NINETEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session
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SENATE
S.B. No. 1225
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Introduced by SENATOR WIN GATCHALIAN
AN ACT
INTEGRATING THE PINTUYAN NATIONAL VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL 
IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF PINTUYAN, PROVINCE OF SOUTHERN 
LEYTE, INTO THE SOUTHERN LEYTE STATE UNIVERSITY (SLSU) 
SYSTEM, TO BE KNOWN AS THE SLSU-PINTUYAN CAMPUS, AND 
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
EXPLANATORY NOTE
The 1987 Constitution mandates the State to protect and promote the 
right of all citizens to quality education at all levels, and take appropriate 
steps to make education accessible to all. With the enactment of Republic Act 
(R.A.) No. 10931, otherwise known as the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary 
Education Act, free tuition and exemption from other fees in state universities 
and colleges (SUCs), and local universities and colleges (LUCs) in the 
Philippines are now provided to qualified Filipinos. It is intended to give 
underprivileged Filipino students the chance to complete their tertiary 
education which responds to three national goals: (1) to educate the youth to 
become active and productive members of society; (2) to meet and match 
industry demand with a competent and globally competitive workforce; and 
(3) to increase the quality of human capital and productivity vis-a-vis national


and economic progress.1
By virtue of the enactment of R.A. No. 9261 on March 7, 2004, two state 
colleges in the province of Southern Leyte namely Southern Leyte State 
College of Science and Technology (SLSCST) and Tomas Oppus Normal 
College (TONC) were integrated to become the Southern Leyte State 
University. It has five campuses: the Main Campus in Sogod, the Tomas 
Oppus Campus, the Bontoc Campus, the San Juan Campus, and the 
Hinunangan Campus and Maasin City Campus.2 The Municipality of 
Pintuyan, Southern Leyte has a national vocational high school but has no 
institution that caters to tertiary education. The integration of the Pintuyan 
National Vocational High School into the Southern Leyte State University 
system will address the absence of a tertiary institution in Pintuyan, Southern 
Leyte which will make tertiary education accessible to Pintuyan residents as 
mandated by the Constitution.3
This bill seeks to integrate a vocational national high school 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 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 integrated 
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 
government unit of the Republic of the Philippines, as the case may be. The
1 Jorge, Ching. “Commentary: Tertiary Education Challenges.” Inquirer.Net, September 2, 
2011. https://opinion.inquirer.net/11189/tertiary-education-
challenges#: ~:text=First%2C%20it%20aims%20to%20educate,competent%20and%20globall 
y %2 0competitive%2 Oworkforce.
2 Southern Leyte State University, Official website
See httvs://southemlevtestateu.edu.tJh/index.yhy/en/home-slsu/the-universitii/university-
hist oni
3 Explanatory Note, House Bill No. 5150 by Rep. Rufus Rodriguez, 18th Congress


local government shall provide assistance to carry out the provisions of this 
Act until such time that the amount necessary for the continued operation 
and maintenance of the integrated campus shall be included in the annual 
General Appropriations Act.
In view of the foregoing, approval of this bill is earnestly sought.
N GATCHAl


NINETEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session
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SENATE
S.B. No. 12 2 5
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72 AUG 23 P3:27
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Introduced by SENATOR WIN GATCHALIAN
AN ACT
INTEGRATING THE PINTUYAN NATIONAL VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL 
IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF PINTUYAN, PROVINCE OF SOUTHERN 
LEYTE, INTO THE SOUTHERN LEYTE STATE UNIVERSITY (SLSU) 
SYSTEM, TO BE KNOWN AS THE SLSU-PINTUYAN 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 “Southern Leyte State 
University-Pintuyan Campus Act”.
Sec. 2. The Pintuyan National Vocational High School in the 
Municipality of Pintuyan, Province of Southern Leyte, is hereby integrated 
into the Southern Leyte State University (SLSU) System as a regular campus, 
to be known as the SLSU-Pintuyan Campus, hereinafter referred to as the 
Campus. It shall be under the direct supervision of the SLSU.
Sec. 3. The Board of Regents of the SLSU, hereinafter referred to as the 
Board, shall be authorized to determine the structure, composition, and size


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of the faculty and staff of the Campus.
Sec. 4. The SLSU President shall have overall supervision and 
management of the Campus, which 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, subject to the guidelines, qualifications and standards set 
by the Board.
Sec. 5. All assets, real and personal, personnel, and records of the 
Pintuyan National Vocational High School located in the Municipality of 
Pintuyan, Province of Southern Leyte, as well as liabilities or obligations, are 
hereby transferred to the SLSU System. The positions, rights, and security of 
tenure of faculty members and personnel therein employed under existing 
laws prior to their integration into the SLSU System shall be respected.
All parcels of land belonging to the government occupied by the 
Pintuyan National Vocational High School are hereby transferred to the SLSU 
System, and shall be titled under its name: Provided, That should the 
Campus or the SLSU System cease to exist or be abolished, or should such 
aforementioned parcels of land be no longer needed by the University, the 
same shall revert to the local government units concerned.
Sec. 6. Within sixty (60) days from the effectivity of this Act, the Board 
shall issue the implementing rules and regulations to carry out its provisions.
Sec. 7. The amount necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act, 
including the organizational structure and the creation of plantilla positions 
for the faculty and staff of the Campus, shall be included in the annual 
General Appropriations Act (GAA).


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The Municipality of Pintuyan shall provide the same assistance until 
such time that the amount necessary for the continued operation and 
maintenance of the Campus shall be included in the annual GAA.
Sec. 8. 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. 9. 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. 10. 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,