Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

15™ Congress
3 Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. 6476

Introduced by Hon. Benhur L. Satimbangon

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Education is a major factor in the development of a nation. A nation with fully educated
populace brings forth progress and advancement to the society. The citadel of education is the
school. It is where the formal education takes place. It is where the children learn and cope with
the demands of the learning system. Its paramount objective is to provide the best education to
its enrollees.

‘The Cebu Normal University ( CNU for brevity) - Medellin Campus established on 2008
‘was envisioned to be the educational center in northern Cebu. It provides education not only to
our students in the municipality of Medellin but also to those coming from the neighboring
towns of Daanbantayan, San Remigio, and Bogo. With almost a hundred enrollees in the year
2008, CNU-Medellin Campus has now enrolled around two thousand students.

Unfortunately, CNU-Medellin has not received any budgetary support from its mother
unit, Since 2008, it is the local government of Medellin that appropriated millions of pesos for
the operation and maintenance of the branch campus. With the consistent growth of enrollment
and the increasing requirement for administrative personnel and school facilities, the government
of Medellin is facing financial challenge to continuously and efficiently operate and maintain
the campus. Thus, education is affected.

It is therefore the purpose of this bill to grant the Cebu Normal University-Medellin
Campus a budget allocation of its own. The present system works inimical to the purpose for
which the campus was created. Without a separate budget of its own, CNU-Medellin will soon
fall short of providing education.

Hence, the immediate approval of this bill is earnestly recommended.

BENHUR L. SALIMBANGON


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

15" Congress yf
3” Regular Session

6476

HOUSE BILL NO.

Introduced by Hon. Benhur L. Salimbangon

AN ACT PROVIDING THE CEBU NORMAL UNIVERSITY-MEDELLIN CAMPUS A
BUDGET SEPARATE FROM CEBU NORMAL UNIVERSITY MAIN CAMPUS, AND.
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

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

Section 1. Grant of Separate Budget Allocation. The Cebu Normal University-Medellin
Campus is hereby granted budgetary allocation of its own. Its budget must be separate from
the budget of Cebu Normal University main campus which is its mother unit.

Section 2. Appropriations. The Commission on Higher Education shall immediately
include in its budget the financial requirement for the operation and maintenance of Cebu
‘Normal University-Medellin Campus, the funding of which shall be charged against its current
year's appropriations. Thereafter, the amount necessary for the continued operation of the
‘campus shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

Section 3. Implementation. The Commission on Higher Education shall formulate the
rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.

Section 4. Effectivity. This Act shall take effect immediately upon its approval.

Approved,