SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE)
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES )
SECOND REGULAR SESSION )

HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES

7114

House Bill No.

Introduced by: HON. ARLENE B. ARCILLAS
First District, Laguna

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) is a non-sectarian, non-profit,
public higher learning institution that traces its roots in 1904 during the American occupation.
Currently, it has more than 20 campuses, serving more than 70,000 students, majority of
whom belong to economically challenged families. PUP is considered the largest university
in the country in terms of its student population.

In 2003, seeing the need to make tertiary education more accessible to the students of
Santa Rosa City, then Mayor Leon C. Arcillas and the administration of PUP entered into a
memorandum of agreement, leading to the establishment of the PUP-Santa Rosa City campus
in Tiongco Subdivision, Barangay Tagapo. Under said agreement, the local government of
the City of Santa Rosa was made to shoulder all the operational expense of the said campus,
including the construction and maintenance of its physical facilities and the payment of
utilities. To date, the campus has enrollees from San Pedro City, Bifian City, and other
municipalities of Laguna and nearby provinces. From its initial intentions, the campus has
grown into an institution catering to students not only from Santa Rosa City but from
provinces of Region IV-A as well.

At present, PUP-Santa Rosa City offers the following academic programs

Bachelor of Science in Accountancy

Bachelor of Science in Electronics and Communication Engineering

Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering

Bachelor of Science in Clinical Psychology

Bachelor of Science in Information Technology

Bachelor of Science in Education major in English

Bachelor of Science in Education major in Mathematics

Bachelor of Scieyce in Business Administration major in Marketing Management
Bachelor of Science in Entrepreneurial Management

Recently, under the stewardship of its Campus Director, Ms. Charito A. Montemayor,
PUP Santa Rosa City campus bagged first place in a feasibility study competition at the
regional level. With this achievement coupled with the recently enacted law granting free


tuition fee to state universities and colleges, enrollment has gone up and so as its operational
expenses.

Taking this into consideration, this Representation filed this bill, seeking the inclusion
of the operation of the PUP-Santa Rosa City campus in the national budget. If ever this
legislative measure reaches its fruition, the expenses for the operation of the campus shall be
charged to the General Appropriations Act which in return will lessen the expenditures of the
local government unit concerned.

The immediate approval of this measure is earnestly sought.

Primm b-. Farretoee
ARLENE B. ARCILLAS

First District, Laguna


SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE)
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES )
SECOND REGULAR SESSION )

HOUSE of REPRE TT te

House Bill No.

Introduced by: HON. ARLENE B. ARCILLAS
First District, Laguna

AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES-
SANTA ROSA BRANCH IN THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA, PROVINCE OF LAGUNA,
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREOF AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress
assembled:

SECTION 1. This Act shall be known as the “PUP-Santa Rosa City Branch Act”.

SECTION 2. There is hereby established a branch of the Polytechnic University of the
Philippines in the City of Santa Rosa City, Province of Laguna, to be known as the PUP-
Santa Rosa City Branch

SECTION 3. The PUP-Santa Rosa City Branch shall offer graduate, undergraduate, and
short-term technical-vocational courses within its areas of specialization and according to its
capabilities, as the Board of Regents (BOR) may deem necessary to carry out its objectives,
particularly to meet the needs of the City and the Province.

SECTION 4. The PUP-Santa Rosa Branch shall be headed by a Branch Administrator, who
shall render full-time service and who shall be appointed/designated by the BOR upon the
recommendation of the search committee and the President of the University, subject to the
guidelines, qualifications and standards set by the BOR.

SECTION 5. The amount necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act and shall be
included in the appropriations of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines under the
annual General Appropriations Act.

SECTION 6. If, for any reason, any part or provision of this Act is declared invalid or
unconstitutional, the remaining parts or provisions not affected thereby shall remain in full
force and effect.

SECTION 7. All laws, decrees, executive orders, proclamations, rules and regulations, or
parts thereof inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.


SECTION 8. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in at least two
(2) national newspapers of general circulation

Approved,