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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES RECEIVED
Batasan Hills, Quezon City July 26, 2022

NINETEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House Bill No. 2351

Introduced by

HON. YEDDA MARIE K. ROMUALDEZ
HON. FERDINAND MARTIN G. ROMUALDEZ
and
HON. JUDE A. ACIDRE

AN ACT
CONVERTING THE SAN ISIDRO SATELLITE CAMPUS OF THE LEYTE
NORMAL UNIVERSITY (LNU) LOCATED IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF SAN
ISIDRO, PROVINCE OF LEYTE, INTO A REGULAR CAMPUS, AND
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill seeks to convert the Leyte Normal University San Isidro Satellite
Campus into a regular campus, to be known as the Leyte Normal University —
San Isidro Campus, in line with the mandate of the State to make education
accessible to all.

Republic Act No. 7910, otherwise known as “An Act Converting the
Leyte State College into a State University to be known as the Leyte Normal
University,” was enacted on February 23, 1995.

Section 2 of the said law provides that: “The University shall primarily
provide higher professional and special instructions for special purposes and
promote research and extension services, advanced studies and progressive
leadership in education and other related fields as may be relevant.”

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In addition, the Philippine Constitution also provides that “the State shall
give priority to education’ and that “the State shall protect and promote the right
of all citizens to quality education at all levels and shall take appropriate steps
to make such education accessible to all.”

In line with this, the conversion of the satellite campus into a regular
campus will provide the residents of the Municipality of San Isidro in the
Province of Leyte and other neighboring municipalities, with access to quality
and affordable tertiary education, especially in the field of education and other
related degree courses.

In view of the foregoing, the passage of this bill is earnestly sought.

Rep. YEDDA MARIE K. ROMUALDEZ
Representative,Vlingog Sinirangan

Rep.“ERDINAND MARTIN G. ROMUALDEZ

Representative, First District of Leyte

Rep. JUDE. ACIDRE
Representftive, Tingog Sinirangan


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Batasan Hills, Quezon City

NINETEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House Bill No. _ 2351

Introduced by

HON. YEDDA MARIE K. ROMUALDEZ
HON. FERDINAND MARTIN G. ROMUALDEZ
and
HON. JUDE A. ACIDRE

AN ACT
CONVERTING THE SAN ISIDRO SATELLITE CAMPUS OF THE LEYTE
NORMAL UNIVERSITY (LNU) LOCATED IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF SAN
ISIDRO, PROVINCE OF LEYTE, INTO A REGULAR CAMPUS, AND
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of the Representatives of the

Philippines in Congress assembled:

Section 1. Short Title. — This Act shall be known as the “Leyte Normal
University San Isidro Campus Act.”

Section 2. Conversion. — The Leyte Normal University San Isidro
Satellite Campus located in the Municipality of San Isidro, Province of Leyte, is
hereby converted into a regular campus of the Leyte Normal University to be
known as the Leyte Normal University San Isidro Campus (LNU-San Isidro).

Section 3. Curricular Offerings. — The LNU-San Isidro Campus shall
offer short-term technical-vocational education and training (TVET) courses,
undergraduate and graduate degree programs, and other related and relevant
fields of study within its areas of competency and specialization, as the Board


of Regents may deem necessary to carry out its objectives and meet the human
resource development needs of the Province of Leyte and Eastern Visayas.

The LNU-San Isidro Campus shall also undertake research, extension
services, and production activities in support of the socioeconomic
development of the province and the region and provide progressive leadership
in these areas.

Section 4. Board of Regents. — The governance of the LNU-San Isidro
shall be vested exclusively in the Board of Regents (BOR), hereinafter referred
to as the Board, of the said university.

Section 5. Campus Administrator. - The administration of LNU-San
Isidro shall be the responsibility of the Campus Administrator who shall be
appointed by the LNU President and confirmed by the Board. He shall serve on
a full-time basis and shall hold office for a term of three (3) years and shall be
eligible for reappointment for another term

The Campus Administrator of LNU-San Isidro shall represent LNU-San
Isidro in the Administrative Council and Academic Council of the University.

Section 6. Assets, Liabilities, and Personnel. — All assets, real and
personal, personnel, and records of the LNU-San Isidro Satellite Campus
located in the Municipality of San Isidro, Province of Leyte, as well as its
liabilities or obligations, are hereby transferred to the LNU. The positions, rights,
and security of tenure of faculty members and personnel therein employed
under existing laws prior to the conversion into a regular campus shall be
respected.

All parcels of land belonging to the government occupied by the LNU-
San Isidro Satellite Campus are hereby transferred to the LNU, and shall be
titled under its name: Provided, That should the campus or the University cease


to exist or be abolished or should such parcels of land be no longer needed by
the University, the same shall revert to the local government units concerned.

Section 7. Appropriations. — The amount necessary to carry out the
initial implementation of this Act shall be charged against the current year’s
funding of the LNU-San Isidro Satellite Campus as provided by the Municipality
of San Isidro, Province of Leyte.

The Municipality of San Isidro shall provide the same funding to LNU-
San Isidro corresponding to the funding given before the same is integrated into
LNU. The full amount necessary for the continued operation and maintenance
of the LNU-San Isidro is included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

Section 8. Development Plan, Management Audit, and
Organizational / Administrative / Academic Structure. — Within one hundred
twenty (120) days after the approval of this Act, LNU-San Isidro shall
accomplish the following

(a) Submit a five (5) year development plan, including its corresponding

Program budget to the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), for
corresponding recommendation to the Department of Budget and
Management (DBM);
(b) Undergo a management audit in cooperation with the CHED; and
(c) Set up its organizational, administrative as well as academic
structure, including the appointment / designation of LNU-San Isidro
Officials,

Section 9. /mplementing Rules and Regulations. — Within ninety (90)
days from the approval of this Act, the LNU Board of Regents shall, in
consultation with the CHED, promulgate the rules and regulations to implement
the provisions of this Act. The implementing rules and regulations issued
pursuant to this Act shall take effect thirty (30) days after the effectivity of this
Act.


Section 10. Separability Clause. — \f any provision of this Act is
declared invalid or unconstitutional, the provisions not affected thereby shall

remain in full force and effect.

Section 11. Repealing Clause. — All laws, presidential decrees,
executive orders, presidential proclamations, rules and regulations or parts
thereof contrary to or inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed or modified
accordingly.

Section 12. Effectivity.—This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after
its publication in the Official Gazette or in at least two (2) newspapers of general

circulation.

Approved,