THIRTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
Third Regular Session 
S E N A T E  
S. No. 
2457 
INTRODUCED BY SEN. MANNY YILLAR 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
This bill seeks to convert the Bataan Polytechnic State College in fhe Cify of 
Balanga, Province of Bataan into a State University to be known as the Bataan 
Peninsula State University (BPSU), integrating therewith the Bataan State College in 
the Municipality of Dinalupihan with satellite campus in the Municipality of Abucay, both 
in the Province of Bataan, and appropriating funds therefor. 
The Bataan Polytechnic State College (BPSC) was established in 1998 by virtue 
of Republic Act No. 8562. In spite of the limited resources under its command, the state 
college has virtually succeeded in meeting the demands of upgrading and updating the 
process of modern higher learning. As mandated by its charter, the state college has 
effectively served the people of Bataan and other nearby provinces within the region, 
through various courses offered in its three campuses and has maintained its high level 
of competence as a learning institution. 
BPSC's student population is rapidly growing owing to several factors, among 
which are: ('I) 
the attraction to BPSC's strong and formidable faculty of instruction; (2) 
low tuition fees; 
(3) excellent performance in various Professional Regulatory 
Commission (PRC) examinations, and (4) absence of pollution problems where the 
environment is remarkably conducive to a healthful process of learning. The conversion 
of the BPSC into a state university will enable it to cope up with the urgent need for an 
expanded academic program aimed at accommodating the rapidly growing student 
population. Its conversion into a State University will broaden its curricular offerings to 
pursue programs of instructions and effective methods of training in the field of science, 
arts, engineering, education and other fields. 
On the other hand, the Bataan State College was created by virtue of Republic 
Act No. 7913, entitled: "An Act Convertjng the Bataan College of Science and 
Technology in Dinalupihan and the Bataan National Agricultural School in Samal, Both 
in the Province of Bataan, into a State College to be Known as the Bataan State 
College, and Appropriating Funds Therefor". The said college has focused on offering 
degree courses, which are not being offered in other state colleges in the Province of 
Bataan like Teacher Education, Agriculture and two-year course in Forestry. While it 
has aimed to serve the people of Bataan and the nearby provinces through offering 
higher professional, technical and special instructions for special purposes and 
promoting research and extension services, BSC has also opened its door for merger 
with the Bataan Polytechnic State College to be able to offer better services to all 


members of the academic community, as well as to be able to produce better and more 
competitive graduates. 
Finally, it is important to note that in the whole Province of Bataan there are no 
existing state and private universities. Based on the 2005 Projected Demographic Data 
from the Provincial Population Commission, the college-going population ranked second 
after the elementary-going population in the school-going population in the Province of 
Bataan, comprising of 101,446 persons or 35.14% out of 288,692 persons or 43.78% of 
the total population of Bataan. And, as the Province of Bataan is geared towards 
industrialization, education - specifically tertiary education, must be able to answer the 
growing demand of industries and other small and medium business enterprises to 
complement the industrial growth of the province. All these necessitate the creation of a 
university in the Province of Bataan. 
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THIRTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
Third Regular Session 
S E N A T E  
S. No. 
2457 
INTRODUCED BY SEN. MANNY VILLAR 
AN ACT 
CONVERTING THE BATAAN POLYTECHNIC STATE COLLEGE 
IN THE PROVINCE OF BATAAN INTO A STATE UNIVERSITY 
TO BE KNOWN AS THE BATAAN PENINSULA STATE UNIVERSITY (BPSU), 
INTEGRATING THEREWITH THE BATAAN STATE COLLEGE 
IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF DINALUPIHAN WITH SATELLITE CAMPUS 
IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF ABUCAY, BOTH IN THE PROVINCE OF BATAAN, 
AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR 
Be it enacfed by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Section 1. Conversion. - The Bataan Polytechnic State College in the Province of 
Bataan, including its duly integrated campuses, namely: the Bataan Community Colleges in the 
City of Balanga and the Bataan National School for Filipino Craftsmen in the Municipality of 
Orani, all located in the Province of Bataan is hereby converted into a state university to be 
known as the Bataan Peninsula State University (BPSU), hereinafter referred to as the 
Congress assembled: 
University, integrating therewith the Bataan State College in the Municipality of Dinalupihan, 
with satellite campus in the Municipality of Abucay, both in the Province of Bataan. The main 
campus of the University shall be in the City of Balanga. 
Sec. 2. General Mandate. - The University shall primarily provide advanced instruction 
and professional training in education, engineering, science and technology, arts and 
humanities, agriculture and other relevant fields of study. It shall also undertake research, 
extension services and production activities in support of the socio-economic developmellt of 
Bataan, and provide progressive leadership in its areas of specialization. 
