CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES SIXTEENTII CONGRESS Third Regular Session } HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES H. No. 6144 By REPRESENTATIVES RODRIGUEZ (R.), RODRIGUEZ (M.), UY (J.), ROMULO, ALMONTE, ADIONG, FORTUN, ROQUE, UNGAB AND QUIMBO, PER COMMITTEE REpORT No. 883 AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES (USTSP), PROVIDING FOR THE PURPOSE THE AMALGAMATION OF THE MINDANAO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (MUST) AND THE MISAMIS ORIENTAL STATE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY (MOSCAT), AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR Be it enacted by the Senate and House ofRepresentatives ofthe Philippines in Congress assembled' 1 SECTION 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as the "University 2 of Science and Technology of Southern Philippines (USTSP) Ace'. 3 SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy. - It is the declared policy of the State 4 to establish, maintain, and support a complete, adequate and integrated system 5 of higher education relevant to the needs of the people and society, with 6 primary focus on research and development for science and technology. 7 SEC. 3. Definition of Terms. - As used in this Act: 8 (a) Auxiliary services refer to all kinds of services done and rendered 9 by the USTSP other than academic, such as hospital, dental clinic, cafeteria, 10 janitorial, printing press and bookstore; Jl (b) Board of regents refers to the highest policy-making body of the 12 USTSP; 2 (c) Community laboratory refers to a community adopted by a 2 chartered state university andlor college (SUC) as part of its extension 3 program where research and civic services are conducted by its students and/or 4 faculty; 5 (d) Duly recognized faculty association refers to the association of the 6 faculty members or the instructional staff of the USTSP or the federation of 7 faculty associations of the Mindanao University of Science and Technology 8 (MUST) and the Misamis Oriental State College of Agriculture and 9 Technology (MOSCAT) and other SUCs which may later opt to amalgamate 10 with the USTSP and which has been extended due recognition by its Board of 11 Regents to be its legitimate and lawful faculty association, as manifested by 12 the ratification of two-thirds (2/3) ofits members; 13 (e) Duly recognized alumni association refers to the association of the 14 alumni of the MUST and the MOSCAT and other SUCs which may later opt 15 to amalgamate with the USTSP, preferably from their tertiary level programs, 16 and which has been extended due recognition by its Board of Regents to be the 17 legitimate and lawful organization of its alumni; 18 (f) Extension campus refers to the campus that responds to special 19 needs and demands but does not have an administrative structure separate 20 from that of the main campus; 21 (g) Instruction refers to the set of activities or practices which shall 22 include the following: classroom teaching and learning; supervision and 23 assessment of classroom teaching and learning; curriculum development; staff 24 professional development such as attendance in conferences, seminars, 25 workshops, educational trips or visits; and other related activities which 26 enhance the instructional function of the USTSP; 27 (h) Non-chartered tertiary institutions refer to all public institutions of 28 higher learning in the Philippines primarily offering degree-granting programs, 3 including post-secondary degree-granting vocational and technical educational 2 institutions duly recognized by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), 3 but which are not covered by enabling laws; 4 (i) Socialized scheme of tuition and other instructional fees refers to a 5 scheme or pattern where the rate of tuition and instructional fees are collected 6 on the basis of family income and/or socioeconomic status of the student, such 7 that the less-economically privileged students shall pay lesser fees than 8 students who arc more financially able to afford the cost of formal education; 9 and 10 0) Special trust fond refers to the total amount collected by the II USTSP, either from the collection of fees and other charges from students or 12 the collection from income-generating activities of the USTSP. 13 SEC. 4. Coverage. - This Act shall apply to and cover all colleges and 14 units, academic or nonacademic of the MUST and the MOSCAT now 15 collectively known as the USTSP, including the MUST campuses in Cagayan 16 de Oro City, lasaan, Misamis Oriental, and Alubijid, Misamis Oriental and the 17 MOSCA T campus in Claveria, Misamis Oriental, the former Balubal 18 Community College in Balubal, Cagayan de Oro City, and all other USTSP 19 campuses that shall be established in the future. The main campus of the 20 USTSP shall be in Alubijid, Misamis Oriental. 