NINETEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session
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SENATE 
S.B. No. 1223
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Introduced by SENATOR WIN GATCHALIAN
AN ACT
CONVERTING THE BATAAN PENINSULA STATE UNIVERSITY-BAG AC 
EXTENSION CAMPUS IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF BAG AC, PROVINCE OF 
BATAAN, INTO A REGULAR CAMPUS OF THE BATAAN PENINSULA 
STATE UNIVERSITY, TO BE KNOWN AS THE “BATAAN PENINSULA 
STATE UNIVERSITY-BAGAC CAMPUS”, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS
THEREFOR
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Section 3 of CHED Memorandum Order No. 3, series of 2001,1 defines 
State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) as public higher education institutions 
in the Philippines created and established by law which constitutes their 
charter and which have independent and separate governing boards.2 It also 
defines an “extension campus” as the campus that responds to special needs 
or demands (i.e., instruction, research or extension) with no Administrative
1 Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) for Republic Act No. 8292, Otherwise 
Known as “An Act Providing for the Uniform Composition and Powers of the Governing 
Boards, the Manner of Appointment and Term of Office of the President of Chartered State 
Universities and Colleges, and for Other Purposes”
2 The highest policy-making body of chartered SUCs. For chartered State Universities, they 
are called the Board of Regents (BOR). For chartered Stated Colleges, they are called Board 
of Trustees (BOT).
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Structure, while a “main campus” is the campus where the administrative 
services of a chartered SUC is located and/or where its President holds office 
permanently.
The Bataan Peninsula State University (BPSU) established an extension 
campus in the historic town of Bagac on June 10, 2008. It is tagged as the 
"Campus of Courage and Wisdom" after the town's patron saint, St. Catherine 
of Alexandria, the saint of the daring and the wise. Its establishment spared 
students, not only in Bagac but also in the neighboring town of Morong, some 
villages in Pilar, and City of Balanga (Pantingan and Cabog-Cabog), the 
problems of travelling to the city to pursue higher education. Due to its 
location, it is set to become the University’s center for Hotel and Restaurant 
Management and Tourism training to cater the manpower needs of the 
booming resort, hotel and leisure-recreational businesses in the western and 
southern parts of Bataan, and in the nearby Subic Bay Freeport Zone. With a 
steady enrollment growth, the BPSU-Bagac extension campus needs to 
expand as a regular campus offering more undergraduate and graduate 
courses within the areas of its competency and specialization. The conversion 
will augment the capacity and resources of the campus to provide quality 
education, and enhance and sustain its operations.3
This bill seeks to convert an extension campus into a regular campus 
which shall 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. All assets, personnel and records of the converted extension 
campus, as well as its liabilities, shall be named after the state university and 
should the campus cease to exist, it shall revert to the concerned local
3 BPSU-Bagac History
(See https://www.bpsu.edu.ph/index.php/bagacmenu)


government unit of the Republic of the Philippines, as the case may be. The 
local government shall provide assistance to carry out the provisions of this 
Act until such time that the amount necessaiy for the continued operation 
and maintenance of the converted extension campus shall be included in the 
annual General Appropriations Act.
In view of the foregoing, approval of this bill is earnestly sought.
HALIAN


NINETEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
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First Regular Session 
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SENATE
S.B. No. 1223
Senate
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*22 AUG 23 P3 *24
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Introduced by SENATOR WIN GATCHALIAN
AN ACT
CONVERTING THE BATAAN PENINSULA STATE UNIVERSITY-BAGAC 
EXTENSION CAMPUS IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF BAG AC, PROVINCE OF 
BATAAN, INTO A REGULAR CAMPUS OF THE BATAAN PENINSULA 
STATE UNIVERSITY, TO BE KNOWN AS THE “BATAAN PENINSULA 
STATE UNIVERSITY-BAGAC CAMPUS”, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS
THEREFOR
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled:
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Section 1. This Act shall be known as the "Bataan Peninsula State 
University-Bagac Campus Act”.
Sec. 2. The Bagac Extension Campus of the Bataan Peninsula State 
University (BPSU) located in the Municipality of Bagac, Province of Bataan is 
hereby converted into a regular campus, to be known as the BPSU-Bagac 
Campus.
Sec. 3. The BPSU-Bagac Campus shall primarily provide short-term, 
technical-vocational, undergraduate, and graduate courses within its areas of 
competency and specialization, pursuant to the mandate of the BPSU, and
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according to its capability, as the Board of Regents, hereinafter referred to as 
the Board, may deem necessary to respond to the human resource 
development needs of the Province of Bataan and Region III. It is also 
mandated to undertake research and extension services, and to provide 
progressive leadership in these areas.
Sec. 4. The BPSU-Bagac Campus shall be headed by a Campus 
Administrator who shall be appointed by the Board, subject to its guidelines 
on qualifications and standards, and based on the recommendation of a 
search committee duly constituted for the purpose of selecting the Campus 
Administrator.
Sec. 5. The BPSU shall ensure that the minimum requirements of the 
Commission on Higher Education (CHED) for the operation of the BPSU- 
Bagac Campus, including those related to its course offerings, are fully 
complied with.
Sec. 6. All assets, both real and personal, personnel, and records of the 
BPSU-Bagac Campus, as well as its liabilities or obligations, shall be titled 
under or named after the BPSU.
All parcels of land belonging to the government to be occupied by the 
BPSU-Bagac Campus shall be the property of the BPSU, and shall be titled 
under its name: Provided, That should the campus cease to exist or be 
abolished or should such aforementioned parcels of land be no longer needed 
by the BPSU, the same shall revert to the concerned local government unit or 
to the Republic of the Philippines, as the case may be.
Sec. 7. The provisions of Republic Act No. 8292, otherwise known as 
the "Higher Education Modernization Act of 1997”, shall form part of this Act.
Sec. 8. The amount necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act
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shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act (GAA).
The Municipality of Bagac shall provide the same assistance until such 
time that the amount necessary for the continued operation and maintenance 
of the BPSU-Bagac Campus shall be included in the annual GAA.
Sec. 9. Within sixty (60) days from the effectivity of this Act, the Board 
shall, in consultation with the CHED, issue the rules and regulations to fully 
implement its provisions.
Sec. 10. 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. 11. 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. 12. 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,