Conversion of DHVSU Extension Campuses

The DHVSU Extension Campuses located in Sto. Tomas, Porac, Lubao, Candaba, Apalit, Mexico, Sta. Rita, Floridablanca, Guagua, and Sasmuan (all in Pampanga) are converted into regular campuses of the Don Honorio Ventura State University (DHVSU) (Section 2).
The converted campuses are known as: DHVSU-Sto. Tomas Campus, DHVSU-Porac Campus, DHVSU-Lubao Campus, DHVSU-Candaba Campus, DHVSU-Apalit Campus, DHVSU-Mexico Campus, DHVSU-Sta. Rita Campus, DHVSU-Floridablanca Campus, DHVSU-Guagua Campus, and DHVSU-Sasmuan Campus (Section 2).
Each campus must offer primarily short-term technical-vocational, undergraduate, and graduate courses within its areas of competency and specialization (Section 3).
Course offerings must align with the mandate of DHVSU, and must be consistent with the campuses’ capabilities as determined by the Board of Regents (Section 3).

The converted campuses are required to offer education within their competency areas, including short-term technical-vocational, undergraduate, and graduate programs (Section 3).
Each campus is required to undertake research and extension services (Section 3).
Each campus is required to provide progressive leadership in research and extension services (Section 3).
Campus curricular and program offerings must be aimed at meeting human resource development needs of the Province of Pampanga and Region III (Section 3).

Campus governance is vested exclusively in the Board of Regents of DHVSU (Section 4).
The DHVSU President exercises overall supervision and management of the campuses (Section 5).
Each campus must be headed by a Campus Administrator (Section 5).
The Campus Administrator must render full-time service and is appointed or designated by the Board, upon the recommendation of the search committee and the President, subject to Board guidelines, qualifications, and standards (Section 5).

All assets, including real and personal property, personnel, and records of the DHVSU extension campuses are transferred to DHVSU (Section 6).
All liabilities or obligations of the extension campuses are likewise transferred to DHVSU (Section 6).
The positions, rights, and security of tenure of faculty members and personnel employed under existing laws prior to conversion are respected (Section 6).
Parcels of land belonging to the government and occupied by the listed DHVSU campuses are transferred to DHVSU and must be titled under DHVSU’s name (Section 6).
If the campuses or DHVSU cease to exist or are abolished, or if the parcels of land are no longer needed by DHVSU, the parcels revert to the local government units concerned or to the Republic of the Philippines, depending on the situation (Section 6).

The amount necessary to carry out the Act’s provisions must be included in the Annual General Appropriations Act (GAA) (Section 7).
The municipalities of Sto. Tomas, Porac, Lubao, Candaba, Apalit, Mexico, Sta. Rita, Floridablanca, Guagua, and Sasmuan must provide financial support to the respective campuses until the amount necessary for continued operation and maintenance is included in the annual GAA (Section 7).

Republic Act No. 8292 (Higher Education Modernization Act of 1997) and Republic Act No. 9832 are incorporated as part of the governing framework for DHVSU and this Act (Section 8).
Republic Act No. 9832 covers the conversion of the Don Honorio Ventura College of Arts and Trades in Bacolor, Pampanga into a state university known as the Don Honorio Ventura Technological State University (DHVTSU), as further amended by Republic Act No. 11169 (Section 8).
Republic Act No. 11169 renames the DHVTSU in Bacolor, Pampanga as Don Honorio Ventura State University (DHVSU) and expands curricular offerings, amending for purposes of the name and curriculum structure (Section 8).
Together, Republic Act No. 8292 and the cited provisions of Republic Act No. 9832 as amended (including Republic Act No. 11169) serve as the governing charter of DHVSU, together with this Act (Section 8).

If any portion of the Act is declared invalid or unconstitutional, the remaining portions not affected remain in full force and effect (Section 9).
All laws, presidential decrees, executive orders, rules, and regulations contrary to or inconsistent with the Act are repealed or modified accordingly (Section 10).