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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 27 - Moral Training (§§ 571 — 576) › § 576 - Moral education in public schools—Cooperation with parent-teacher associations and other organizations

It shall also be the duty of those in charge of directing this work, counting especially therefor upon the assistance and cooperation of the local parent-teacher associations and of the Commonwealth League of these associations, to organize lectures for moral and civic instruction of the parents of the pupils attending the public schools, and also to disseminate these teachings by means of discussions between groups organized within or outside of the schools, making use for the purpose, as often as possible, of the radio and press of the country, in order to promote the civic and moral betterment of the whole people, with the assistance and cooperation of the School of the Air and of the Bureau of Adults of the Department of Education.
It shall also be the duty of the Supervisor of Moral Education and Social Relations who is to be appointed, to coordinate, promote, and direct, from the Department of Education, the activities which, in connection with the schools, are engaged in and carried out by the parent-teacher associations throughout the Commonwealth, the Juvenile Red Cross, the Boy and Girl Scouts, and any other organization of extracurricular activities which now exist or may hereafter be created for the better development and welfare of the children and the public schools of Puerto Rico.
History —May 5, 1939, No. 106, p. 550, § 4, eff. 90 days after May 5, 1939.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 27A - Government and Civil Rights Teaching Program (§§ 577 — 579) › § 577 - Authorization

The Secretary of Education of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is hereby authorized to establish a course on “Government and Civil Rights” in the public education institutions in Puerto Rico, according to the educational standards of the Department of Education of Puerto Rico.
History —Jan. 5, 2002, No. 11, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 27A - Government and Civil Rights Teaching Program (§§ 577 — 579) › § 578 - Objective

The course referred to in § 577 of this title shall be structured to train those who take said course on the form of government, the three branches that constitute the same, its operation and the civil rights consecrated in the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
History —Jan. 5, 2002, No. 11, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 27A - Government and Civil Rights Teaching Program (§§ 577 — 579) › § 579 - Level of education

The course referred to in § 577 of this title shall be offered in the grade or level of education deemed convenient by the Secretary of Education.
History —Jan. 5, 2002, No. 11, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 28 - Cultural Civic Activities (§§ 581 — 582) › § 581 - Teaching about achievements of persons after whom schools are named

(a) It is hereby Provided, That the Secretary of the Department of Education of Puerto Rico, in coordination with the school principals and superintendents of every school district, shall carry out activities each year that will allow the students to learn about the achievements of those persons after whom the schools they attend are named.
(b) The Secretary of Education shall be responsible for adopting the necessary measures to ensure that the purposes of this chapter are complied with.
History —Apr. 12, 1991, No. 5, §§ 1, 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 28 - Cultural Civic Activities (§§ 581 — 582) › § 582 - Puerto Rican artisanry courses

(a) The Department of Education is hereby directed to offer courses in Puerto Rican artisanry as part of the Open School Program.
Such courses shall foster the use of diverse materials, especially those that seek to protect the environment, such as those obtained from the practice of recycling and reuse.
(b) The Institute of Puerto Rican Culture shall offer to the Department of Education all the cooperation and advice necessary for complying with the objectives of this section.
The Department of Education, in coordination with the Popular Arts Research Center and the Popular Arts Program of the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, shall prepare a curriculum that shall serve as guide for the following offerings:
(1) Wood carving;
(2) musical instruments;
(3) masks;
(4) toy-making;
(5) needlework;
(6) artisan jewelry;
(7) hammock-making;
(8) ceramics;
(9) basket-weaving;
(10) leather, higuera (calabash), coconut and bamboo work, and
(11) any other skills related to the objectives of this section.
For recruitment purposes, the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture shall remit a list of bona fide artisans indicating their mailing address and telephone number to the Department of Education no later than June 1st of each year.
(c) The Department of Education shall implement this section through pilot programs it shall develop in several schools of the various school regions.
History —Sept. 23, 2004, No. 458, §§ 1—3, retroactive to July 1, 2004.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 29 - Labor-Management Relations Courses (§§ 591 — 593) › § 591 - Authorization

The Secretary of Education of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is hereby authorized in coordination with the Secretary of Labor and Human Resources to establish, in accordance with the educational standards of the Department of Education of Puerto Rico, courses on labor-management relations in those public teaching institutions of Puerto Rico which in his judgment are proper and advisable.
History —Feb. 17, 1970, No. 1, p. 3, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 29 - Labor-Management Relations Courses (§§ 591 — 593) › § 592 - Purpose