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Sec. 3. Curricular Offerings. - The University shall offer undergraduate and graduate 
courses in the fields of education, engineering, science and technology, arts and humanities, 
agriculture and other degree courses within its areas of specialization and according to its 
capabilities, as the Board of Regents may deem necessary to carry out its objectives, in order to 
meet the needs of the Province of Bataan and Region 111. 
The existing high schools shall be transferred to the jurisdiction and supervision of the 
Department of Education (DepEd): Provided, That the high schools shall be allowed to remain 
and operate within the campus of the University until the existing students shall have completed 
their high school education: Provided, further, That the University may operate a reasonably- 
sized laboratory school, if it has a College of Education. 
Sec. 4. Administration. - The University shall have the general powers of a corporation 
set forth in Batas Pambansa Bldg. 68, as amended, otherwise known as “the Corporation Code 
of the Philippines.” 
The administration of the University and the exercise of its corporate 
powers shall be vested exclusively in the Board of Regents and the president of the University. 
Sec. 5. The Governing Board. - The governing board of the University shall be the 
Board of Regents, hereinafter referred to as the Board, which shall be composed of the 
following: 
(a) The Chairperson of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), chairperson: 
(b) The president of the University, vice chairperson; 
(c) The Chairperson of the Committee on Education, Arts and Culture of the Senate, 
member; 
(d) The Chairperson of the Committee on Higher and Technical Education of the House 
of Representatives, member; 
(e) The Regional Director of the National Economic and Development Authority 
(NEDA), member; 
(9 The Regional Director of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), 
member; 
(g) The president of the federation of faculty associations of the University, member; 
(h) The president of the federation of student councils of the University, member; 
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(i) The president of the federation of alumni associations of the University, member; 
and, 
(j) Two prominent citizens from the private sector who have distinguished themselves 
in their profession or fields Of specialization of the University, members. 
The Board of Regents shall appoint the two prominent citizens from among a list of at 
least five persons qualified in the Province of Bataan, as recommended by the search 
committee constituted by the University president, in consultation with the chairperson of the 
CHED and other members of the Board, based on the normal standards and qualifications for 
the position. 
The term of office of the president of the federation of faculty associations, the president 
of the federation of student councils, and the president of the federation of alumni associations 
shall be coterminous with their respective terms of office, as set forth in their respective 
constitutions and by-laws. 
The two prominent citizens shall serve for a term of two 2 years from the date O f  
appointment. 
Sec. 6. Promulgation and lmp/ementation of Po/icjes. - The Board shall promulgate 
and implement policies in accordance with the declared state policies on education and other 
pertinent provisions of the Philippine Constitution on education, agriculture, science and 
technology, as well as the policies, standards and thrusts of the CHED under Republic Act No. 
7722, otherwise known as the “Higher Education Act of 1994”. 
Sec. 7. Powers and Duties of the Board of Regents. - The Board shall have the 
following specific powers and duties, In addition to its general powers of administration and the 
exercise of all the powers granted to the Board of Directors of a corporation under existing 
laws: 
(a) To promulgate rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the purposes 
and functions of the University; 
(b) To receive and appropriate all sums as may be provided for the support of the 
University in the manner it may determine in its discretion, in order to carry out the purposes 
and functions of the University; 
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(c) To import duty-free economic, technical and cultural books and/or publications, upon 
certification by the CHED that such imported books andlor publications are for economic, 
technical, vocational, scientific, philosophical, historical or cultural purposes, in accordance with 
the provisions of the Tariff and Customs Code, as amended; 
(d) To receive in trust legacies, gifts and donations of real and personal properties of all 
kinds and to administer and dispose of the same when necessary for the benefit of the 
University, and subject to the limitations, directions and instructions of the donor, if any. 
Such donations shall be exempt from the donor's tax and the same shall be 
considered as allowable deductions from the gross income in the computation of the income tax 
of the donor, in accordance with the provisions of the National Internal Revenue Code (NIRC) of 
1997, as amended: Provided, That such donations shall not be disposed of, transferred or sold; 
(e) To fix the tuition fees and other necessary school charges, such as, but not limited 
to, matriculation fees, graduation fees and laboratory fees, as the Board may deem proper to 
impose, after due consultations with the involved sectors. 
Such fees and charges, including government subsidies and other income generated 
by the University, shall constitute special trust funds and shall be deposited in any authorized 
government depository bank, and all interests that shall accrue therefrom shall form part of the 
same funds for the use of the University. 
