Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

Sixteenth Congress
First Regular Session

1805

HOUSE BILL NO.

Introduced by HONORABLE ANDRES D. SALVACION JR.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill seeks to convert the external campus of the Leyte Normal University in San
Isidro, Leyte into a satellite campus to be known as the Leyte Normal University — San
Isidro Branch.

The external campus in San Isidro, Leyte was established in the year 2000 through
the collaborative efforts of the Leyte Normal University and the Municipality of San Isidro to.
provide quality, accessible and affordable education not just to the people of San Isidro but
also its neighboring municipalities.

Under the memorandum of agreement executed between the parties, the university
shall collect tuition and matriculation fees and pay for the teachers’ salaries while the local
government of San Isidro will provide the facilities, equipment and supplies, maintenance
and operating expenses and salaries of the complement personnel of the external campus.

Due to the gradual depletion of the budgetary allotment of the Leyte Normal
University, however, the subsidy being provided to the external campus has become
insufficient for the remuneration of its teachers. It will be a misfortune if the external campus
will be gradually phased-out considering that since its establishment it has produced more
than a hundred graduates of education degree and has attained a respectable average
passing rate in the Licensure Examination for Teachers (LET).

Thus, the conversion of the external campus in San Isidro, Leyte into a branch of the
Leyte Normal University will give hope to the youth in the Province of Leyte who seeks to
pursue their tertiary education without the need to travel to the main campus. Further, the
duty of the State to protect and promote the right of all citizens to quality education and to
take appropriate steps to make education accessible to all will also be addressed.

In view of the foregoing, approval of this bill is earnestly requested.

AND) SAEVACION, JR.


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

Sixteenth Congress
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. 1805

Introduced by HONORABLE ANDRES D. SALVACION JR.

AN ACT
CONVERTING THE EXTERNAL CAMPUS OF THE LEYTE NORMAL UNIVERSITY
IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF SAN ISIDRO, PROVINCE OF LEYTE INTO A BRANCH
OF THE LEYTE NORMAL UNIVERSITY TO BE KNOWN AS THE LEYTE NORMAL
UNIVERSITY—SAN ISIDRO BRANCH, DEFINING ITS OBJECTIVES AND
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in
Congre: embled:

SECTION 1. Conversion. - The External Campus of the Leyte Normal
University in the Municipality of San Isidro, Province of Leyte is hereby converted
into a branch of the Leyte Normal University to be known as the Leyte Normal

University-San Isidro Branch.

SEC. 2. Objectives. - The Leyte Normal University-San Isidro Branch shall
provide quality and affordable higher education in the fields of teacher education,
arts and sciences, and management and entrepreneurship and other related fields of
study. It shall develop and provide quality and relevant technology and academic,
research and extension programs responsive to the local, national and global

development needs.

SEC. 3. Curricular Offerings. - The Leyte Normal University-San Isidro
Branch shall continue to offer the same courses being offered prior to the conversion
of the external campus into a branch of the Leyte Normal University, and other

relevant courses within its areas of specialization and according to its capabilities as


the Board of Regents of the Leyte Normal University may deem necessary to carry

out its objectives, particularly to meet the needs of the Province of Leyte.

SEC. 4, Administration. - The administration of the Leyte Normal
University-San Isidro Branch shall be vested in the President and the Board of
Regents of the said University.

The Board of Regents of the Leyte Normal University shall have the full
authority to determine the organizational structure, academic, research and
extension programs, the qualifications and number of academic personnel,
enrollment, and such other matters related to the administration and operation of the

Leyte Normal University-San Isidro Branch.

SEC. 5. Assets, Liabilities and Personnel. — The ownership of the existing
infrastructure, facilities, equipment and materials, as well as liabilities or obligations
of the external campus, shall be transferred to the Leyte Normal University through a
Deed of Donation to be executed by the Municipality of San Isidro. The positions,
rights and security of tenure of faculty members and personnel therein employed
under existing laws, prior to the conversion under this Act, shall be respected.

The parcel of land belonging to the government and occupied by the Leyte
Normal University-San Isidro Branch is hereby declared to be property of the Leyte
Normal University, and shall be titled under that name: Provided, That should the
Leyte Normal University—San Isidro Branch cease to exist or be abolished or should
said parcel of land aforementioned be no longer needed by the University, the same

shall revert to the Municipality of San Isidro,

SEC. 6. Implementation. - The Board of Regents of the Leyte Normal
University, in consultation with the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), is
hereby authorized to formulate rules, regulations and guidelines to fully implement
the provisions of this Act, not later than the opening of the next school year

following the approval of this Act.


SEC. 7. Report. — Within three (3) months after the enactment of this Act, the
Board of Regents of the Leyte Normal University 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 actions it has taken pursuant hereto.

SEC. 8. Appropriations. - The amount necessary to initially implement
provisions of this Act shall be charged against the current year’s funding provided by
the Local Government Unit (LGU) concerned. The concerned LGU shall continue to
provide assistance to the Leyte Normal University-San Isidro Branch corresponding
to the funding given to the External Campus of the Leyte Normal University until
such time that the full funding requirement of the Leyte Normal University-San

Isidro Branch is 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 thereby shall remain in full force and effect.

SEC. 10. Repealing Clause. - All laws, presidential decrees, executive orders,
rules and regulations, and other issuances or parts thereof, contrary to or
inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed or modified

accordingly.

SEC. 11. Effectivity Clause. — This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after

its publication in two (2) newspapers of general circulation.

Approved,