QuestionsQuestions (Republic Act No. 11587)
The Occidental Mindoro State College (OMSC), located in the Municipality of San Jose, Occidental Mindoro (including its named campuses), is converted into a state university to be known as the Occidental Mindoro State University (OMSU).
The main campus is located in Barangay Labangan, Municipality of San Jose.
To primarily provide advance instruction and professional training in enumerated fields, undertake research and extension services, and production activities supporting socioeconomic development and preservation of Tamaraws and indigenous peoples in the relevant region.
A comprehensive range from basic post-secondary to doctoral programs, within its competency/areas of specialization.
Governance is vested exclusively in the Board and the President. The governing body is the Board of Regents (Board).
The Board is chaired by the Chairperson of the CHED and co-chaired by the President of the OMSU.
It includes: (a) chairperson of the Senate Committee on Higher, Technical and Vocational Education; (b) chairperson of the House Committee on Higher and Technical Education; (c) NEDA regional director; (d) DOST regional director; (e) Department of Agriculture regional director; (f) presidents of faculty, student councils, and alumni federations of OMSU; and (g) two prominent private-sector citizens.
They serve for a term of two (2) years from the date of appointment.
The Board appoints vice presidents, deans, directors, heads of campuses, faculty members, and other officials/employees upon the President’s recommendation; fixes/adjusts salaries subject to law; removes for cause with due process; and approves curricular offerings and rules of discipline drawn by the Administrative and Academic Councils.
It allows the Board to fix tuition fees and other school charges after consultation. Fees and charges (including government subsidies and other income) constitute the OMSU’s special trust funds deposited in an authorized government depository bank; interests accrue to the same funds.
The OMSU must provide scholarship and affirmative action programs for poor but deserving students who qualify. No student may be denied admission due to gender, religion, cultural/community affiliation, physical disability, or ethnic origin.
The President renders full-time service and is appointed by the Board upon recommendation of a search committee, with a four-year term eligible for reappointment. For smooth transition, the incumbent OMSC President, if qualified, serves as the first OMSU President.
The Board designates an Officer-in-Charge pending appointment of a new President. The Officer-in-Charge serves only the unexpired portion of the term.
The provisions become effective only upon CHED’s determination (based on a panel of experts) that the institution complies with CHED requirements for university status under CHED Memorandum Order No. 46, s. 2012; the panel may recommend after substantial compliance.
All assets (including real/personal), personnel, records, liabilities/obligations are transferred to the OMSU, with respect for faculty personnel positions, rights, and security of tenure under existing laws prior to conversion. Incumbents remain in the same status until the Board provides otherwise.
Parcels of land belonging to the government occupied by the OMSC are declared property of the OMSU and shall be titled under its name; if the OMSU ceases to exist/abolished or lands are no longer needed, they revert to the concerned LGU or the Republic, as the case may be.