Any provision of existing laws, rules and regulations to the contrary notwithstanding, 
any income generated by the University from tuition fees and other charges, as well as from the 
operation of auxiliary services and land grants, shall be retained by the University, and may be 
disbursed by the Board for instruction, research, extension or other programs/projects of the 
University: Provided, That all fiduciary fees shall be disbursed for the specific purposes for 
which they are collected. 
If, for reasons beyond its control, the University shall not be able to pursue any 
project for which the funds have been appropriated and allocated under its approved program of 
expenditures, the Board may authorize the use of said funds for any reasonable purpose which, 
in its discretion, may be necessary and urgent for the attainment of the objectives and goals of 
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(9 To adopt and implement a socialized scheme of tuition and school fees for greater 
access to poor but deserving students; 
(9) To authorize the construction or repair of its buildings, machinery, equipment and 
other facilities, and the purchase and acquisition of real property, including necessary supplies, 
materials and equipment; 
(h) To appoint upon recommendation of the president of the University, vice presidents, 
deans, directors, heads of campuses, faculty members, and other officials and employees of the 
University; 
(i) To fix and adjust salaries of faculty members and administrative officials and 
employees, subject to the provisions of the Revised Compensation and Position Classification 
System and other pertinent budget and compensation laws governing hours of service and such 
other duties and conditions as it may deem proper; to grani them, at its discretion, leaves of 
absence under such regulations as it may promulgate, any provision of existing law to the 
contrary notwithstanding; and to remove them for cause in accordance with the requirements of 
due process of law; 
(j) To approve the curricula, instructional programs and rules of discipline drawn by the 
administrative and academic councils herein provided; 
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To set policies on admission and graduation of students; 
(I) To award honorary degrees upon persons in recognition of their outstanding 
contribution in the fields of education, public service, arts, science and technology, agriculture or 
in any field of specialization within the academic competence of the University; and to authorize 
the awarding of certificates of completion of non-degree and non-traditional courses; 
(m)To establish and absorb non-chartered tertiary institutions within the Province of 
Bataan as branches and centers in coordination with the Commission on Higher Education 
(CHED), and in consultation with the Department of Budget and Management (DBM), and to 
offer therein programs or courses, to promote and carry out equal access to educational 
opportunities as mandated by the Constitution; 
(n) To establish research and extension centers of the University where such will 
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(0) To establish professorial chairs in the Uhiversity and to provide fellowships for 
qualified faculty members and scholarships to deserving students; 
(p) To delegate any of its powers and duties provided hereinabove to the president 
and/or other officials of the University as it may deem appropriate, so as to expedite the 
administration of the affairs of the University; 
(9) To authorize an external management audit of the University, to be financed by the 
CHED, subject to Commission on Audit (COA) rules and regulations; and to institute reforms, 
including academic and structural changes, on the basis of the audit results and 
recommendations; 
(r) To collaborate with other governing boards of the state colleges and universities 
within the Province of Bataan or Region 111, under the supervision of the CHED and in 
consultation with the DBM, and work towards the restructuring of the University to become 
more efficient, relevant, productive and competitive; 
(s) To enter into joint ventures with business and industry for the profitable development 
and management of the economic assets of the University, the proceeds from which shall be 
used for the development and strengthening of the University; 
(t) To develop consortia and other economic forms of linkages with local government 
units (LGUs), institutions and agencies, both public and private, local and foreign, in the 
furtherance of the purpose and objectives of the University: 
(u) To develop academic arrangements for institutional capability building with 
appropriate institutions and agencies, public and private, local and foreign, and to appoint 
experts/specialists as consultants, part time or visiting or exchange professors, scholars, or 
researchers, as the case may be; 
(v) To set up the adoption of modern and innovative modes of transmitting knowledge 
such as the use of information technology, the dual learning system, open learning, or distance 
education and community laboratory for the promotion of greater access to education: 
(w) To establish policy guidelines and procedures for participative decision-making and 
transparency within the University; 
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(x) To privatize, where most advantageous to the University, management of non- 
academic services such as health, food, building or grounds or property maintenance and such 
other similar activities; and 
(y) To extend the term of the president of the University beyond the age of retirement 
but not beyond the age of seventy (701, whose performance has been unanimously rated by 
the Governing Board as outstanding based on the guidelines, qualifications anlor standards set 
by the Board, after unanimous recommendation by the search committee. 
Sec. 8. Meetings ofthe Board. - The Board shall regularly convene at least once every 
quarter. However, the Chairperson of the Board may, upon three days’ prior written notice, call 
a maximum of two special meetings per year, whenever necessary. 
