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

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JUL
SIXTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSEBILLNO. 1944

Introduced by Hon. Benhur L. Salimbangon

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, Bantayan, Madridejos, Sta. Fe and Bogo City. With
almost a hundred enrollees in the year 2008, CNU-Medellin Campus has now enrolled
approximately 1,113 students for the first semester of school year 2013-2114.

fortunately, 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 local
government of Medellin is facing financial challenge to continuously and efficiently operate and
maintain the campus although it has been trying its best not prejudice the quality of education
that the school provides.

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 quality education which CNU is known for.

Hence, the immediate approval of this bi mmended,

BENHUR L. SALIMBANGON


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

SIXTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House BiLLNo.__1944

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. Hffectivity. This Act shall take effect immediately upon its approval.

Approved,