Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
Second Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. 7557

INTRODUCED BY REP. MAXIMO, JR. Y. DALOG

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Bill seeks to establish a provincial office of the Commission on
Higher Education (CHED) in the province of Mountain Province, to be known
as the “Commission on Higher Education (CHED)-Mountain Province
Provincial Office.”

The capital town of Bontoc, Mountain Province where the higher
education institutions are mostly located is about 140 kilometers more or less
ormore than a five (5)-hour drive away from the CHED Regional Office located
at the BSU Compound, La Trinidad, Benguet.

The establishment of a CHED Provincial Office in the province of
Mountain Province willfacilitate the coordination of the Mountain Province
State Polytechnic College, the lone state college in the province, Xijen
Institute of Technology, a privately-owned college and the other eleven (11)
Technical and Vocational Institutions in the province. In addition, it will make
the services of the CHED accessible to these Higher Education Institutions
and to their students.

In view of the foregoing, approval of the bill is earnestly sought.
ZEB.
MAXIMO, JR.Y. DALOG ~


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
Second Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. 7557

INTRODUCED BY REP. MAXIMO, JR. Y. DALOG

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A PROVINCIAL OFFICE OF THE COMMISSION ON
HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE PROVINCE OF MOUNTAIN PROVINCE TO BE
KNOWN AS THE COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION (CHED)-MOUNTAIN
PROVNCE PROVINCIAL OFFICE, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR;

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

Section 1.Establishment.There shall be established a provincial office of the
Commission on Higher Education (CHED), to be known as the CHED-Mountain
Province Provincial Office, which shall exercise jurisdiction over said province and shall
be headed by a provincial director. The CHED-MountainProvince Provincial Office shall
be located at Bontoc, Mountain Province.

Section 2.Organization. Within sixty (60) days from the approval of this Act, the
CHED, in coordination with the Department of Budget and Management (DBM), shall
determine the organizational structure and staffing pattern for the CHED-Mountain
Province Provincial Office and submit the same to the Secretary of the DBM for
approval.

Section 3.Operationalization.The Chairperson of the CHED shall immediately
include in the CHED’s program, the operationalization of the CHED-Mountain Province
Provincial Office.

Section 4.Appropriation.The amount necessary to implement the provisions of
this Act, and its continued implementation thereafter, shall be included in the annual
General Appropriations Act.

Section 5.Implementing Rules and Regulations.The CHED shall issue the
necessary rules and regulations for the effective implementation of this Act within sixty
(60) days from its approval

Section 6.Separability Clause.lf, for any reason, any section of this Act shall be
deemed unconstitutional or invalid, the other sections or provisions hereof shall remain
in force and in effect.

Section 7.Repealing Clause.All laws, executive orders, decrees, instructions,
rules and regulations, contrary to or inconsistent with any provisions of this Act are
repealed and amended accordingly.


Section 8.Effectivity.This Act shall take effect fifteen(15) days after its
publication in the Official Gazette or in at least two newspapers of general
circulation in the Philippines.

Approved,