The courses, referred to in § 591 of this title, shall be structured to train the persons who attend said courses, through the most modern teaching and practice in the historical development and the most advanced techniques of labor-management relations.
History —Feb. 17, 1970, No. 1, p. 3, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 29 - Labor-Management Relations Courses (§§ 591 — 593) › § 593 - Inclusion within general educational program

The Secretary of Education of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall implement, in coordination with the Secretary of Labor and Human Resources, the courses referred to in §§ 591—593 of this title within the general educational program of teaching in Puerto Rico, subject to the educational budget of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
History —Feb. 17, 1970, No. 1, p. 3, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 30 - Education in the Prevention and Management of Emergencies and Disasters (§§ 594 — 594c) › § 594 - Public policy

This Legislative Assembly hereby resolves and declares as the public policy of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, that the prevention and management of emergencies and disasters is one of the areas that should be emphasized by teaching students of the public and private sector the pertinent measures to handle emergencies, by improving the physical, social and emotional aspects before, during, and after the same. To such effects, the Department of Education of Puerto Rico and the Puerto Rico Council on Education shall strengthen and broaden the courses, seminars, or lectures it is offering for those purposes, to the extent allowed by the available resources and those to be appropriated under this chapter.
History —Aug. 10, 2002, No. 150, § 2; July 27, 2011, No. 154, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 30 - Education in the Prevention and Management of Emergencies and Disasters (§§ 594 — 594c) › § 594a - Establishing of a task force

The Department of Education, the Puerto Rico Council on Education, the Department of Health, the Commonwealth Agency for the Management of Emergencies and Administration of Disasters, the Electric Power Authority, the Aqueducts and Sewers Authority, the Department of Housing, the Department of the Family, the Puerto Rico Police, the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources, the Environmental Quality Board, the Puerto Rico Seismic Network, the University of Puerto Rico, and the Firefighters Corps shall establish a multidisciplinary task force to offer training in the prevention and management of emergencies and disasters, in all basic education institutions of Puerto Rico. This Task Force shall revise the plan established by the Department of Education, called Model Plan for the Evacuation of Schools in Cases of Emergencies and Disasters, and shall provide a master plan to achieve the objectives of this chapter, which shall be submitted to the Secretary of Education and to the basic education institutions licensed by the Puerto Rico Council on Education, who shall use it as a guide.
Without it being understood as a limitation, the Department of Education is hereby authorized to request and use the professional, human, and technical resources of the agencies, departments, public corporations, and entities included herein in the Task Force, to the extent allowed by the Chief of the Agency. The Puerto Rico Council on Education and the Commonwealth Agency for the Management of Emergencies and Administration of Disasters are also authorized to use their professional, human, and technical resources in order to provide support to basic education institutions under their responsibility and jurisdiction, to comply with the purposes of this chapter.
History —Aug. 10, 2002, No. 150, § 3; July 27, 2011, No. 154, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 30 - Education in the Prevention and Management of Emergencies and Disasters (§§ 594 — 594c) › § 594b - Compliance with provisions, plan

The Puerto Rico Department of Education shall develop a “Model Plan for the Evacuation of Schools in the Case of Emergencies or Disasters,” in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. Likewise, it shall ensure that such plan be implemented as soon as possible at all education levels, giving priority to elementary schools. The Emergency Prevention and Management Plan shall be tested when the Department of Education deems it necessary, but at least once (1) each semester.
The Commonwealth Agency for the Management of Emergencies and Administration of Disasters, together with the Puerto Rico Council on Education and the Department of Education shall establish an emergency protocol or plan that is consistent with the School Evacuation Plan for Emergencies or Disasters. The Emergency Prevention and Management Plan shall be tested at least once (1) each semester.
History —Aug. 10, 2002, No. 150, § 4; July 27, 2011, No. 154, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 30 - Education in the Prevention and Management of Emergencies and Disasters (§§ 594 — 594c) › § 594c - Transfers

In order to carry out the objectives of this chapter, the Department of Education of Puerto Rico and the Puerto Rico Council on Education, together with the Commonwealth Agency for the Management of Emergencies and Administration of Disasters, shall receive the transfer of resources and personnel, and advisory services from any government agency, as well as any other type of assistance from those persons or private entities that are interested in collaborating with the implementation of this chapter for the prevention and management of emergencies and disasters.
History —Aug. 10, 2002, No. 150, § 5; July 27, 2011, No. 154, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 31 - Roberto Clemente Award (§§ 595 — 595d) › § 595 - Institution

The Roberto Clemente Award, which will be granted annually to those students of Puerto Rico’s public schools at elementary, intermediate, and high school levels, who excel in their academic and athletic achievements and in their participation in civic activities during the school year, is hereby instituted.
History —June 3, 1983, No. 54, p. 114, § 1; July 31, 1996, No. 94, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 31 - Roberto Clemente Award (§§ 595 — 595d) › § 595a - Nature and award

