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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House Bill No. _ 3265

Introduced by HON. VICENTE S.E. VELOSO III

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Section 1, Article XIV of the 1987 Philippine Constitution provides that “{t]he
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.”
Corollarily, Republic Act No. 10931 or the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary
Education’ Act was passed in 2017. It declared that quality education is an
inalienable right of all Filipinos.

Hence, the State shall protect and promote quality education to all Filipinos.
Furthermore, Section 11 of Presidential Decree No. 1341 or the Charter Creating
the Polytechnic University of the Philippines provides that “[ijt shall be the concen
of the University to disperse its programs in the countryside through a system of
regional branches.”

To fulfill and effectively deliver the foregoing mandate and the State's
promise of accessible, quality education to all Filipinos, this bill seeks the
establishment of Polytechnic University of the Philippines — Leyte Campus in the
Province of Leyte — to be known as PUP-Leyte Campus. Through this bill, PUP—
Leyte Campus will primarily offer higher professional and technical instructions and
training to countryside students in the fields of agriculture, arts and sciences,
education, business and commerce, applied sciences, social sciences, and other
degree courses.

The operation of the PUP-Leyte Campus shall be funded by the National

Government's General Appropriation Act (GAA).

VICENTE S.E. VELOSO Ill
Representative, 3” District of Leyte


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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

3265

House Bill No.

Introduced by HON. VICENTE S.E. VELOSO Ill

AN ACT ESTABLISHING POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES.
— LEYTE IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF LEYTE, PROVINCE OF LEYTE,
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREOF AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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 “PUP-Leyte Campus Act”.

SECTION 2. There is hereby established a branch of the Polytechnic
University of the Philippines in the Municipality of Leyte, Province of Leyte, to be
known as the PUP-Leyte Campus.

SECTION 3. The PUP shall admit students to its Leyte Campus who may
avail of graduate, undergraduate and short-term technical-vocational courses
within the University’s areas of specialization, and according to its capabilities as
the Board of Regents may deem necessary, carry out its objectives, and respond
to the tertiary educational needs of the Province of Leyte.

The PUP is also mandated to undertake research and extension services
in the Leyte Campus, and provide progressive leadership in these areas, including
its offering of graduate and post-graduate degrees under the PUP Open University
System.

SECTION 4, The PUP-Leyte Campus shall be headed by a Campus
Administrator who shall render full-time service and who shall be appointed or
designated by the Board of Regents (BOR) upon the recommendation of the
search committee and the President, subject to the guidelines, qualifications and
standards set by the BOR.

SECTION 5. The establishment of the PUP-Leyte Campus shall ensure that
the minimum requirements for its operation and program offerings have been
complied with as duly prescribed by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED).

SECTION 6. The provisions of Republic Act No. 8292, otherwise known as
the “Higher Education Modernization Act of 1997", shall form as an integral part of
this Act and shall serve as part of the governing charter of the PUP-Leyte Campus.

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SECTION 7. All other powers, functions, privileges, responsibilities and
limitations to state universities and/or its officials under existing laws shall be
deemed granted to or imposed upon the University and/or its officials whenever
appropriate.

SECTION 8. The amount necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act
shall be included in the appropriations of the Polytechnic University of the
Philippines under the annual General Appropriations Act.

SECTION 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.

SECTION 10. All other laws, presidential decrees, executive orders,
memoranda, rules and regulations contrary or inconsistent with the provisions of
this Act are hereby repealed, amended, or modified accordingly.

SECTION 11. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication
in the Official Gazette or in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation.

Approved.