QuestionsQuestions (Republic Act No. 10584)
RA No. 10584 converted the Kalinga-Apayao State College in the City of Tabuk, Province of Kalinga, including its extension campuses, into a state university known as the Kalinga State University.
The law includes extension campuses in Barangays Bulanao and Dagupan in the City of Tabuk, and Barangay Bagbag in the Municipality of Rizal, all in the Province of Kalinga.
The main campus is in the City of Tabuk.
To primarily provide advanced education, higher technological/professional instruction and training (e.g., arts, agriculture, forestry, social and natural sciences, technology), promote and undertake research and extension services, and provide progressive leadership in its areas of specialization.
It provides that the University shall enjoy academic freedom and institutional autonomy pursuant to Article XIV, Section 5(2) of the 1987 Constitution.
It shall offer undergraduate and graduate courses in relevant fields within its specialization and capabilities, and it must maintain and operate a reasonably-sized laboratory school under its College of Education in the main campus.
Administration and the exercise of corporate powers are vested exclusively in the Board of Regents and the President of the University.
The Board includes: CHED Chairperson (Chairperson), University President (Vice Chairperson), Senate Education Committee Chairperson, House Higher/Technical Education Committee Chairperson, NEDA Regional Director, DOST Regional Director, and Presidents of faculty, student, and alumni federations, plus two prominent private citizens from Kalinga. The two are appointed from a list of at least five qualified persons recommended by a search committee constituted by the University President in consultation with the CHED Chairperson and other Board members.
They serve for a term of two (2) years from the date of appointment.
The Board shall regularly convene once every three (3) months. The Chairperson may call a maximum of two (2) special meetings within the same period with three (3) days prior written notice.
Quorum is majority of all Board members holding office at the time of the meeting, provided that either the Chairperson of the Board or the President of the University is present.
The incumbent President of the Kalinga-Apayao State College becomes the first President of the University. The term is four (4) years, eligible for reappointment for another term.
The Board shall designate an Officer-in-Charge within six (6) months from the date of vacancy, pending appointment of a new President. The successor or OIC serves only the unexpired portion of the term.
The Board may fix tuition and other school charges after due consultations; such fees and charges, including government subsidies and other income, constitute special trust funds deposited in an authorized government depository bank. Income generated by the University may be retained and disbursed for instruction, research, extension, or other university programs, while fiduciary fees must be disbursed only for their specific purposes.
It transfers assets, liabilities, personnel, and records from the former college to the University while respecting the positions, rights, and security of tenure of faculty members and personnel under existing laws prior to conversion.
Government parcels of land occupied by the college, including extension campuses, are transferred to the University and must be titled under its name. If the University ceases to exist/abolished or the land is no longer needed, the parcels revert to the LGUs concerned.
Importation of economic/technical/cultural books or publications for specified purposes is exempt from customs duties upon CHED certification, and donations to the University are exempt from donor’s tax and are allowable deductions from the donor’s gross income.
It becomes effective only upon CHED determination and declaration—based on a panel of experts’ recommendation—that the institution has complied with requirements for university status. The law sets operational requirements such as Level III accreditation for specified programs, faculty-student ratio, adequate libraries/labs, research output, linkages/outreach, and academic policies/systems/processes.