Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Constitution Hills, Quezon City

EIGTHEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

4741
HOUSE BILL NO.

Introduced by Rep. Vincent Franco D. Frasco

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill seeks to establish the Cebu Technological University (CTU) Satellite Campus in
the Municipality of Borbon, Province of Cebu.

Section 1, Article XIV of the 1987 Constitution provides that the State shall protect and
promote the right of all citizens to quality education at all levels and shall take appropriate steps
to make such education accessible to all. Further, Section 2 (1) of the same Constitution provides
that the State shall establish, maintain, and support a complete, adequate, and integrated system
of education relevant to the needs of the people and society.

Republic Act No. 9744 dated November 10, 2009 provided for the conversion of the
Cebu State College of Science and Technology System in the City of Cebu and all its satellite
campuses located in the Province of Cebu into a State University to be known as the Cebu
Technological University. The law provides that the main campus of the CTU shall be in Cebu
City.

Currently, CTU has nine (9) campuses with it main campus in Cebu City. At present, the
University has satellite campuses in Argao, Barili, Carmen, Daanbantayan, Danao, Moalboal,
San Francisco, and Tuburan.

Borbon is a 4" class municipality in the province of Cebu, with a total population of
35,526 people and a total land area of 120.94 kilometers as per the 2015 Philippine National
Census. The main sources of livelihood in Borbon is farming and fishing, including crop,
livestock, agriculture, farm machinery, vegetable and fodder.

In order to achieve the mission of the University to provide advanced professional and
technical instruction for special purposes, advanced studies, industrial trade, teacher education,
agriculture, fishery, forestry, engineering, maritime, aeronautics and land-based programs, arts
and sciences, health sciences, information technology and other relevant fields of study, and in

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order to provide quality education to more students, there is a need to further expand the
University.

Establishing a CTU Satellite Campus in Borbon will greatly benefit the families of
students living in far-flung areas of the Province of Cebu. Not only will it provide savings in
tuition and other fees to the residents, but more importantly, it will fulfil the State’s policy to
provide access to quality tertiary education for all.

In view of the foregoing, immediate approval of this measure is eamestly requested.

VINCENT FRANCO D. FRASCO.

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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Constitution Hills, Quezon City

EIGTHEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

4741
HOUSE BILL Nt

Introduced by Rep. Vincent Franco D. Fraseo

AN ACT
ESTABLISHING A CEBU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY SATELLITE CAMPUS
IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF BORBON, PROVINCE OF CEBU, AND
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

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

SECTION I. There is hereby established a Satellite Campus of the Cebu Technological
University (CTU) to be located in the Municipality of Borbon, Province of Cebu.

SEC. 2, The CTU Board is hereby authorized to find a suitable location in the
Municipality of Borbon for the construction of the CTU Borbon Satellite Campus and to perform
the necessary tasks in order to acquire said property and construct the satellite campus.

SEC. 3. An amount necessary for the purposes of this Act shall be appropriated in the
General Appropriations Act.

SEC. 4. Separability Clause. — If any provision, or part hereof, is held invalid or
unconstitutional, the remainder of the law or provision is not otherwise affected shall remain
valid and subsisting.

SEC. 5. Repealing Clause. ~ The provisions of any law, executive orders, presidential
decrees or their issuances inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

SEC. 6. Effectivity. ~ This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in
the Official Gazette or in at least two (2) national newspapers of general circulation

Approved,

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