21 SEC. 5. General Mandate. - The USTSP, hereinafter referred to as the 22 University, shall provide advance education, higher technological, professional 23 and advance instruction in mathematics, science, technology, engineering, 24 agriculture, and advance research and extension work in human resource 25 development in critical science and technology skills and competencies 26 required for global competitiveness. 4 SEC. 6. Curricular Offerings. - The University shall offer 2 undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate courses in the fields of 3 mathematics, science and technology, engineering. and agriculture. 4 The University, however, shall be allowed to maintain and offer high 5 school education with concentration in science and technology that will serve 6 as feeder schools to science and technology courses of the University: 7 Provided, That the totai number of high school students in a given year shall 8 not exceed five hundred (SOD). 9 SEC. 7. Administration. - The University shall have the general powers 10 of a corporation set forth in Balas Pambansa Big. 68, as amended, otherwise 11 known as "The Corporation Code of the Philippines". The administration of 12 the University and the exercise of its corporate powers shall be vested 13 exclusively in the Board of Regents and the President of the University who 14 must render full-time service. 15 The powers and duties of the President of the University, in addition to 16 those specifically provided under this Act, shall be those usually pertaining to 17 the Office of the President of similar universities and those delcgated by the 18 Board of Regents. 19 The administration of the Claveria Campus and the Cagayan de Oro 20 Campus of the University is vested in the Chancellor of the campus insofar as 21 authorized by the Board of Regents. 22 SEC. 8. Governing Board. - The governing board of the University 23 shall be the Board of Regents, hereinafter referred to as the Board, which shall 24 be composed of the following: 25 (a) The Chairperson of the CHED, Chairperson; 26 (b) The President of the University, Vice Chairperson; 27 (c) The Chancellors of Cagayan de Oro and Claveria Campuses, 28 members; 5 (d) The Chairperson of the Committee on Education, Arts and Culture 2 of the Senate, member; 3 (e) The Chairperson of the Committee on Higher and Technical 4 Education of the House of Representatives, member; 5 (1) The Director-General of the National Economic and Development 6 Authority (NEDA), member; 7 (g) The Secretary of the Department of Science and Technology 8 (DOST), member; 9 (h) The President of the federation of faculty associations of the 10 University, member; 11 (i) The President of the federation of student councils of the 12 University, member; 13 OJ The President of the federation of alwnni associations of the 14 University, member; 15 (k) Four (4) prominent Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of duly 16 recognized national or multinational corporations who have distinguished 17 themselves in the lields of specialization of the University or who have entered 18 into a partnership with the University, members; and 19 (I) Two (2) prominent academicians in the Philippines who have 20 distinguished themselves in the fields of specialization of the University 21 through their publication and track record in research. 22 The President of the Philippines shall appoint the four (4) prominent 23 CEOs of national or multinational corporations and the two (2) prominent 24 academicians from among a list prepared by the University President, in 25 consultation with the Chairperson and other members of the Board, based on 26 the standards and qualifications for the position. 27 The President of the federation of fuculty associations, the President of 28 the federation of student councils and the President of the federation of alumni 6 associations shall setve in the Board only for the duration of their respective 2 terms of office, as set forth in their respective constitutions and bylaws. 3 The four (4) prominent CEOs of national or multinational corporations 4 shall serve for a term of four (4) years from the tiate of appointment while the 5 two (2) prominent academicians shall serve for a term of two (2) years and 6 may be reappointed by the President of the Philippines for another term. 7 SEC. 9. Rights and Responsibilities <if Board Members. - The 8 members of the Board shall have all Ibe rights and responsibilities of a regular 9 member of the Board as set forth in Balas Pambansa BIg. 68, as amended, 10 otherwise known as "The Corporation Code of the Philippines". II The right of the students, faculty members and alumni presidents to be 12 represented in the Board shall automatically rise from their election and 13 qualification into their respective offices as student regent, faculty regent and 14 alumni regent. 15 The private sector representatives must take their oaths of office as 16 hereinafter provided for before they could assume as members ofthe Board. 17 SEC. 10. Representatives of Board Members Coming from the 18 Government.