NEUST-Sto. Domingo Campus Establishment Act

Section 2 establishes a campus of the Nueva Ecija University of Science and Technology in the Municipality of Sto. Domingo, Province of Nueva Ecija.
The established campus is known as the Nueva Ecija University of Science and Technology (NEUST)-Sto. Domingo Campus.
Section 2 integrates the campus into the University by defining the campus as a NEUST campus located in Sto. Domingo.

Section 3 requires the NEUST-Sto. Domingo Campus to primarily provide short-term, technical-vocational, undergraduate, and graduate courses within its areas of competency and specialization.
Section 3 requires course offerings to be consistent with the University’s mandate, pursuant to its capabilities as determined by the Board of Regents.
Section 3 requires program decisions to respond to the human resources development needs of the Province of Nueva Ecija and Region III.
Section 3 mandates the campus to undertake research and extension services.
Section 3 mandates the campus to provide progressive leadership in research and extension services.

Section 4 provides that the NEUST-Sto. Domingo Campus is headed by a Campus Administrator.
Section 4 requires the Campus Administrator to render full-time service.
Section 4 provides that the Campus Administrator is appointed or designated by the Board.
Section 4 provides that the Board’s appointment or designation must be upon the recommendation of the search committee and the President of the University.
Section 4 requires appointments/designations to be subject to guidelines, qualifications, and standards set by the Board.

Section 5 requires the establishment of the NEUST-Sto. Domingo Campus to ensure compliance with minimum requirements for operation and program offerings.
Section 5 provides that minimum requirements are prescribed by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED).

Section 6 transfers to the University all assets—real and personal—of the NEUST-Sto. Domingo Campus.
Section 6 transfers to the University personnel and records of the NEUST-Sto. Domingo Campus.
Section 6 transfers to the University the campus’s liabilities or obligations.
Section 6 requires respect for positions, rights, and security of tenure of faculty members and personnel employed at the NEUST-Sto. Domingo Campus under existing laws prior to integration to the University.
Section 6 declares that parcels of land belonging to the government occupied by the NEUST-Sto. Domingo Campus are property of the University.
Section 6 directs that the land shall be titled under the name of the University.
Section 6 provides a reversion rule: if the University ceases to exist or is abolished, or if the parcels of land are no longer needed by the University, the land shall revert to the concerned local government unit or the Republic of the Philippines, as the case may be.

Section 7 incorporates Republic Act No. 8292, the “Higher Education Modernization Act of 1997,” as an integral part of this Act.
Section 7 provides that Republic Act No. 8292, together with Republic Act No. 11752, serves as the governing charter of the University.
Section 7 therefore makes Republic Act No. 8292 a continuing governing framework for University governance and operations alongside this Act.

Section 8 grants to the University and its officials the powers, functions, privileges, responsibilities, and limitations of state universities and their officials under existing laws, whenever appropriate.
Section 8 requires that these authority and responsibility rules apply to the University and its officials as determined by relevance to their functions.

Section 9 requires that the amount necessary to carry out Republic Act No. 11752 be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

Section 10 provides that if any part or provision of Republic Act No. 11752 is declared invalid or unconstitutional, the remaining parts or provisions not affected remain in full force and effect.

Section 11 repeals or modifies laws, presidential decrees, executive orders, rules and regulations that are contrary to or inconsistent with Republic Act No. 11752.