The award shall consist of, among other things, cash, scrolls or plaques, and will be awarded, pursuant to the rules adopted by the Secretary of the Department of Education, to the best students at each level, and in each of the educational regions.
History —June 3, 1983, No. 54, p. 114, § 2, eff. July 1, 1983.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 31 - Roberto Clemente Award (§§ 595 — 595d) › § 595b - Convocation, nomination and selection

The Secretary of the Department of Education is hereby authorized and directed to establish, through regulations, the system for convoking, nominating and selecting the recipients of the award established by this chapter.
History —June 3, 1983, No. 54, p. 114, § 3, eff. July 1, 1983.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 31 - Roberto Clemente Award (§§ 595 — 595d) › § 595c - Date and site for ceremony

The Secretary of Education, in coordination with the organization Roberto Clemente Sports City, Inc., will determine the date and the appropriate site for the awards ceremony. The awards ceremony will take place in the city of Carolina, which is the site of the Roberto Clemente Sports City.
History —June 3, 1983, No. 54, p. 114, § 4, eff. July 1, 1983.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 31 - Roberto Clemente Award (§§ 595 — 595d) › § 595d - Publication

The Secretary of Education shall publish annually by means of press releases, the names and works of students who receive the Roberto Clemente Award.
History —June 3, 1983, No. 54, p. 114, added as § 5 on Jan. 4, 2003, No. 69, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 32 - Concha Meléndez Award for Literary Criticism (§§ 596a — 596d) › § 596a - Creation

The “Concha Meléndez Award for Literary Criticism” is hereby created through the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture.
History —Jan. 8, 1999, No. 12, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 32 - Concha Meléndez Award for Literary Criticism (§§ 596a — 596d) › § 596b - Award

The award shall be bestowed every two (2) years and shall consist of an amount of three thousand dollars ($3,000) in cash or in any other manner established through regulations.
History —Jan. 8, 1999, No. 12, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 32 - Concha Meléndez Award for Literary Criticism (§§ 596a — 596d) › § 596c - Criteria, procedures and regulations

The Institute of Puerto Rican Culture is hereby authorized to establish the criteria, procedures and regulations pertinent to granting said award.
History —Jan. 8, 1999, No. 12, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 32 - Concha Meléndez Award for Literary Criticism (§§ 596a — 596d) › § 596d - Funds

The Institute of Puerto Rican Culture shall set aside every two (2) years from its General Budget, the amount of three thousand dollars ($3,000) to bestow the award hereby created.
History —Jan. 8, 1999, No. 12, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART II - University of Puerto Rico (§§ 601 — 856b) › Chapter 40 - University of Puerto Rico Act (§§ 601 — 614) › § 601 - Objectives

(a) The University, as [an] organ of higher education, in its obligation of service to the people of Puerto Rico and its adherence to the ideals of an integrally democratic society, has as an essential mission [to attain] the following objectives, with which is consubstantial the fullest freedom of professorship and scientific research:
(1) To transmit and increase learning by means of the sciences and the arts, making it serve the community through the action of its professors, investigators, students and graduates.
(2) To contribute to the cultivation and enjoyment of the ethical and esthetic values of culture.
(b) In the faithful performance of its mission, the University shall:
(1) Cultivate love of learning as conducive to freedom, through the search and discussion of truth, in an attitude of respect to creative dialogue.
(2) Conserve, enrich and spread the cultural values of the Puerto Rican people, and strengthen their awareness of their unity in the common undertaking to democratically solve all of their problems.
(3) Seek the full formation of the student in the light of his responsibility as a servant of the community.
(4) Fully develop the intellectual and spiritual wealth latent in our people, so that the values of the intelligence and spirit of the exceptional personalities that arise from all social sectors, especially those least favored in economic resources, may be put to the service of the Puerto Rican community.
(5) Collaborate with other organizations, within its appropriate sphere, in the study of the problems of Puerto Rico.
(6) Keep in mind that, because of its very nature as a university and its identification with Puerto Rico’s living ideals, it is essentially linked to the values and interests of every democratic community.
History —Jan. 20, 1966, No. 1, p. 85, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART II - University of Puerto Rico (§§ 601 — 856b) › Chapter 40 - University of Puerto Rico Act (§§ 601 — 614) › § 602b - University reform