A quorum of the Board shall consist of majority of all its members holding office at the 
time ofthe meeting: Provided, however, That the chairperson of the Board or the president of 
the University is among those present in the meeting. 
In the absence of the chairperson of the CHED, a commissioner of the CHED, duly 
designated by himlher, shall represent himlher in the meeting with all the rights and 
responsibilities of a regular member: Provided, however, That during this meeting, the 
president of the University as vice-chairperson shall be the presiding officer: Provided, further, 
That this proviso notwithstanding, the chairperson of the CHED is hereby authorized to 
designate a CHED commissioner as the regular chair of the Board, in which case said CHED 
commissioner shall act as the presiding officer. 
In case the chairpersons of the Congressional Committees on Education shall not be 
able to attend the Board meeting, they may duly designate their respective representatives to 
attend the said meeting, who shall have the same rights and responsibilities as a regular 
member of the Board. 
The members of the Board shall not receive any salary but shall be entitled to 
reimbursements for actual and necessary expenses incurred, either in their attendance to 
meetings of the Board or in connection with other official business authorized by resolution of 
the Board, subject to existing laws and regulations. 
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Sec. 9. The University President. - The University shall be headed by a president, who 
shall render full-time Service. HelShe shall be appointed by the Board, subject to the guidelines, 
qualifications andlor standards set by the Board, upon recommendation of a duly constituted 
search committee. 
He/She shall have a term of four years and shall be eligible for 
reappointment for another term: Provided, That in order to effect a smooth transition to a state 
university, the incumbent president of the Bataan Polytechnic State College, if qualified, shall 
serve as the first president of the University. 
Within six months before the expiration of the term of office of the Incumbent president 
of the University, the Board shalt constitute the Search Committee for the Presidency (SCP). 
In case of vacancy in the office of the president by reason of death, compulsory 
retirement, resignation, removal for cause or incapacity of the president to perform the functions 
of his/her office, the Board shall designate an officer-in-charge of the University within six 
months from date of vacancy, pending the appointment of a new president. 
In case of vacancy in the office of the president as mentioned in the immediately 
preceding paragraph, his or her successor or the officer-in-charge shall hold ofice for the 
unexpired term only. 
The powers and duties of the president of the University, in addition to those specifically 
provided in this Act, shall be those usually pertaining to the office of the president of similar 
universities, and those delegated by the Board. 
The salary of the president of the University shall be in accordance with the Revised 
Compensation and Position Classification System and shall be comparable to that being 
received by the presidents of similar educational institutions. 
The president of the University shall be assisted by a vice-president for academic affairs 
and a vice president for administration, who shall be appointed by the Board upon 
recommendation of the president. 
Sec. 10. Heads of University Campuses. - Campus directors shall head the University 
campuses and they shall render full time service. They shall be appointed by the Board upon 
recommendation of the Search Committee and the University president, subject to the 
guidelines, qualifications and/or standards set by the Board: Provided, That the incumbent 
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college administrators of the extension campuses shall serve as campus directors of their 
respective campuses. 
Sec. 11. The Administrative Council. - There shall be an administrative council 
consisting of the president of the University as chairperson, vice presidents, deans, directors 
and other officials of equal rank as members, whose duty is to review and recommend to the 
Board policies governing the administration, management and development planning of the 
University. 
Sec. 12. The Academic Couflci/. - There shall be an academic council with the president 
of the University as chairperson and all members of the academic staff with the rank of at least 
an assistant professor, as members. 
The Academic Council shall have the power to review and recommend the curricular 
offerings and rules of discipline of the University, subject to the approval of the Board. It shall fix 
the requirements for the admission of students, as well as for their graduation and conferment of 
degrees, subject to review andlor approval by the Board through the president of the University. 
It shall have the disciplinary power over students of the University and shall formulate academic 
policies and rules and regulations on discipline, subject to the approval of the Board. 
Set. 13. The Secretary of the Universify. - The Board shall appoint a secretary, who 
shall serve as such for both the Board and the University and shall keep all records and 
proceedings of the Board. He/She shall serve upon each member of the Board the appropriate 
notice of the Board's meetings. 
Sec. 14. The Treasurer of the Universify. - The Treasurer of the Philippines shall be the 
ex oficio 
treasurer of the University. 
Sec. 15. facuty. - No political beliefs, gender preference, cultural or community 
affiliation or ethnic origin, and religious opinion or affiliation shall be a matter of inquiry in the 
appointment of faculty members of the University: Provided, That said appointment shall be 
subject to the guidelines, qualifications and/or standards set by the Board: Provided, further, 
That no member of the faculty shall teach for or against any particular church or religious sect. 
