EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE) 
REPUBUC OF THE PHIUPPINES ) 
Second Regular Session 
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SENATE 
S. No. 1862
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Introduced by Senator Manuel "Lito" M. Lapid
AN ACT
CONVERTING THE E)CTENSION CAMPUSES OF THE DON HONORIO 
VENTURA STATE UNIVERSITY (DHVSU) LOCATED IN THE 
MUNICIPALITIES OF STO. TOMAS, PORAC, LUBAO, CANDABA, APALIT, 
MEXICO, STA. RITA, FLORIDABLANCA, GUAGUA AND SASMUAN, ALL IN 
THE PROVINCE OF PAMPANGA, INTO REGULAR CAMPUSES OF THE 
DHVSU, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Article XIV, Section 1 of the 1987 Constitution mandates 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. It is likewise the 
policy of the State to establish, maintain and support a complete, adequate and 
integrated system of education relevant to the needs of the people and society.
The Don Honorio Ventura State University has a number of extension campuses 
in the Province of Pampanga, located in the Municipalities of Sto. Tomas, Porac, Lubao, 
Candaba, Apalit, Mexico, Sta. Rita, Floridablanca, Guagua and Sasmuan. These 
municipalities provide annual funding for expenses related to the operation of these 
extension campuses to include payment of personnel services, construction and 
improvement of academic buildings and support facilities. These extension campuses 
have been providing the people of the locality and nearby areas, especially poor but 
deserving students, years of accessible and quality education despite their modest 
resources.


DHVSU has greatly helped in improving the economic status of the people of 
Pampanga, by providing its constituents with the opportunity to avail of free and 
quality education through the university's curriculum in education, computing studies, 
engineering and architecture, industrial technology, business administration, 
environmental science, among others.
As DHVSU aspires to further improve the delivery of accessible, free and quality 
education to the people of Pampanga and its nearby localities, the conversion of these 
extension campuses into regular campuses will widen the SUC's opportunity to achieve 
its goal. A guaranteed and appropriate budgetary support from the annual General 
Appropriations Act shall pave the way for the improvement of their facilities and 
services as it will enable these campuses to acquire their own infrastructure, laboratory 
equipment and other vital facilities and improve the quality of instruction through the 
hiring of more qualified faculty.
In view of the foregoing, early passage of this bill is earnestly requested.
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Senator


EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE) 
REPUBUC OF THE PHILIPPINES ) 
Second Regular Session 
)
SENATE 
S. No. 1862
FILED
DATe
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BILLS
Introduced by Senator Manuel "Lito" M. Lapid
AN ACT
CONVERTING THE EXTENSION CAMPUSES OF THE DON HONORIO 
VENTURA STATE UNIVERSITY (DHVSU) LOCATED IN THE 
MUNICIPALITIES OF STO. TOMAS, PORAC, LUBAO, CANDABA, APALIT, 
MEXICO, STA. RITA, FLORIDABLANCA, GUAGUA AND SASMUAN, ALL IN 
THE PROVINCE OF PAMPANGA, INTO REGULAR CAMPUSES OF THE 
DHVSU, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines 
in Congress assembled:
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Section 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as the "Don Honorio Ventura 
State University (DHVSU)- Sto. Tomas, Porac, Lubao, Candaba, Apaiit, Mexico, Sta. 
Rita, Fioridabianca, Guagua and Sasmuan Campuses Act."
Sec. 2. The extension campuses of the Don Honorio Ventura State University 
(DHVSU) in the Municipalities of Sto. Tomas, Porac, Lubao, Candaba, Apaiit, Mexico, 
Sta. Rita, Fioridabianca, Guagua and Sasmuan, all in the Province of Pampanga, are 
hereby converted into regular campuses of the DHVSU, to be known as DHVSU-Sto. 
Tomas Campus, DHVSU-Porac Campus, DHVSU-Lubao Campus, DHVSU-Candaba 
Campus, DHVSU-Apalit Campus, DHVSU-Mexico Campus, DHVSU-Sta. Rita Campus, 
DHVSU-Floridablanca Campus, DHVSU-Guagua Campus and DHVSU-Sasmuan 
Campus.
Sec. 3. The DHVSU- Sto. Tomas, Porac, Lubao, Candaba, Apaiit, Mexico, Sta. 
Rita, Fioridabianca, Guagua and Sasmuan Campuses, shall primarily provide short-