The Governing Board may consult with the University Community, from time to time, in order to submit to the Legislative Assembly such amendments to the University Act as are deemed necessary to promote the best interests of the institution.
History —Jan. 20, 1966, No. 1, p. 85, added as § 3.2 on Apr. 30, 2013, No. 13, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART II - University of Puerto Rico (§§ 601 — 856b) › Chapter 40 - University of Puerto Rico Act (§§ 601 — 614) › § 604 - President

(a) The Higher Education Council shall appoint the President of the University.
The Council shall establish a consultation system for the appointment of the President.
(b) The President shall be the director of the University System. In such capacity, he shall act in representation of the Council and, with the collaboration of the University Board, he shall coordinate and supervise the university work. He shall also coordinate the initiatives of university bodies and officials, and shall take his own initiatives in promoting the development of the University.
(c) In the fulfillment of the functions described above, the President shall have the following duties and attributes:
(1) To execute and enforce the objectives, standards, regulations, and budgetary and development plans of the University.
(2) To officially represent the University.
(3) To preside over the University Board.
(4) To prepare, with the advice of the University Board, and submit for the consideration of the Board of Trustees, the plan for the integral development of the University and annual revisions thereto, on the basis of the projects and recommendations originating in the campuses, university colleges and other autonomous institutional units.
(5) To submit to the Council the regulations of general application and all resolutions of the University Board requiring the Council’s approval.
(6) To prepare the overall budget for the entire University System based on the budget proposals submitted by the respective chancellors, once approved by the Administrative Boards of the University campuses and Colleges, and to submit the same with the recommendations of the University Board for the consideration and approval of the Board of Trustees.
(7) To submit for the consideration of the Board of Trustees the appointments of the chancellors of the autonomous institutional units, of the Director of Finance and of such other officials that require confirmation by the Board.
(8) To appoint or contract the technical and administrative personnel of his/her office and the personnel of the university dependencies not under the administrative jurisdiction of any campus or college. With regard to these appointments and contracts, the President shall have the authority granted to the University Chancellor by virtue of §§ 678 et seq. of this title.
(9) To pass upon those appeals brought against the decisions of the chancellors.
(10) To establish and maintain relationships with universities and cultural centers of Puerto Rico and abroad.
(11) To render to the Council an annual report on all aspects of university life.
(d) The President shall be ex officio member of the faculties, academic senates and administrative boards of the University System.
History —Jan. 20, 1966, No. 1, p. 85, § 5; Aug. 7, 1998, No. 186, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART II - University of Puerto Rico (§§ 601 — 856b) › Chapter 40 - University of Puerto Rico Act (§§ 601 — 614) › § 605 - University Board

(a) There shall be a University Board constituted by the President of the University, who shall preside [over] it, the chancellors of the university campuses and colleges, the Director of Finance, and three (3) additional officials equal in number to the representatives of the Senates and of the student body nominated by the President with the approval of the Board of Trustees, and by a representative elected by each Academic Senate from among its non-ex officio members, and a representative of the student body of each institutional unit elected annually among themselves.
(b) The meetings of the Board shall be called by its Chair, motu proprio or by request of a majority of Board members. A majority of Board members shall constitute a quorum. However, concerning any issue which requires the approval of the Board, and when any member so requests, voting shall be conducted by the casting of the direct and secret votes by the majority of its members present. For purposes of this section, the term majority shall mean half (½) of the members present plus one (1).
(c) By authority of the Higher Education Council and without prejudice to the powers thereof, it shall be an essential function of the Board to maintain integrated the University System with respect to its overall planning, and shall advise the President in coordinating the operation of the various institutional units in their academic, administrative, and financial phases. In the fulfilment of this function, the Board, in its case, and the President, in his, shall take all initiatives for development and coordination as circumstances may call for, without impairment of the powers vested in the institutional units in recognition of their autonomy.
(d) It shall especially devolve upon the Board:
(1) To draft, on or before December 31 of 1978, a proposal for the General Regulations of the University, which draft shall be submitted to the Academic Senates for examination and, in the light of the latter’s report, thence transmitted by the President to the consideration of the Council.
(2) To work out the General Student Regulations and submit same to the final consideration of the Council.
(3) To consider the development plan of the University submitted by the President and to make such recommendations thereon as it may deem pertinent, for consideration by the Council.
(4) To consider the overall budget proposal for the University System as framed by the University President, to be submitted to the Council and to make such recommendations as it may deem pertinent.
(5) To pass upon those appeals brought against the decisions of the Administrative Boards and the Academic Senates of every university campus or college.
History —Jan. 20, 1966, No. 1, p. 85, § 6; July 11, 1978, No. 26, p. 441; Aug. 7, 1998, No. 186, § 3; Aug. 11, 2010, No. 128, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART II - University of Puerto Rico (§§ 601 — 856b) › Chapter 40 - University of Puerto Rico Act (§§ 601 — 614) › § 607 - Administrative Boards

