[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 12285, September 07, 2025 ]
AN ACT CONVERTING THE EXTENSION CAMPUS OF THE CEBU NORMAL UNIVERSITY IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF BALAMBAN, PROVINCE OF CEBU INTO A REGULAR CAMPUS AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:
Section 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as the "CeBu Normal University (CNU)-Balamban Campus Act".
Section 2. Conversion into a Regular Campus. - The CNU shall convert the extension campus located in the Municipality of Balamban, Province of Cebu into a regular campus, to be known as the "CNU-Balamban Campus".
Section 3. General Mandate. - The CNU-Balamban Campus shall primarily provide undergraduate and graduate courses such as education, tourism, science and technology, agriculture, forestry, environmental science, livelihood technology education, public safety, water and coastal management, and such programs within its areas of competency and specialization, pursuant to the mandates of the CNU, and according to its capability, as the Board of Regents, hereinafter referred to as the Board, may deem necessary for the accomplishment of its objectives, and those which respond to the human resource development needs of the Province of Cebu and the Central Visayas Region. It shall be mandated to undertake research and extension services in support of the socioeconomic development and to provide progressive leadership in these areas.
Section 4. Supervision and Management. - The CNU-Balamban Campus shall be headed by a Campus Director who shall render full-time services and shall be appointed by the Board, subject to its guidelines, qualifications, and standards, and upon the recommendation of a Search Committee duly constituted for the purpose of selecting the Campus Director.
Section 5. Compliance with the Requirements of the Commission on Higher Education. - The CNU shall ensure the compliance of the CNU-Balamban Campus with the policies, standards, and guidelines of the CHED for the operation of the campus including those related to the offering of courses and the introduction of new or revised programs prior to the conversion.
Section 6. Management of Personnel, Assets and Records. - All assets, both real and personal, personnel, and records of the CNU-Balamban Campus, as well as its liabilities or obligations, shall be transferred to the CNU. The positions, rights, and security of tenure of faculty members and personnel therein employed under existing laws prior to the conversion into regular campus shall be respected.
All parcels of land belonging to the government occupied by the CNU-Balamban Campus shall be the property of the CNU, and shall be titled under its name: Provided, That should the campus cease to exist or be abolished or should such aforementioned parcels of land be no longer needed by the CNU, the same shall revert to the concerned local government unit concerned or the Republic of the Philippines, as the case may be.
Section 7. Suppletory Application. - The provisions of Republic Act No. 8292, otherwise known as the "Higher Education Modernization Act of 1997", shall form part of this Act.ℒαwρhi৷
Section 8. Appropriations. - The amount necessary to carry out the provisions of this Ac shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.
Section 9. Implementing Rules and Regulations. - Within sixty (60) days from the effectivity of this Act, the Board shall, in consultation with the CHED, issue rules and regulations to implement its provisions.
Section 10. Separability Clause. - If, for any reason, any part or provisions of this Act is declared invalid or unconstitutional, the remaining parts or provisions not affected shall remain in full force and effect.
Section 11. Repealing Clause. - All other laws, presidential decrees, executive orders, rules and regulations contrary to or inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are repealed or modified accordingly.
Section 12. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its complete publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.
Approved,
(SGD.) FRANCIS "CHIZ" G. ESCUDERO
President of the Senate |
(SGD.) FERDINAND MARTIN G. ROMUALDEZ
Speaker of the House of Representatives |
This Act, which originated in the House of Representatives, was passed by the House of Representatives on August 7, 2024, amended by the Senate of the Philippines on June 3, 2025, and which amendments were concurred in by the House of Representatives on June 9, 2025.
(SGD.) RENATO N. BANTUG, JR.
Secretary of the Senate |
(SGD.) REGINALD S. VELASCO
Secretary General House of Representatives |
Approved: Lapsed into law on SEP 07 2025 without the signature of the President, in accordance with Article VI, Section 27 (1) of the Constitution
FERDINAND ROMUALDEZ MARCOS JR.
President of the Philippines
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