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Introduced by SENATOR WIN GATCHALIAN
AN ACT
ESTABLISHING CAMPUSES OF THE ILOCOS SUR POLYTECHNIC STATE 
COLLEGE IN THE MUNICIPALITIES OF SAN JUAN AND CABUGAO, 
PROVINCE OF ILOCOS SUR, TO BE KNOWN RESPECTIVELY AS THE 
“ILOCOS SUR POLYTECHNIC STATE COLLEGE-SAN JUAN CAMPUS” 
AND THE “ILOCOS SUR POLYTECHNIC STATE COLLEGE-CABUGAO 
CAMPUS”, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
EXPLANATORY NOTE
The main campus of the Ilocos Sur Polytechnic State College (ISPSC) is 
located in Santa Maria, Ilocos Sur and the five other campuses are 
strategically located in Candon City and the municipalities of Narvacan, 
Santiago, Tagudin, and Cervantes, in the second district of Ilocos Sur. The 
institution is mandated to give professional and technical training both in the 
undergraduate and graduate levels in the fields of economics, agriculture, 
fishery, trade, home industry, engineering, education, forest research and 
conservation, management, finance, accounting and business 
administration, public administration and other fields as may be relevant, 
besides providing for the promotion of scientific and technological researches


which the College deems necessary in carrying out its objectives.1 The 
municipalities of San Juan and Cabugao are located in the first legislative 
district of Ilocos Sur and the establishment of additional campuses will bolster 
the mandate of the state college and will strengthen the institutional capacity 
of ISPSC in providing quality and accessible tertiary education within Ilocos 
Sur and its neighboring provinces, as well as increase the resources available 
in materializing the constitutional mandate of making education accessible to 
all.2
This bill seeks to establish two campuses which shall each be headed 
by a Campus Administrator. The minimum requirements of the Commission 
on Higher Education for its operation shall be fully complied with and the 
provisions of Republic Act No. 8292, otherwise known as the “Higher 
Education Modernization Act of 1997”, shall form part of this Act. Research 
centers shall be established for forest advancement, animal research and 
textile innovation. All assets, personnel and records of the proposed 
campuses, as well as their liabilities, shall be named after the state college 
and should any of the campuses cease to exist, they shall revert to the 
concerned local government unit or the Republic of the Philippines, as the 
case may be. The amount necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act 
shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.
In view of the foregoing, approval of this bill is e^xnestly sought.
atchalia:
1 Ilocos Sur Polytechnic State College, Official Website (See https://ispsc.edu.ph/about/)
2 Explanatory Note of House Bill No. 9823 by Rep. Deogracias Victor “DV” B. Savellano, 18th 
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NINETEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
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SENATE
S.B. No. 1220
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Introduced by SENATOR WIN GATCHALIAN
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AN ACT
ESTABLISHING CAMPUSES OF THE ILOCOS SUR POLYTECHNIC STATE 
COLLEGE IN THE MUNICIPALITIES OF SAN JUAN AND CABUGAO, 
PROVINCE OF ILOCOS SUR, TO BE KNOWN RESPECTIVELY AS THE 
“ILOCOS SUR POLYTECHNIC STATE COLLEGE-SAN JUAN CAMPUS” 
AND THE “ILOCOS SUR POLYTECHNIC STATE COLLEGE-CABUGAO 
CAMPUS”, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled:
Section 1. This Act shall be known as the “Ilocos Sur Polytechnic State 
College San Juan and Cabugao Campuses Act”.
Sec. 2. There are hereby established campuses of the Ilocos Sur 
Polytechnic State College in the Municipalities of San Juan and Cabugao, 
Province of Ilocos Sur, to be known respectively as the ISPSC-San Juan 
Campus and the ISPSC-Cabugao Campus.
Sec. 3. The ISPSC-San Juan Campus and the ISPSC-Cabugao Campus 
shall primarily provide short-term, technical-vocational, undergraduate, and 
graduate courses within their respective areas of competency and
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specialization, and according to their capabilities as the Board of Regents, 
hereinafter referred to as the Board, may deem necessary for the 
accomplishment of their objectives, and those which respond to the human 
resource development needs of the Province of Ilocos Sur and Region I.
The ISPSC-San Juan Campus and the ISPSC-Cabugao Campus are also 
mandated to undertake research and extension services, and to provide 
progressive leadership in these areas.
Sec. 4. The ISPSC-San Juan Campus and the ISPSC-Cabugao Campus 
shall each be headed by a Campus Administrator who shall render full-time 
service and shall be appointed or designated by the Board, upon the 
recommendation of the search committee and the President of the ISPSC, 
subject to the guidelines, qualifications, and standards set by the Board.
Sec. 5. To effectively carry out the mandate, as well as to fulfill the goals 
of the ISPSC, the following research centers shall be established in each of 
the two campuses:
a) Forest Advancement and Resources Management Research Center, 
which shall focus on the protection and preservation, as well as the 
creation of research-based policies for the conservation of local flora 
and other forest resources;
b) Animal Research Center, which shall focus on the generation of 
knowledge and technologies that will promote an effective generation 
and management of veterinary resources; and
c) Textile Innovation Research Center, which shall focus on the 
development and innovation of raw materials needed in the textile 
industry.
Whenever necessary, the campuses shall create consortia to achieve a 
broader reach into their area of influence and thus expand the number of 
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Sec. 6. The ISPSC shall ensure that the minimum requirements of the 
Commission on Higher Education (CHED) for the operation of the ISPSC-San 
Juan Campus and the ISPSC-Cabugao Campus, including those related to 
their course offerings, are fully complied with.
Sec. 7. All assets, real and personal, personnel, and records of the 
ISPSC-San Juan Campus and the ISPSC-Cabugao Campus, as well as their 
liabilities or obligations, shall be titled under or named after the ISPSC. The 
positions, rights, and security of tenure of faculty members and personnel 
therein employed under existing laws prior to the integration to the ISPSC 
shall be respected.
All parcels of land belonging to the government occupied by the ISPSC- 
San Juan Campus and the ISPSC-Cabugao Campus shall be titled under the 
ISPSC: Provided, That should the campuses or the ISPSC cease to exist or be 
abolished or should such aforementioned parcels of land be no longer needed 
by the ISPSC, the same shall revert to the concerned local government unit or 
to the Republic of the Philippines, as the case may be.
Sec. 8. Within sixty (60) days from the effectivity of this Act, the CHED 
shall, in coordination with the Department of Budget and Management (DBM), 
determine the organizational structure and staffing pattern for the ISPSC-San 
Juan Campus and the ISPSC-Cabugao Campus. The said organizational 
structure and staffing pattern shall be submitted by the Chairperson of the 
CHED to the Secretary of the DBM for approval.
Sec. 9. The provisions of Republic Act No. 8292, otherwise known as 
the “Higher Education Modernization Act of 1997”, shall form part of this Act.
Sec. 10. The amount necessary for the effective implementation of this 
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Sec. 11. If any provision or part of this Act is declared invalid or 
unconstitutional, the remaining provisions or parts not affected shall remain 
in full force and effect.
Sec. 12. All laws, executive orders, presidential decrees, administrative 
orders, rules and regulations, issuances, or parts thereof inconsistent with or 
contrary to the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed or amended 
accordingly.
Sec. 13. Notwithstanding the non-issuance of the IRR, this Act shall 
take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in a 
newspaper of general circulation.
Approved,