(a) Every university campus and college shall have an administrative board constituted by the Chancellor, who shall be chairperson thereof, the deans of academic, student and administrative affairs, the faculty deans, whether there is one or not, four (4) directors of academic departments, two (2) senators elected from among the non-ex officio members of their Academic Senates and a student elected annually by his/her peers. On the administrative board of the Mayagüez Campus, the Agricultural Experimental Station and the Agricultural Extension Service shall be represented by their respective directors. The Board of Trustees may eliminate or modify the structure of administrative board of the Medical Sciences Campus according to the special circumstances of said Campus within the term of one year from the date of approval of this act. Should the Board of Trustees eliminate the administrative board, it may assign the duties and functions thereof to some other body within the Medical Sciences Campus.
(b) The General University Regulations shall determine the constitution and organization of the respective administrative board in other autonomous institutional units hereafter created.
(c) The functions of the administrative boards shall be the following:
(1) To advise the chancellor in the exercise of his functions.
(2) To work out the projects and development plans of the respective institutional unit.
(3) To consider the budget proposal of the respective institutional unit, submitted by the chancellor.
(4) To grant, on proposal of the chancellor, the licenses, academic ranks, permanency and promotions of the teaching and technical personnel of the institutional unit, in accordance with the General University Regulations.
(d) Any issue requiring the approval of the Board, and when any of its members so requests, shall be voted on by direct and secret vote cast by the majority of its members present. For purposes of this section, the term majority shall mean half (½) of the members present plus one (1).
History —Jan 20, 1966, No. 1, p. 85, § 8; Aug. 7, 1998, No. 186, § 5; Aug. 11, 2010, No. 128, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART II - University of Puerto Rico (§§ 601 — 856b) › Chapter 40 - University of Puerto Rico Act (§§ 601 — 614) › § 608 - Faculty

(a) The faculty of each institutional unit shall be constituted by the Chancellor, who shall be chairperson thereof, the deans and the members of the teaching staff, and shall be divided into colleges or faculties according to the organization approved by the Board of Trustees.
(b) The General University Regulation shall determine all that pertains to the discharge of the functions, attributions, and prerogatives of the Faculty, as well as the duties and rights of each faculty member, and shall include provisions regarding the exercise of such rights and the discharge of such duties, as well as their contributions in terms of ideas and initiatives, so as to guarantee and foster-at all times-a favorable environment for academic achievement in the University. However, any decision that requires the approval of Faculty members, and when any member so requests, shall be voted on by direct and secret vote cast by the majority of its members present. For purposes of this section, the term majority shall mean half (½) of the members present plus one (1).
(c) The teaching personnel of each college or faculty shall constitute a body to work for the academic improvement and cultural advancement of the University. Their functions, attributes and prerogatives shall be determined by the General University Regulations.
History —Jan. 20, 1966, No. 1, p. 85, § 9; Aug. 7, 1998, No. 186, § 6; Aug. 11, 2010, No. 128, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART II - University of Puerto Rico (§§ 601 — 856b) › Chapter 40 - University of Puerto Rico Act (§§ 601 — 614) › § 610 - Academic Senates

(a) Every university campus and college shall have an academic senate. In prescribing the standards for the establishment of the academic senate of the Medical Sciences Campus, the Board of Trustees shall take into consideration the special circumstances of the latter.
(b) The academic senate shall be composed as follows:
(1) The Chancellor of the respective institutional unit, who shall be its Chairperson;
(2) the deans;
(3) the director of the library of the respective institutional unit;
(4) representatives elected by the corresponding faculty from among its permanent members. The General University Regulations shall determine the number, manner of election and tenure of these senators with no further restriction than to provide that their number be at least double that of the ex officio senators.
(c) The senates shall constitute the official forum of the academic community for the discussion of the general problems concerning the proper operation of the University and matters over which they have jurisdiction. However, any matter that requires the approval of the academic senate, and when any of its members so requests, shall be voted on conducted by direct and secret vote cast by the majority of its members present. For purposes of this section, the term majority shall mean half (½) of the members present plus one (1).
(d) It shall especially devolve upon the academic senates:
(1) To determine the general orientation of the teaching and research programs in the institutional unit, by coordinating the initiatives of the corresponding faculties and departments.
(2) To establish, for inclusion in the General University Regulations, the general rules for appointments, permanency, promotion in rank and licenses of the faculty members.
(3) To establish the general requirements for admission, promotion and graduation of students.
(4) To participate in consultations regarding the appointments of the chancellors and deans who do not preside over faculties, according to the provisions of this chapter.
(5) To elect their representatives on the University Board and the Administrative Board.
(6) To make recommendations to the Council on the creation or reorganization of faculties, colleges, schools or dependencies.
(7) To make recommendations to the University Board on the draft for the General University Regulations proposed by said board.
(8) To submit to the University Board, with recommendations, the Student Regulations draft.
(9) To make recommendations to the Council for the creation and conferring of academic awards.
(10) To render an annual report on its activities to the corresponding faculties.
(11) To establish general standards on all those matters concerning the university campus or college listed in this section but which involve common institutional responsibilities.
History —Jan. 20, 1966, No. 1, p. 85, § 11; Aug. 7, 1998, No. 186, § 8; Aug. 11, 2010, No. 128, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART II - University of Puerto Rico (§§ 601 — 856b) › Chapter 40 - University of Puerto Rico Act (§§ 601 — 614) › § 613 - Personnel administration

