Purpose and Academic Offerings
- Provides higher technological, professional, and vocational instruction in science, fishery, forestry, agriculture, engineering, and industrial fields.
- Offers short-term technical or vocational courses.
- Promotes research, advanced studies, extension work, and leadership development.
- The existing high school is transferred to the Department of Education, Culture and Sports but may temporarily operate on campus.
- The college may operate a laboratory school if it has a college of education.
Curriculum and Programs
- Offers undergraduate courses in science, fishery, agriculture, education, forestry, marine biology, engineering, and other specializations.
- Includes nonformal education and extension research programs on food production, nutrition, health, and sports development.
Corporate Powers and Administration
- Possesses the general powers of a corporation under the corporation law.
- Administered by the Board of Trustees and the college president as authorized.
Board of Trustees Composition
- Includes the CHED chairman (chairman), college president (vice-chairman), Senate and House Committee on Education chairmen, NEDA Director-General, and representatives from faculty, students, alumni, and two prominent citizens from Negros Occidental.
- Terms and representations are either ex officio or fixed terms.
- Vacancy for the president’s office to be filled by an officer-in-charge.
Policy Formulation and Implementation
- The Board aligns policies with constitutional provisions on education, science and technology, culture, and CHED standards.
Specific Powers of the Board
- Enact necessary rules and regulations.
- Manage and appropriate funds.
- Import educational materials duty-free if unavailable locally.
- Receive and manage donations and legacies.
- Fix tuition fees and other school charges.
- Authorize construction, repair, and acquisition of properties.
- Confirm key appointments and fix salaries in line with compensation systems.
- Approve curricula, programs, and rules of discipline.
- Confer degrees and award honorary titles.
- Establish chairs, fellowships, and scholarships.
- Establish branches in Negros Occidental when necessary.
Board Meetings and Quorum
- Regular meetings at least every two months; special meetings can be called with notice.
- Quorum requires a majority including either CHED chairman or college president.
- Provisions for representation by designated alternates.
- Members receive honoraria and reimbursements but no salary.
College President
- Appointed for a three-year term, extendible to another three years.
- Removable for cause, incapacitation, or retirement.
- Officer-in-charge appointed by the Board during vacancy.
- Powers as usual for heads of similar institutions.
- Salary aligned with comparable institutions under the compensation system.
Administrative Council
- Comprised of president, vice-presidents, deans, directors, and officials of equal rank.
- Implements Board-approved policies on administration and development.
Academic Council
- President chairs; members include all instructional staff rank assistant professor or higher.
- Prescribes curricula, admission, graduation requirements, disciplinary powers (within Board rules).
Secretary and Treasurer
- Secretary appointed by the Board upon recommendation of the president; acts as Board secretary and record keeper.
- Treasurer of the Republic serves ex officio as college treasurer.
Non-Discrimination Provisions
- Faculty appointment free from inquiry into religious opinions or affiliations.
- Faculty prohibited from teaching for or against any religious sect.
- Students admitted regardless of sex, nationality, religion, or political affiliation.
Prohibitions on Political Agitation
- Faculty barred under penalty of dismissal from influencing students towards ideology or actions aiming to overthrow the government.
Appointment Powers During Vacancy
- CHED appoints officer-in-charge pending new president appointment.
Annual Reporting
- Board must file progress, conditions, and needs report annually to the Office of the President, CHED chairperson, and both Houses of Congress.
Transfer of Assets and Personnel
- All assets, liabilities, personnel, and records of the Sagay extension branch transferred to NNSCST.
- Positions and tenure rights of employees preserved.
- Land titles under college; land reverts to Negros Occidental if no longer needed or college abolished.
Audit and Government Support
- Accounts audited by the Commission on Audit.
- National government bureaus authorized to loan equipment and detail employees to the college as needed.
Affiliation Policy
- College may accept integration or affiliation of existing national schools to further its objectives.
Institutional Development Support
- CHED provides development assistance in faculty and facility improvement.
Marine Reserve Use
- Sagay Marine Reserve declared as marine protected area may be used for college research and experimental purposes.
Appropriations and Funding
- Initial funding charged to Iloilo State College of Fisheries appropriations (excluding high school operations).
- Subsequent funding included in the General Appropriations Act.
Repeal Clause
- Laws, decrees, orders, and regulations inconsistent with this Act are repealed or amended accordingly.
Effectivity
- The Act took effect upon approval (lapsed into law on January 9, 1998).