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S.B. No. 1222
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Introduced by SENATOR WIN GATCHALIAN
AN ACT
ESTABLISHING A CAMPUS OF THE DAVAO DE ORO STATE COLLEGE IN 
THE MUNICIPALITY OF NABUNTURAN, PROVINCE OF DAVAO DE ORO, 
TO BE KNOWN AS THE DAVAO DE ORO STATE COLLEGE-NABUNTURAN 
CAMPUS, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
EXPLANATORY NOTE
The Compostela Valley State College (CVSC) was created through 
Republic Act (R.A.) No. 10598 on June 4, 2013. Efforts to create the CVSC 
date back to the late 1990s when Compostela Valley (now Davao de Oro1) was 
still part of the larger province of Davao del Norte.
On July 23, 2021, R.A. No. 11575 was enacted, renaming the 
Compostela Valley State College as the Davao de Oro State College (DDOSC) 
after the name of the province of Davao de Oro.2 DDOSC primarily provides 
advanced education, higher technological, professional instruction and
1 Republic Act No. 11297 otherwise known as An Act Renaming the Province of Compostela 
Valley as the Province of Davao de Oro
2 Official Facebook Page, Davao de Oro State College


training in agriculture, science and technology, and other related fields. The 
establishment of a campus in Nabunturan, the capital of Davao de Oro, will 
improve the efficiency and ample delivery of academic programs by DDOSC 
to the municipalities of Laak, Maco and Nabunturan in the province of Davao 
de Oro and its student population.3
This bill seeks to establish a 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 R.A. 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 proposed campus, as well as its liabilities, shall be named 
after the state college and should the campus cease to exist, it shall revert to 
the concerned local government unit or the Republic of the Philippines, as the 
case may be. The amount necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act 
shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.
In view of the foregoing, approval of this bill is earnestly sought.
rATCHALI
3 Explanatory Note, House Bill No. 2720 by Rep. Ruwel Peter S. Gonzaga, 18th Congress
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NINETEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
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First Regular Session 
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SENATE
S.B. No. 1222
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Introduced by SENATOR WIN GATCHALIAN
AN ACT
ESTABLISHING A CAMPUS OF THE DAVAO DE ORO STATE COLLEGE IN 
THE MUNICIPALITY OF NABUNTURAN, PROVINCE OF DAVAO DE ORO, 
TO BE KNOWN AS THE DAVAO DE ORO STATE COLLEGE-NABUNTURAN 
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 “Davao de Oro State College- 
Nabunturan Campus Act”.
Sec. 2. There is hereby established a campus of the Davao de Oro State 
College, hereinafter referred to as the College, in the Municipality of 
Nabunturan, Province of Davao de Oro, to be known as Davao de Oro State 
College-Nabunturan Campus.
Sec. 3. The Davao de Oro State College-Nabunturan Campus shall 
primarily provide short-term technical-vocational, undergraduate, and 
graduate courses within the areas which, in the determination of the Board 
of Trustees, hereinafter referred to as the Board, of the College are within its


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competency, and are aligned with the human resource development goals of 
Davao de Oro and Region XI.
The Davao de Oro State College-Nabunturan Campus is also mandated 
to undertake research and extension services, and provide progressive 
leadership in these areas.
Sec. 4. The Davao de Oro State College-Nabunturan Campus shall be 
headed by a Campus Administrator who shall render full-time service and be 
appointed or designated by the Board, upon the recommendation of the 
search committee and the President of the Davao de Oro State College. Such 
appointment or designation shall be subject to the guidelines, qualifications 
and standards set by the Board.
Sec. 5. The Davao de Oro State College shall ensure that the minimum 
requirements for the operation of the Davao de Oro State College-Nabunturan 
Campus, including those related to its course offerings, are fully complied 
with.
Sec. 6. All assets, real and personal, personnel, and records of the 
Davao de Oro State College-Nabunturan Campus, as well as liabilities or 
obligations, shall be transferred to the College. The positions, rights, and 
security of tenure of faculty members and personnel employed at the Davao 
de Oro State College-Nabunturan Campus under existing laws prior to the 
integration to the College shall be respected.
All parcels of land belonging to the government occupied by the Davao 
de Oro State College-Nabunturan Campus are hereby declared to be the 
property of the College and shall be titled under its name; Provided, That 
should Davao de Oro State College cease to exist or be abolished, or should 
such aforementioned parcels of land be no longer needed by the Davao de 
Oro State College, the same shall revert to the concerned local government 
unit or to the Republic of the Philippines, as the case may be.


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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, 
and together, shall serve as the Governing Charter of the College.
Sec. 8. All other powers, functions, privileges, responsibilities, and 
limitations to the College and its officials under existing laws shall be deemed 
granted to or imposed upon the Davao de Oro State College-Nabunturan 
Campus and its officials, whenever appropriate.
Sec. 9. The amount necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act 
shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.
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,