Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

TWENTIETH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House Bill No3. 135

Introduced by HONORABLE CHRISTOPHER SHEEN P. GONZALES.
HONORABLE MARCELINO C. LIBANAN

AN
ACT ESTABLISHING A REGULAR CAMPUS OF THE EASTERN SAMAR STATE
UNIVERSITY IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF BALANGIGA, PROVINCE OF
EASTERN SAMAR AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill seeks to establish a Regular Campus of the Eastern Samar State University
(ESSU) in the Municipality of Balangiga, Easter Samar, to be known as the Eastern Samar
State University-Balangiga Campus (ESSU-Balangiga Campus), in line with the mandate of
the State to make education accessible to all.

The 1987 Constitution mandates the provision of an accessible quality education for
all citizens. Section 1 of ARTICLE XIV states:

“ARTICLE XIV
EDUCATION, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, ARTS, CULTURE
AND SPORTS

EDUCATION

Section 1. 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.”

Republic Act No. 9312 (RA 9312), passed into law on August 07, 2004, converted the
Eastern Samar State College into a State University, known as the Easter Samar State
University (ESSU), and integrating therewith the Maydolong National Agricultural School.


The General Mandate of ESSU is to primarily provide advanced education, higher
technology, professional instruction and training in the fields of industry computer and
information technology, forestry, and environmental sciences, agricultural and veterinary
medicine, fishery, medicine, and other related fields of study. It shall also promote research
and extension services progressive leadership in the areas of specialization.

In accordance with the aforementioned mandate of the State and the ESSU, the
conversion of the abovementioned satellite campus into a regular campus will provide the
residents of the Municipality of Balangiga, in the Province of Eastern Samar and other
neighboring municipalities, with access to quality and affordable tertiary education.

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

MAR\ (0. LIBANAN
Representative
Minority Leader



Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

TWENTIETH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House Bill No.3135,

Introduced by HONORABLE CHRISTOPHER SHEEN P. GONZALES
HONORABLE MARCELINO C. LIBANAN

AN
ACT ESTABLISHING A REGULAR CAMPUS OF THE EASTERN SAMAR STATE
UNIVERSITY IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF BALANGIGA, PROVINCE OF
EASTERN SAMAR AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

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

SECTION 1. This Act shall be known as the “Eastern Samar State University Balangiga
Campus Act”.

SECTION 2. There shall be established a regular campus of the Eastern Samar State
University (ESSU) to be located in the Municipality of Balangiga, in the Province of Eastern
‘Samar, and to be known as the ESSU-Balangiga Campus.

SECTION 3. The ESSU-Balangiga Campus shall primarily provide short-term, technical
vocational, undergraduate, and graduate courses within its areas of competency and
specialization, and 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 Eastern Samar and Region VIII. It is also mandated to undertake research and
extension services, and to provide progressive leadership in these areas.

SECTION 4. The ESSU-Balangiga Campus shall be headed by a Campus Administrator who
shall be appointed by the Board, subject to its guidelines on qualification standards, and
based on the recommendation of a search committee duly constituted for the purpose of
selecting the Campus Administrator.


SECTION 5. The ESSU shall ensure that the minimum requirements of the Commission on
Higher Education (CHED) for the operation of the ESSU-Balangiga Campus, including but
not limited to those related to its course offerings, are fully complied with.

SECTION 6. Ail assets, both real and personal, personnel, and records of the ESSU
Balangiga Campus, as well as its liabilities or obligations, shall be titled under or named after
the ESSU.

All parcels of land belonging to the government that shall be occupied by the ESSU
Balangiga Campus shall be the property of the ESSU, and shall be titled under its nam
Provided, That should the campus cease to exist or be abolished or should such
aforementioned parcels of land be no longer needed by the ESSU, the same shall revert to the
Municipality of Balangiga, or to the Republic of the Philippines, as the case may be.

SECTION 7. The provisions of Republic Act No. 8292, otherwise known as the “Higher
Education Modernization Act of 1997”, shall form part of this Act.

SECTION 8. The amount necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act shall be included
in the annual General Appropriations Act (GAA).

SECTION 9. Within sixty (60) days after the effectivity of this Act, the Board shall, in
consultation with the CHED, issue rules and regulations to implement its provi IS.

SECTION 10. If, for any reason, any part or provision of this Act is declared invalid or
unconstitutional, the remaining parts or provisions not affected shall remain in full force and
effect.

SECTION 11. All other laws, presidential decrees, executive orders, rules and regulations
contrary to or inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are repealed or modified
accordingly.

SECTION 12. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official
Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,