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EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House Bill No. 5571
Introduced by REPRESENTATIVE ESTRELLITA B. SUANSING
EXPLANATORY NOTE

Republic Act No. 8612 converted the then Central Luzon Polytechnic
College into a specialized university now known as the Nueva Ecija University
of Science and Technology (NEUST) mandated to primarily provide advanced
instruction, professional training in arts, science and technology, education
and other related fields, undertake research and extension services, and
provide progressive leadership in these areas; and to offer graduate,
undergraduate and short-term technical courses within areas of
specialization and according to its capabilities, considering the needs of the
province, the region and the country.

NEUST presently has fourteen campuses around the Province of Nueva
Ecija, but only one is located within the First District of Nueva Ecija — the
Talavera Academic Extension Campus. The campus serves the students living
within close proximity, however, it is still quite a ways away from the rest of
the municipalities within the First District of Nueva Ecija. In order to provide
quality education closer to more students, there is a need to further expand
the University.

This bill seeks to establish an academic extension campus in the
Municipality of Sto. Domingo, Province of Nueva Ecija which will further serve
the youth of the First District of Nueva Ecija especially those who are forced
to enroll in distant universities and colleges.

In view of the foregoing, the approval of this bill is earnest sought.



Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House Bill No. 5571

Introduced by REPRESENTATIVE ESTRELLITA B. SUANSING

AN ACT
ESTABLISHING THE NUEVA ECIJA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY (NEUST) ACADEMIC EXTENSION CAMPUS IN THE
MUNICIPALITY OF STO. DOMINGO, PROVINCE OF NUEVA ECIJA AND
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

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

SECTION 1. There is hereby established an Academic Extension Campus of
ja University of Science and Technology (NEUST) to be located
in the Municipality of Sto. Domingo, Province of Nueva Ecija.

SEC. 2. The NEUST Board is hereby authorized to find a suitable location in
the Municipality of Sto. Domingo for the construction of the NEUST Sto.
Domingo Academic Extension Campus and to perform the necessary tasks in
order to acquire said property and construct the satellite campus.

SEC. 3. The amount necessary for the implementation of this Act shall be
appropriated in the General Appropriations Act.

SEC. 4. Separability Clause. - If any provision, or part hereof, is held invalid
or unconstitutional, the remainder of the law or provision that is not otherwise
affected shall remain valid and subsisting.

SEC. 5. Repealing Clause. — All laws, executive orders, rules and regulations,
memoranda or circulars inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed,
amended or modified accordingly.

SEC. 6. Effectivity. — This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its
publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,