(a) For the purposes of Act No. 5 of October 14, 1975, known as the “Puerto Rico Public Service Personnel Act”, the University personnel shall comprise the following university positions: the President, the Director of Finance, the Auditor, the Chancellors of institutional units, the Deans, the Director of the Agricultural Extension Service, the Director of the Agricultural Experimental Station, the Director of the University Enterprises, the Director of the University Publishing House, the Director of Lands and Buildings, the assistants of the various officials, the Librarians and Library Assistants, the members of the teaching staff of the University of Puerto Rico, including all its colleges, schools, faculties and dependencies; the personnel engaged in scientific, historical, literary and art research and their assistants; the technical personnel of the University; the professional and supervisory personnel concerned with the various services provided for the professors and the students as certified by the chancellors of the institutional units; and the bona fide students of said institution who are part-time employees of the University or of any agency of the Government of Puerto Rico. The university personnel of the University of Puerto Rico shall also include the personnel not included in the foregoing categories as heretofore or hereafter specified by the President and the chancellors, as pertinent.
(b) The University personnel appointed prior to the effectiveness of this act shall acquire permanency, when otherwise entitled thereto, in accord with the time and periods of service provided in § 16 of Act No. 135 of May 7, 1942, as amended, or according to the General University Regulations adopted hereunder, whichever may be more advantageous.
(c) No member of the University personnel whose appointment is of a permanent nature, may be removed without previously having had charges brought against him/her and being given the opportunity to defend him/herself. However, should the best interests of the university require it, the President of the University and the chancellor of each institutional unit may suspend any member of the university personnel ascribed to the office of the President or to the institutional unit, respectively, from employment and salary until the charges against said person have been discussed, without prejudice to the appeal resources granted in this chapter.
History —Jan. 20, 1966, No. 1, p. 85, § 14, renumbered as § 13 and amended on Aug. 7, 1998, No. 186, § 10.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART II - University of Puerto Rico (§§ 601 — 856b) › Chapter 40 - University of Puerto Rico Act (§§ 601 — 614) › § 614 - Definitions

(a) The following words and phrases as used in this chapter shall have the following meaning, save where the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) University. — Shall mean the University of Puerto Rico.
(2) Council. — Shall mean the Higher Education Council established by this chapter.
(3) University personnel. — Shall mean the teaching, technical and administrative staff of the University.
(4) Teaching personnel. — Shall mean the personnel engaged in teaching, scientific research and technical publication, or all three of them, and professional librarians. Provided, That social workers, psychologists and professional counselors shall be deemed as teaching personnel, except with regard to the Agricultural Extension Service and the Experiment Station personnel, in which case “teaching personnel” shall be deemed to be what the Council provides pursuant to § 603(a)(2) of this title.
(5) Technical and administrative personnel. — Shall mean the University personnel not included under the definition of teaching personnel.
(6) Institutional unit. — Shall mean each one of the autonomous administrative and academic units of the university system constituted by colleges, faculties, schools, services and other dependencies.
(7) Faculty. — Shall mean the dean and the teaching personnel attached to a college or to a school not a part of a college.
(8) Department. — Shall mean an academic and administrative division within a college or a faculty.
(9) Consultation. — Shall mean reciprocal communication between the official or body making it and the official or body consulted, as determined by the Council, and not involving the taking of a vote.
(10) Intramural university practice plan. — Shall mean those programs established by the institutional units pursuant to the Regulations approved by the Board of Trustees, to offer services through contracts, to public and private persons and institutions, using the teaching and the supporting personnel that participate voluntarily, generating resources for the institution and the participating personnel.
History —Jan. 20, 1966, No. 1, p. 85, § 15; Aug. 12, 1996, No. 128, § 1; Aug. 31, 1996, No. 174, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART II - University of Puerto Rico (§§ 601 — 856b) › Chapter 40A - Appropriations (§§ 621 — 621c) › § 621 - Years 1968-1971

