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 "Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP)-Para aque City Campus Act". 

SEC. 2. Conversion of PUP-Para aque City Campus. - The campus pf the PUP located in the City of Para aque. National Capital Region (NCR) is hereby converted into a regular campus of the PUP to be known as the PUP-Para aque City Campus. 

SEC. 3. General Mandate. - The PUP-Para aque City Campus shall offer short-term, technical-vocational, undergraduate, and graduate courses within its area of competency and specialization, as the Board of Regents, hereinafter referred 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 City of Para aque and the NCR.

The PUP-Para aque City Campus shall also be mandated to undertake research and extension services, and production activities in support of the socioeconomic development and to provide progressive leadership in these areas.

SEC. 4. Supervision and Management of PUP-Para aque City Campus. - The PUP-Para aque City Campus shall be headed by a full-time Campus Administrator, who shall be appointed by the Board subject to the guidelines, qualifications and standards set by the Board, and upon the recommendation of a search committee duly constituted by the Board for the purpoe of selecting the Campus Administrator.

SEC. 5. Compliance with CHED Requirements. - The PUP, prior to the conversion of the PUP-Para que City Campus into a regular campus and the offering of new and revised courses and programs related thereto, shall ensure compliance with the applicable policies, standards and guidelines of the CHED.

SEC. 6. Management of Personnel, Assets and Records of the Campus. - All assets, both real and personal. personnel, and records of the PUP-Para aque City Campus, as well as its liabilities or obligations, shall be transferred to the PUP. 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 to be occupied by the PUP-Para aque City Campus shall be transferred to the PUP: Provided, That should the campus or the PUP cease to exist or be abolished or should such aforementioned parcels of land be no longer needed by the PUP, the same shall revert to the City of Para aque 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", shall form part of this Act.

SEC. 8. Appropriations. - The amount necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act (GAA).

The City of Para aque shall provide the same amount of financial assistance to the campus until such time that the amount necessary for the continued operation and maintenance of the PUP-Para aque City Campus shall be included in the annual GAA.

SEC. 9. Implementing Rules and Regulations. - Within sixty (60) days from the approval of this Act, the Board shall, in consultation with CHED, issue the rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this Act.

SEC. 10. 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. 11. 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. 12. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,    
   
 

(SGD.) JUAN MIGUEL F. ZUBIRI	(SGD.) FERDINAND MARTIN G. ROMUALDEZ
President of the Senate	Speaker of the House of Representatives

This Act, which originated in the House of Representatives, was passed by the House of Representatives on February 22, 2023, amended by the Senate of the Philippines on September 25, 2023, and which amendments were concurred in by the House of Representatives on September 27, 2023.

   

   
 

(SGD.) RENATO N. BANTUG, JR.	(SGD.) REGINALD S. VELASCO
Secretary of the Senate	Secretary General House of Representatives

Approved: FEB 15 2024

   
 

FERDINAND ROMUALDEZ MARCOS JR.

President of the Philippines