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term technical-vocational, undergraduate, and graduate courses within the their areas 
of competency and specialization, pursuant to the mandate of the DHVSU, and 
according to their capabilities as the Board of Regents may deem necessary to meet 
the human resources development needs of the Province of Pampanga and Region 
III. They are also mandated to undertake research and extension services, and to 
provide progressive leadership in these areas.
Sec. 4. The governance of the Campuses shall be vested exclusively in the 
Board of Regents of the DHVSU, hereinafter referred to as the Board.
Sec. 5. The DHVSU President shall exercise overall supervision and 
management of the campuses. Each campus shall be headed by a Campus 
Administrator who shall render full-time service and is 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. 6. All assets, real and personal, personnel, and records of the DHVSU 
Extension Campuses located in the Municipalities of Sto. Tomas, Porac, Lubao, 
Candaba, Apalit, Mexico, Sta. Rita, Floridablanca, Guagua and Sasmuan, Province of 
Pampanga, as well as liabilities or obligations, shall be transferred to the DHVSU. The 
positions, rights, and security of tenure of faculty members and personnel therein 
employed under existing laws prior to their conversion into regular campuses shall be 
resepcted.
All parcels of land belonging to the government and occupied by the DHVSU- 
Sto. Tomas Campus, DHVSU-Porac Campus, DHVSU-Lubao Campus, DHVSU-Candaba 
Campus, DHVSU-Apalit Campus, DHVSU-Mexico Campus, DHVSU-Sta. Rita Campus, 
DHVSU-Floridablanca Campus, DHVSU-Guagua Campus and DHVSU-Sasmuan 
Campusare hereby transferred to the DHVSU, and shall be titled under its name: 
Provided, That should the campuses or the DHVSU cease to exist or be abolished or 
should such aforementioned parcels of land be no longer needed by the DHVSU, the 
same shall revert to the local government units concerned or to the Republic of the 
Philippines, as the case may be.


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Sec. 7. The amount necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act shali be 
inciuded in the annual General Appropriations Act (GAA).
The Municipalities of Sto. Tomas, Porac, Lubao, Candaba, Apaiit, Mexico, Sta. 
Rita, Floridablanca, Guagua and Sasmuan shaii provide the same financial support to 
the respective extension campuses until such time that the amount necessary for the 
continued operation and maintenance of the campuses shall be included in the annual 
GAA.
Sec. 8. The provisions of Republic Act No. 8292, otherwise known as the 
"Higher Education Modernization Act of 1997", and Republic Act No. 9832 entitled "An 
Act Converting the Don Honorio Ventura College of Arts and Trades in the Municipality 
of Bacolor, Province of Pampanga into a State University to be known as the Don 
Honorio Ventura Technologicai State University (DHVSU) and Appropriating Funds 
Therefor , as amended by Repubiic Act No. 11169 entitled, "An Act Renaming the 
Don Honorio Ventura Technological State University (DHVTSU) in the Municipality of 
Bacolor, Province Of Pampanga as the Don Honorio Ventura State University (DHVSU), 
and Expanding its Curricular Offerings, Amending for the Purpose Republic Act No. 
9832, Entitled "An Act Converting the Don Honorio Ventura College of Arts and Trades 
In the Municipality of Bacolor, Province Of Pampanga into a State University to be 
known as the Don Honorio Ventura Technological State University (DHVTSU) and 
Appropriating Funds Therefor" shall form part of this Act, and together, shall serve as 
the governing charter of the DHVSU.
Sec. 9. If, for any reason, any part or provision of this Act is declared invalid or 
unconstitutional, the remaining parts or provisions not affected thereby shall remain 
in full force and effect.
Sec. 10. All laws, decrees, executive orders, rules and regulations or other 
issuances or parts thereof contrary to or inconsistent with the provisions of this Act 
are hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly.


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Sec. 11. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the 
Official Gazette or in any newspaper of general circulation.
Approved,