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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (EZ pATEJUN 0 3 2026 J)
Quezon City, Metro Manila
NINETEENTH CONGRESS
Third Regular Session

House Bill No. 11520

Introduced by Representative Gabriel H. Bordado, Jr.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) is entrusted with the vital
mandate of promoting quality education and ensuring access to higher education for
all Filipino students. To effectively fulfill this mission, it is imperative that CHED's
services reach areas where guidance and support for higher education are most
needed. Establishing satellite offices in key locations ensures more efficient and
accessible service delivery to stakeholders across the country.

Naga City stands as a major economic, cultural, and educational hub in the
Bicol Region. It is home to numerous higher education institutions and caters not
only to students from within the city but also from surrounding municipalities and
provinces. A local CHED presence, therefore, would significantly reduce the
logistical and financial burdens faced by students, educators, and school
administrators who currently need to travel to distant regional offices for essential
services such as scholarship applications, program accreditation, document
processing, and policy consultations. Moreover, the presence of a satellite office in
Naga would strengthen the government's commitment to decentralization, ensuring
‘that educational development is not limited to Metro Manila or regional capitals.

This bill seeks to institutionalize the establishment of a CHED satellite office in
Naga City, thereby promoting more inclusive and efficient educational service
delivery in the Bicol Region.

The passage of this measure is earnestly sought.

3” District, CAMARINES SUR


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

NINETEENTH CONGRESS
Third Regular Session

House Bill No. 11520

Introduced by Representative Gabriel H. Bordado, Jr.
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A SATELLITE OFFICE OF THE COMMISSION

ON HIGHER EDUCATION (CHED) IN NAGA CITY, PROVINCE OF CAMARINES
SUR AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the
Philippines in Congress assembled:

SECTION 1. There sall be established a provincial office of the Commission on
Higher Education (CHED) in Naga City, Province of Camarines Sur, to be known as
the CHED — Naga City Satellite Office, which shall exercise jurisdiction over the city
of Naga and shall be headed by a city director. The CHED — Naga City Satellite
Office shall be located in Naga City, Province of Camarines Sur.

SECTION 2. Within sixty (60) days from the approval of this Act, the CHED, in
coordination with the Department of Budget and Management (DBM), shall
determine the organizational structure and staffing pattern for the CHED — Naga City
Satellite Office. The said organizational structure and staffing pattern shall be
submitted to the Chairperson of the CHED and the Secretary of the DBM for
approval.

SECTION 3. The Chairperson of the CHED shall immediately include in the CHED's
programs the operationalization of the CHED — Naga City Satellite Office.

SECTION 4. The amount necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act shall be
included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

SECTION 5. The CHED shall issue the necessary rules and regulations for the
effective implementation of this Act within sixty (60) days from its approval.

SECTION 6. Separability Cause. - If any provision or part hereof, is held invalid or
unconstitutional, the remainder of the law or the provision not otherwise affected
shall remain valid and subsisting.

SECTION 7. Repealing Cause. - All laws, decrees, executive orders, proclamations,
and administrative regulations or parts thereof inconsistent herewith are hereby
repealed or modified accordingly.

SECTION 8. Effectivity Clause. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its
publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,