Republic of the Philippines
House of Representatives
Quezon City

NINETEENTH CONGRESS

First Regular Session

House Bill No. 354

Introduced by Representative Maria Angela S. Garcia

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Bill seeks to expand the Bataan Peninsula State University (BPSU)-
Extension Campus in Bagac, Bataan as a regular Campus offering more
undergraduate and graduate courses within the areas of its competency and
specialization.

The Philippine 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 such education accessible to all. Pursuant to this mandate, the BPSU
established an Extension Campus in the historic town of Bagac in furtherance of its
effort to make affordable but quality education accessible to the youth of Bataan.

Since its establishment in 2008, the BPSU Extension Campus in Bagac
registered significant accomplishments and is set to become the University's center
for Hotel and Restaurant Management and Tourism training to cater the manpower
needs of the booming resort, hotel and leisure-recreational businesses in the
western and southern parts of Bataan, and in the nearby Subic Bay Freeport Zone.
With steady enroliment growth, its conversion will augment the capacity and
resources of the campus to provide quality education, enhance and sustain its
operations.

Support for this bill is earnestly requested from my colleagues.

MARIA Al LA S. GARCIA
Thi istrict, Bataan


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Republic of the Philippines
House of Representatives
Quezon City

NINETEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session
House Bill No. 354

Introduced by Representative Maria Angela S. Garcia

AN ACT
COVERTING THE BATAAN PENINSULA STATE UNIVERSITY
BAGAC EXTENSION CAMPUS IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF BAGAC,
PROVINCE OF BATAAN, INTO A REGULAR CAMPUS OF THE
BATAAN PENINSULA STATE UNIVERSITY, TO BE KNOWN AS:
THE BATAAN PENINSULA STATE UNIVERSITY-BAGAC
CAMPUS, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

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

SECTION 1. This act shall be known as the “Bataan Peninsula State
University-Bagac Campus Act.”

SEC. 2. The existing Bagac Extension Campus of the Bataan Peninsula
State University (BPSU) located in the Municipality of Bagac, Province of Bataan, is
hereby converted into a regular campus, to be known as the BPSU-Bagac Campus.

SEC. 3. The BPSU-Bagac Campus shall primarily provide short-term
vocational, undergraduate, and graduate courses within its areas of competency
and specialization, pursuant to the mandate of the BPSU, 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
Bataan and Region Ill. {t is also mandated to undertake research and extension
service, and to provide progressive leadership in these areas.

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

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SEC. 5. The BPSU shall ensure that the minimum requirements of the
Commission on Higher Education (CHED) for the operation of the BPSU-Bagac
Campus, including those related to its course offerings, are fully complied with.

SEC. 6. All assets, real and personal, personnel, and records of the BPSU
Bagac Extension Campus, as well as liabilities or obligations, shall be titled under
or named after the BPSU.

All parcels of land belonging to the government occupied by the BPSU Bagac
Extension Campus shall be property of the BPSU, and shall be titled under its name:
Provided, That should the campus cease to exist or be abolished or should such
aforementioned parcels of land be no longer needed by the BPSU, the same shall
revert to the local government unit concerned or to the Republic of the Philippines,
as the case may be.

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.

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

The Municipality of Bagac shall provide the same assistance until such time
that the amount necessary for the continued operation and maintenance of the
BPSU-Bagac Campus shall be included in the annual GAA.

SEC. 9. Within sixty (60) days from the effectivity of this Act, the Board shall,
in consultation with the CHED, issue the rules and regulations to fully implement the
provisions of this Act.

SEC. 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

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

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

Approved.