Beginning with the fiscal year 1968, there shall be assigned to the University a sum equivalent to seven and eight-tenths percent (7.8%) of the average total amount of annual revenues collected under the provisions of the laws of this Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and covered into the Treasury of Puerto Rico in the two (2) fiscal years immediately preceding the current fiscal year. The said seven and eight-tenths percent (7.8%) shall be annually increased by forty-five hundredths of one percent (0.45%) up to a maximum of nine percent (9%) for the fiscal year 1971, in which year the increase shall be thirty hundredths of one percent (0.30%).
History —Jan. 20, 1966, No. 2, p. 103, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART II - University of Puerto Rico (§§ 601 — 856b) › Chapter 40A - Appropriations (§§ 621 — 621c) › § 621-1 - Appropriation of funds

(a) Beginning in Fiscal Year 1997, there shall be appropriated to the University of Puerto Rico, a sum equal to nine point sixty percent (9.60%) of the average total amount of annual revenues collected pursuant to the laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and deposited into the General Fund of the Commonwealth Treasury in the two (2) fiscal years immediately preceding the current fiscal year, and of the total amount deposited into any special funds created by legislation as of July 1 st, 1993, that are nourished from resources generated by taxation.
Provided, That zero point twenty-seven percent (0.27%) shall be set aside to fund the Agricultural Experiment Station and the Agricultural Extension Service of the Mayagüez University Campus, without this constituting a limitation to the appropriation of funds for these entities. The programs of these entities shall be consistent with the public policy of the agricultural development program for Puerto Rico established in close collaboration with the Department of Agriculture.
History —Jan. 20, 1966, No. 2, p. 85, added as § 3 on Aug. 6, 1992, No. 46, § 1; Dec. 1, 1995, No. 226, § 1; Mar. 9, 2009, No. 7, § 31; July 1, 2013, No. 7, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART II - University of Puerto Rico (§§ 601 — 856b) › Chapter 40A - Appropriations (§§ 621 — 621c) › § 621b - Installments

The Secretary of the Treasury shall place said sums at the disposal of the University in such installments as the latter’s requirements may call for.
History —Jan. 20, 1966, No. 2, p. 103, § 4, renumbered as § 5 on Aug. 6, 1992, No. 46, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART II - University of Puerto Rico (§§ 601 — 856b) › Chapter 40A - Appropriations (§§ 621 — 621c) › § 621c - Regulation

The Board of Trustees of the University of Puerto Rico shall establish the pertinent procedures to request, receive, give custody to, and administer said funds.
History —Jan. 20, 1966, No. 2, p. 103, § 5, renumbered as § 6 on Aug. 6, 1992, No. 46, § 1; June 7, 1993, No. 12, § 1; renumbered again as § 5 on Dec. 1, 1995, No. 226, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART II - University of Puerto Rico (§§ 601 — 856b) › Chapter 41 - General Provisions (§§ 631 — 686) › § 637 - Waiver of other pension plans

All persons covered by any pension plan of the Commonwealth Government or of any of its agencies, other than the pension plan of the University of Puerto Rico, who would hereafter become entitled to come under the pension plan of the University if not covered by said other plan, may waive the latter pension plan and may come under that of the University of Puerto Rico, doing so within an unextendable term of sixty (60) days counting from the date on which they may become entitled to come under the pension plan of the University of Puerto Rico.
History —May 12, 1945, No. 232, p. 756, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART II - University of Puerto Rico (§§ 601 — 856b) › Chapter 41 - General Provisions (§§ 631 — 686) › § 659 - Development of lands—Construction of faculty houses and student dormitories

The Higher Education Council of the University of Puerto Rico is hereby authorized to devote, out of the permanent fund of said University, up to the sum of six hundred thousand dollars ($600,000), to the development of the lands thereof and to the construction thereon of houses to be leased to the members of the faculty and other personnel of said institution, in such manner and under such conditions as the said Council may determine, and two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) to the construction of dormitories for male students on lands of the University.
History —Mar. 27, 1946, No. 217, p. 428, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART II - University of Puerto Rico (§§ 601 — 856b) › Chapter 41 - General Provisions (§§ 631 — 686) › § 660 - Development of lands—Disposition of funds from leases

