[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11788, May 29, 2022 ]
AN ACT ESTABLISHING CAMPUSES OF THE CEBU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF TOLEDO AND IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF ASTURIAS, PROVINCE OF CEBU, TO BE KNOWN RESPECTIVELY AS THE CEBU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY-TOLEDO CITY CAMPUS AND THE CEBU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY-ASTURIAS CAMPUS, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:
SECTION 1. This Act shall be known as the “Cebu Technological University (CTU)-Toledo and Asturias Campuses Act”.
SEC. 2. There is hereby established campuses of the CTU in the City of Toledo and in the Municipality of Asturias, Province of Cebu, to be known respectively as the CTU-Toledo City Campus and the CTU-Asturias Campus.
SEC. 3. The CTU-Toledo City Campus and the CTU-Asturias Campus shall offer primarily provide short-term, technical-vocational, undergraduate, and graduate courses within the areas of competency and specialization pursuant to their mandates, and according to its capabilities as the Board of Regents, hereinafter referred to as the Board, may deem necessary to respond to the human resources development needs of the Province of Cebu and Region VII.
The CTU-Toledo City Campus and the CTU-Asturias Campus are also mandated to undertake research and extension services, and to provide progressive leadership in these areas.
SEC. 4. The CTU-Toledo City Campus and the CTU-Asturias Campus shall be headed by a Campus Administrator who shall render full-time service and shall be appointed or designated by the Board, upon the recommendation of the search committee and the President of the CTU, subject to the guidelines, qualifications, and standards set by the Board.
SEC. 5. The CTU shall ensure the minimum requirements of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) for the operation of the CTU-Toledo City Campus and the CTU-Asturias Campus, including those related to its course offerings, are fully complied with.
SEC. 6. All assets, real and personal, personnel, and records of the CTU-Toledo City Campus and the CTU-Asturias Campus, as well as liabilities or obligations, shall be titled or named under the CTU. The positions, rights, and security of tenure of faculty members and personnel therein employed under existing laws prior to its conversion into a regular campus shall be respected.
All parcels of land belonging to the government to be occupied by the CTu-Toledo City Campus and the CTU-Asturias Campus hall be titled or named under the CTU: Provided, That should the campus or the CTU cease to exist or be abolished or should such aforementioned parcels of land be no longer needed by the CTU, the same shall revert to the local government unit concerned or to the Republic of the Philippines, as the case may be.
SEC. 7. The provisions of Republic Act No. 8292, otherwise known as the “Higher Education Modernization Act of 1997”, shall form part of this Act.
SEC. 8. All other powers, functions, privileges, responsibilities, and limitations to the CTU and its officials under existing laws shall be deemed granted to or imposed upon the CTU and its officials, whenever appropriate.
SEC. 9. The amount necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act shall be included in the General Appropriations Act.
SEC. 10. 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. 11. Republic Act No. 9744 and 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. 12. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.
Approved,
(SGD.) VICENTE C. SOTTO III | (SGD.) LORD ALLAN JAY Q. VELASCO Speaker of the House of Representatives |
This Act which was originated in the House of Representatives was passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate of the Philippines on May 25, 2021 and January 31, 2022, respectively.
(SGD.) MYRA MARIE D. VILLARICA Secretary of the Senate | (SGD.) MARK LLANDRO L. MENDOZA Secretary General House of Representatives |
Approved: Lapsed into law on MAY 29 2022 without the signature of the President, in accordance with Article VI, Section 27 (1) of the Constitution
(SGD.) RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE
President of the Philippines