Title
Establishment of UP Cagayan Valley College
Law
Republic Act No. 5215
Decision Date
Jun 15, 1968
Republic Act No. 5215 establishes the Cagayan Valley College, a branch of the University of the Philippines, in the Municipality of Ilagan, Isabela, with the purpose of offering degree courses and professions relevant to the needs of the Cagayan Valley provinces, and grants public land and annual appropriations for its administration and operation.
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Purpose and scope of the college

  • Section 1 establishes the Cagayan Valley College of the University of the Philippines in the Municipality of Ilagan, Isabela.
  • Section 1 provides that the college shall serve the provinces comprising the Cagayan Valley.
  • Section 1 requires the college to offer degree courses in arts and sciences.
  • Section 1 further requires degree courses oriented to the needs and resources of the Cagayan Valley provinces and to the professions.

Governing authority and operations

  • Section 2 vests administration and operation of the Cagayan Valley College in the Board of Regents of the University of the Philippines.

Land grant: size, availability, transfer

  • Section 3 grants and cedes to the University of the Philippines an area of five thousand hectares of public land, preferably located in the Cagayan Valley.
  • Section 3 grants the land for the purposes stated in Section 1.
  • Section 4 empowers the Board of Regents to propose, by resolution, the specific area to be reserved under Section 3.
  • Section 4 requires the Board of Regents to transmit the proposal to the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
  • Section 4 directs the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources to cause a survey by the Bureau of Lands if satisfied the proposed area is unreserved, unoccupied, or unapplied for under the Public Land Laws.
  • Section 4 requires, after completion of the survey, the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources to deed, convey, and transfer the grant area to the Cagayan Valley College of the University of the Philippines.

Use of land income for the college

  • Section 4 provides that all income, revenue and/or proceeds derived from the land grant are exclusively for the use of the college.

Annual appropriation and required allocations

  • Section 5 authorizes the annual appropriation of five hundred thousand pesos out of funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated for the establishment of the Cagayan Valley College.
  • Section 5 vests in the Board of Regents of the University of the Philippines the discretion to expend the authorized annual appropriation.
  • Section 5 requires that at least one hundred thousand pesos of the five hundred thousand pesos be used for scholarship awards.
  • Section 5 defines scholarship awards as annual stipends of not less than six hundred pesos for each scholar, in addition to exemption from the payment of all university fees.
  • Section 5 requires that, of the first five hundred thousand pesos appropriated under RA No. 5215, two hundred thousand pesos be used for the construction of college buildings on site or sites approved by the Board of Regents.

Effectivity mechanism

  • Section 6 states that RA No. 5215 takes effect upon its approval.

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