QuestionsQuestions (Republic Act No. 9273)
Republic Act No. 9273. The Panay State Polytechnic College was converted into the Capiz State University (CAPSU).
The center for administration is in the Roxas City campus, while the center for academic affairs is in the Mambusao Poblacion Campus.
CAPSU must primarily provide advanced instruction and professional training in agriculture, fishery and forestry, science and technology, arts and humanities, education, and other related fields; and it must also undertake research, extension services, and production activities, and provide progressive leadership in its areas of specialization.
CAPSU may offer undergraduate, graduate, and short-term courses within its areas of specialization according to its capabilities, as deemed necessary by the Board of Regents, to meet the needs of Capiz and the region.
The existing high school/s shall be transferred to the jurisdiction and supervision of DepEd, but they may remain and operate within the university campus until the current students complete high school. The University may also operate a reasonably-sized laboratory school if it has a college education.
The Board of Regents and the university president exclusively handle the administration and the exercise of corporate powers (as authorized by the Board).
The CHED Chairperson (as Chairperson); the University President (as Vice Chairperson); Senate Committee on Education Chairperson; House Committee on Higher and Technical Education Chairperson; Regional Director of NEDA; Regional Director of the Department of Agriculture; presidents of faculty associations, student councils, and alumni associations; and two (2) prominent citizens.
The Board of Regents appoints two (2) prominent citizens from among a list of at least five (5) qualified persons in Capiz as recommended by a search committee constituted by the university president in consultation with the CHED Chairperson. They serve for two (2) years from appointment date.
The Board convenes at least once every quarter, with up to two special meetings that the Chairperson may call upon three days’ written notice. Quorum is a majority of all members holding office at the time of the meeting, but the CHED Chairperson or the university president must be present.
If the CHED Chairperson is absent, a duly designated CHED Commissioner represents CHED with all rights and responsibilities of a regular member, and the University President (as vice chairperson) presides. However, the CHED Chairperson may authorize a CHED Commissioner to act as the regular Chair and presiding officer.
It has general corporate/administrative powers and specific duties such as promulgating rules, receiving/appropriating funds, setting tuition and school charges (and treating them as special trust funds), adopting socialized tuition, appointing key officials and faculty, setting policies on admission/graduation, awarding honorary degrees, establishing research/extension centers, delegating powers to the president, commissioning management audits, and other governance and partnership powers.
No political beliefs, gender preference, cultural or community affiliation, ethnic origin, or religious opinion/affiliation shall be a matter of inquiry in appointing faculty. Further, no faculty member shall teach for or against any particular church or religious sect.
Tuition fees and other necessary school charges, including government subsidies and other income generated by the University, constitute special trust funds deposited in any authorized government depository bank; interest accrued forms part of the same funds for university use.
CAPSU must provide a scholarship program and other affirmative action programs for poor but deserving students who qualify for admission. No student shall be denied admission due to sex, religion, cultural or community affiliation, or ethnic origin.
All assets, real and personal, personnel, and records of the Panay State Polytechnic College, including liabilities/obligations, are transferred to CAPSU; positions, rights, and security of tenure of existing personnel under existing laws are respected. Government parcels of land occupied by the college become property of the University and must be titled under its name.
They revert to the Province of Capiz if CAPSU ceases to exist or if the parcels of land are no longer needed by CAPSU.
Within 120 days after approval, CAPSU must submit a five-year development plan with a corresponding program budget to CHED (for recommendation to DBM), undergo a management audit in cooperation with CHED, and set up its organizational/administrative/academic structure including appointment/designation of key officials.