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Sec. 16. Scholarship Program/Admi.ssion. - The University shall provide a scholarship 
program and other affirmative action programs to assist poor but deserving students who qualify 
for admission to the University. 
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No student shall be denied admission to the Wniversity by reason of sex, religion, cultural 
or community affiliation or ethnic origin. 
Sec. 17. Academic Freedom and lnsfifutional Autonomy. - The University shall enjoy 
academic freedom and institutional autonomy, pursuant to paragraph 2, Section 5 of Article 
XIV of the Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines. 
Sec. 18. Authority to Loan or Transfer Apparatus/EquipmenVSupplies and Detail of 
Personnel. - The heads of the bureaus and offices of the national government are hereby 
authorized to loan or transfer, upon the request of the president of the University, such 
apparatus, equipment or supplies as may be needed by the University, and to detail employees 
for duty therein when, in the judgment of the head of 
bureau or office, such apparatus, 
equipment, supplies or services of such employees can be spared without serious detriment to 
the public service. The employees so detailed shall perform such duties as required of them by 
the president of the University, and the time so employed shall be counted as part of their 
regular services. 
Sec. 19. Assets, Liabilities and Personnel. - All assets, real and personal, personnel and 
records of the Bataan Polytechnic State College and its duly integrated campuses namely: the 
Bataan Community Colleges in the City of Balanga, the Bataan National School for Filipino 
Craftsmen in the Municipality of Orani, the Bataan State College in the Municipality of 
Dinalupihan, with satellite campus in the Municipality of Abucay; all in the Province of Bataan, 
as well as liabilities or obligations, are hereby transferred to the University. The positions, rights 
and security of tenure of faculty members and personnel therein employed under existing laws 
prior to the conversion into a University shall be respected. 
All parcels of land belonging to the Government occupied by the Bataan Polytechnic 
State College, the Bataan Community Colleges in the City of Balanga, the Bataan National 
School for Filipino Craftsmen in the Municipality of Orani, the Bataan State College in the 
Municipality of Dinalupihan, and its satellite campus in the Municipality of Abucay, are hereby 
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declared to be property of the University, and shall be titled under that name: Provided, That 
should the University cease to exist or be abolished or should such parcels of land 
aforementioned be no longer needed by the University, the same shall revert to the LGU 
concerned. 
Sec. 20. Appropriations. -The amount necessary to carry out the initial implementation 
of this Act shall be charged against the current year's appropriations of the Bataan Polytechnic 
State College and the Bataan State College, except the sums as may be necessary for the 
continued operation and maintenance of the Bataan Peninsula State University shall be 
included in the Annual General Appropriations Act. The LGUs concerned shall continue to 
provide assistance to the University corresponding to the funding given to the Bataan 
Community Colleges and the Bataan National School for Filipino Craftsmen before the same 
are integrated into the University, until such time that full funding requirements of the said LGU 
funded colleges integrated into the University are included in the annual General Appropriations 
Act 
Sec. 2 1. 'Development Plan, 
Management Audit, 
Organizational/Administrative/ 
Academic Structure. - Within the period of one hundred twenty (120) days after the approval of 
this Act, the University shall accomplish the following: 
(a) Submit a five-year development plan, including its corresponding 
program budget to the CHED, for corresponding recommendation to the DBM; 
(b) Undergo a management audit in cooperation with the CHED; and 
(c) Accordingly set up its organizational, administrative as well as academic structure, 
including the appointment of the University key officials. 
Sec. 22. Filing of Report - On or before the fifteenth (1 !jth) 
day of the second month after 
the opening of the regular classes each year, the Board shall file with the Office of the President 
of the Philippines through the chairperson of the CHED, and with both Houses of Congress a 
detailed report on the progress, conditions and needs of the University. 
Sec. 23. Suppletory Application. - The provisions of Republic Act No. 8292, otherwise 
known as the "Higher Education Modernization Act of 1997, shall be an integral part of this Act 
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Sec. 24. Parity C/ause. - All other powers, functions and privileges, responsibilities and 
limitations to state universities and/or their officials under existing laws shall be deemed granted 
to or imposed upon the University and/or its officials whenever appropriate. 
Sec. 25. lmplernenting Rules and Regulafiwm - The Board, in consultation with the 
CHED, shall formulate the guidelines to fully implement the provisions of this Act. 
Sec. 26. Separability Clause. - 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. 27. Repealing Clause. - 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. 28. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in 
two newspapers of general circulation 
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