational school
superintendent of the Larena National Vocational College shall be
appointed as the first College president. The College president
who, upon his assumption to the position, shall recommend to the
President of the Philippines the appointments of the vice-president for
technology and the 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 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 subject to
pertinent budget and compensation laws.
SECTION 19. All personnel, properties, including
buildings, sites and improvements thereof, records, obligations, monies
and appropriations of the Larena National Vocational College are hereby
transferred to the converted Siquijor State College.
Sec. 20. The amount needed to carry out the
provisions of this Act shall be charged against the currents year's
appropriations of the Larena National Vocational College.
Thereafter, such sums as may be necessary for the operation and
maintenance of the College shall be included in the annual General
Appropriations Act.
Sec. 21. This Act shall take effect upon its
approval.
Approved: March 3, 1995
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