Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

TWENTIETH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. 1396

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 Satellite Office.”

The capital town of Bontoc, Mountain Province where the higher education
institutions are mostly located is about 140 kilometers more or less or more 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 Satellite Office in the province of Mountain
Province will facilitate the coordination of the Mountain Province State University, the
lone state university in the province, Xijen Institute of Technology, a privately-owned
college and 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 sou



Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

TWENTIETH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. 1396

INTRODUCED BY REP. MAXIMO JR. Y. DALOG

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

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

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

Sec. 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 Satellite Office and submit the same to the Secretary of the DBM for
approval.

Sec. 3. Operationalization. The Chairperson of the CHED shall immediately
include in the CHED's program, the operationalization of the CHED-Mountain Province
Satellite Office.

Sec. 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.

Sec. 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.

Sec. 6. Separability Clause. If, 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.


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tules and regulations, contrary to or inconsistent with any of this Act are repealed and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

Sec. 8. Effectivity. This cat 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,