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Twentieth Congress
First Regular Session

House Bill No. 12 63
Introduced by Honorable Roy M. Loyola
EXPLANATORY NOTE

Under Section 1, Article XIV of the 1987 Constitution, the State is mandated to
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 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.

This bill seeks to convert the Eulogio “Amang” Rodriguez Institute of Science
and Technology (EARIST)- Cavite Campus located in the Municipality of
General Mariano Alvarez, Province of Cavite into a regular campus.

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
June11, 1978. The EARIST is envisioned to be a center of excellence in trades,
business, arts, and science and technology education. Its goal is to provide
professional, scientific, technological, technical and vocational institution and
training in trades, business, arts, sciences and technology, promote research,
advanced studies and progressive leadership. Its main campus is located in
Nagtahan, Sampaloc, Manila.

The EARIST- Cavite Campus, a satellite campus located in Gen. Mariano
Alvarez, Cavite, was established on March 24, 1982. It operates with the 1


funding support from the budgetary allotment of its mother institution, EARIST
Manila. Its present school site was donated by the National Housing Authority
in 1986 while the buildings inside the campus were constructed through the
efforts of EARIST officials, the Provincial Government of Cavite and the Fifth
District of Cavite.

Once converted into a regular campus, EARIST-Cavite Campus will now have
regular fund allocation in the national annual budget for its operations which will
encourage the expansion of its services and facilities in order to provide quality
education to more students not only from Gen. Mariano Alvarez, Cavite but also
from the neighboring municipalities in Cavite and the CALABARZON region.
Further, EARIST-Cavite Campus is the only State College in Gen. Mariano
Alvarez, Cavite that provides quality science and technology education with the
lowest tuition fee for the less privileged but deserving students. Thus, there is
an urgent need to convert this into a regular campus to expand and ensure
access to free and quality education for the young people of Cavite.

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

OY M. LOYOLA

Representative
Fifth District, Cavite


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

Twentieth Congress
First Regular Session

House Bill No. 1263

Introduced by Honorable Roy M. Loyola

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 Philippines
in Congress assembled:

SECTION 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as the “Eulogio
‘Amang’ Rodriguez Institute of Science and Technology (EARIST)-Cavite
Campus Act’.

SEC. 2. Conversion into a Regular 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. 3. 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 the mandate of the
EARIST, and according to its capability as the Board of Regents, hereinafter
teferred 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 CALABARZON Region.


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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 EARIST-Cavite Campus
shall be headed by a Campus Director, to be appointed by the Board subject to
its guidelines, 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 6 Education (CHED). — The EARIST shall ensure the compliance of
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 or 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, That 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. Suppletory Application. — The provisions of Republic Act No.
8292, otherwise known as the “Higher Education Modernization Act of 1997",
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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 other laws, presidential decrees,
executive orders, rules and regulations contrary to or inconsistent with the
provisions of this Act are repealed or modified accordingly.

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

its publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,