The said Higher Education Council shall determine the manner in which the income obtained from the proceeds of the lease of said houses and dormitories shall be used; Provided, That provision shall first be made for the amortization of the principal, the reserves for administrative and maintenance expenses, and the incidental expenses of the project; Provided, further, That the remaining net income may be used by the Higher Education Council for meeting the current expenses of the University, and that the surpluses still available after these expenses are met shall be covered into the Permanent University Fund.
History —Mar. 27, 1946, No. 217, p. 428, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART II - University of Puerto Rico (§§ 601 — 856b) › Chapter 41 - General Provisions (§§ 631 — 686) › § 661 - Division of Ceramics and Kindred Arts—Established

The Division of Ceramics and Kindred Arts of the University of Puerto Rico is hereby established, which shall be installed in any suitable building of the University or in such other place as may be jointly determined by the Chancellor of the University and the Secretary of Education. Said division shall promote the study of ceramics and kindred arts such as clay modelings, designs, artistic bases, and plastic sculpture.
History —May 10, 1938, No. 158, p. 339, § 1, eff. 90 days after May 10, 1938.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART II - University of Puerto Rico (§§ 601 — 856b) › Chapter 41 - General Provisions (§§ 631 — 686) › § 662 - Division of Ceramics and Kindred Arts—Director and teaching personnel

The Division of Ceramics and Kindred Arts shall be in charge of a director, who shall be at the same time a teacher of clay modeling, designs, and artistic bases; a second teacher, who shall be in charge of the baking of vessels and of ceramic chemistry, and a third teacher, who shall be in charge of plastic sculpture.
History —May 10, 1938, No. 158, p. 339, § 2, eff. 90 days after May 10, 1938.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART II - University of Puerto Rico (§§ 601 — 856b) › Chapter 41 - General Provisions (§§ 631 — 686) › § 663 - Division of Ceramics and Kindred Arts—Appointment and salaries of teachers

The teachers whose positions are hereby created shall be appointed by the Higher Education Council of the University of Puerto Rico, and their annual salaries shall be such as may be annually appropriated in the budget.
History —May 10, 1938, No. 158, p. 339, § 3, eff. 90 days after May 10, 1938.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART II - University of Puerto Rico (§§ 601 — 856b) › Chapter 41 - General Provisions (§§ 631 — 686) › § 664 - School of Public Administration—Creation

The School of Public Administration in the University of Puerto Rico is hereby created.
History —Nov. 21, 1941, No. 26, p. 96, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART II - University of Puerto Rico (§§ 601 — 856b) › Chapter 41 - General Provisions (§§ 631 — 686) › § 665 - School of Public Administration—Organization of school; courses

The Higher Education Council of the University of Puerto Rico, in accordance with the regulations and practices of the institution, shall proceed within the shortest possible time to the organization and installation of the School of Public Administration, with day, night and extramural courses.
History —Nov. 21, 1941, No. 26, p. 96, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART II - University of Puerto Rico (§§ 601 — 856b) › Chapter 41 - General Provisions (§§ 631 — 686) › § 669 - Educational and Labor Relations Institute authorized

The Higher Education Council and the Chancellor of the University of Puerto Rico are hereby authorized to provide for the creation and organization of an Educational and Labor Relations Institute, attached as a dependency to the College of Social Sciences of the University of Puerto Rico, and subject to the rules and regulations prescribed by the said Higher Education Council, the University Board, and the Chancellor, with a view to effectuating the purposes of this section; and the Chancellor is further authorized to appoint a committee which shall study and determine the details of the organization and operation of said Educational and Labor Relations Institute, as well as the educational program, it being understood that no admission requirements shall be established which could deprive any workman of the right to avail himself of the teachings of the Institute.
History —Apr. 28, 1950, No. 141, p. 374, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART II - University of Puerto Rico (§§ 601 — 856b) › Chapter 41 - General Provisions (§§ 631 — 686) › § 670 - Acquisition of real and personal property

In order to carry out the functions and to comply with the purposes of Act No. 135 of May 7, 1942, the University of Puerto Rico shall have the right to acquire real and personal property by purchase, exchange, donation, legacy, expropriation proceedings, or any other legal means available.
History —May 14, 1945, No. 263, p. 906, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART II - University of Puerto Rico (§§ 601 — 856b) › Chapter 41 - General Provisions (§§ 631 — 686) › § 671 - Acquisition of real and personal property—Procedure begun by Higher Education Council

The procedure by virtue of the authority to expropriate granted by §§ 670—675 of this title shall be requested by the Higher Education Council in the name and on behalf of the University of Puerto Rico, and may be for the acquisition, use, usufruct, lease or any other right or interest in the real or personal property the object of expropriation.
History —May 14, 1945, No. 263, p. 906, § 2.