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Third Regular Session 
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S.B. No.
Introduced by SENATOR IMEE R. MARCOS
AN ACT
CONVERTING THE CAVITE CAMPUS OF THE EULOGIO "AMANG"
RODRIGUEZ INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN THE 
MUNICIPALITY OF GENERAL MARIANO ALVAREZ, PROVINCE OF CAVITE 
INTO A REGULAR CAMPUS AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Article II, Section 17 of the 1987 Constitution provides that "the State shall give 
priority to education." The Constitution further declares 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.
The Eulogio "Amang" Rodriguez Institute of Science and Technology (EARIST) 
was founded in 1945 as a vocational high school and was converted into a State 
Institute by virtue of Presidential Decree (PD) No. 1524 enacted on 11 June 1978. The 
EARIST is envisioned to be a center of excellence in trades, business, arts, and science 
and technology education through its mission to turn out vocationally, technically, 
technologically, and scientifically trained graduates who will be economically 
productive, self-sufficient, effective, responsible and disciplined citizens of the 
Philippines. The EARIST-Manila along Nagtahan Street in Santa Mesa, Manila serves as 
the main campus.
The EARIST - Cavite Campus formerly called EARIST-GASAT (General Alvarez 
School of Arts and Trades) is a satellite campus. It operates with the funding support 
from the budgetary allotment of its mother institution, EARIST Manila. It is the only 
state college in Gen. Mariano Alvarez, Cavite and is accredited by the Commission on 
Higher Education (CHED) and by the Accrediting Agency of Chartered Colleges and 
Universities in the Philippines (AACCUP). Its present school site was donated by the 
National Housing Authority (NHA) in 1986, while the buildings inside the campus were


constructed through efforts of EARIST officials, the Provincial Government of Cavite 
and Fifth District of Cavite.
The bill seeks to convert the Eulogio "Amang" Rodriguez Institute of Science and 
Technology (EARIST)-Cavite Campus into a regular campus to have a regular fund 
allocation in the national annual budget for its operations, which will encourage 
expansion of its services and facilities, in order to provide quality education not just for 
the students in Gen. Mariano Alvarez, Cavite but also to its neighboring municipalities 
in Cavite and CALABARZON Region.
In view of the foregoing reasons, the passage of this bill is earnestly sought.
/iMifSr^ARCOS


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Introduced by SENATOR IMEE R. MARCOS
AN ACT
CONVERTING THE CAVITE CAMPUS OF THE EULOGIO "AMANG"
RODRIGUEZ INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN THE 
MUNICIPALITY OF GENERAL MARIANO ALVAREZ, PROVINCE OF CAVITE 
INTO A REGULAR CAMPUS AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Phiiippines in Congress 
assembied:
SECTION 1. Short Tide. - This Act shall be known as the "Eulogio 'Amang' 
Rodriguez Institute of Science and Technology (EARIST)- Cavite Campus Act".
SEC. 2. Conversion into a Reguiar Campus. - The EARIST-Cavite Campus 
located in the Municipality of General Mariano Alvarez, Province of Cavite, is converted 
into a regular campus of the EARIST to be known as the "EARIST-Cavite Campus".
SEC. 2. General Mandate. - The EARIST-Cavite Campus shall offer short-term, 
technical-vocational, undergraduate, and graduate courses within its areas of 
competency and specialization pursuant to mandate of the EARIST, and according to 
its capability as the Board of Regents, hereinafter referred to as the Board, may deem 
necessary for the accomplishment of its objectives, and those which respond to the 
human resource development needs of the Province of Cavite and CALABARAZON 
Region.
The EARIST-Cavite Campus is also mandated to undertake research and 
extension services in support of the socio-economic development and to provide 
progressive leadership in these areas.
SEC. 4. Supervision and Management - The EARSIT-Cavite Campus shall be 
headed by a Campus Director, to be appointed by the Board subject to its guidelines.


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qualifications, and standards, and upon the recommendation of a Search Committee 
duly constituted for the purpose of selecting the Campus Director.
SEC. 5. Compliance with the Requirements of the Commission on Higher 
Education (CHED). - The EARIST shall ensure the compliance od the EARIST-Cavite 
Campus with the policies, standards, and guidelines of the CHED for the operation of a 
regular campus, including those related to the offering of courses and the introduction 
of new or revised programs prior to its conversion as a regular campus.
SEC. 6. Management of Personnel, Assets and Records. - All assets, both real 
and personal, personnel, and records of the EARIST-Cavite Campus, as well as its 
liabilities and obligations, shall be transferred to the EARIST. The positions, rights, and 
security of tenure of faculty members and personnel therein employed under existing 
laws prior to the conversion into a regular campus shall be respected.
All parcels of land belonging to the government occupied by the EARIST-Cavite 
Campus shall be transferred to the EARIST: Provided, should the campus or the 
EARIST cease to exist or be abolished or should such aforementioned parcels of land 
be no longer needed by the EARIST, the same shall revert to the local government unit 
concerned or to the Republic of the Philippines, as the case may be.
SEC. 7. Suppietory Application. - The provisions of Republic Act No. 8292, 
otherwise known as the "Higher Education Modernization Act of 1997", shall form part 
this Act.
SEC. 8. Appropriations. — The amount necessary to carry out the provisions of 
this Act shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.
SEC. 9. 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. 10. Repealing Clause. - All laws, decrees, executive orders, rules and 
regulations or parts thereof inconsistent with or contrary to the provisions of this Act 
are deemed amended, repealed, or modified accordingly.
SEC. 11. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days following 
completion of its publication in the Official Gazette and in at least two (2) newspapers 
of general circulation.
Approved,