RELEVANT FACTS ON THE PROPOSED COMPOSTELA VALLEY STATE

COLLEGE (HOUSE BILL NO. 4586)

A. THERE IS NO EXISTING STATE COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY IN THE

FIRST DISTRICT OF COMPOSTELA VALLEY PROVINCE.

B. ONLY THE FIVE EXTERNAL STUDIES CENTERS OF THE BUKIDNON

STATE UNIVERSITY CATER TO THE NEEDS OF ASPIRING COLLEGE
STUDENTS IN THE AREA. STUDENTS AND TEACHERS ALIKE ARE
HAVING A HARD TIME TRANSACTING OFFICIAL BUSINESS WITH THE
MOTHER SCHOOL IN MALAYBALAY CITY, BUKIDNON BECAUSE OF
THE GEOGRAPHICAL DISTANCE.

C. THE COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION RECENTLY SHUT DOWN

THE TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE INSTITUTE PUT UP BY THE LOCAL
GOVERNMENT IN BARANGAY MT. DIWATA, MONKAYO BECAUSE OF
TECHNICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE DEFICIENCIES.

D. THE BUKIDNON STATE UNIVERSITY HAS INTERPOSED NO

OBJECTION TO THE CREATION OF THE COMVAL STATE COLLEGE
AND THE INTEGRATION THEREIN OF THE FIVE EXTERNAL STUDIES
CENTERS. THE BSU, IN FACT, HAD ENACTED A BOARD OF REGENTS
RESOLUTION SUPPORTIVE OF THE COMVAL STATE COLLEGE BILL.

E. THE CHED REGION XI IS ALSO SUPPORTIVE OF THE MEASURE AND IS

HELPING IN THE PREPARATION OF THE DOCUMENTARY
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MEASURE.

F. A TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP IS IN THE PROCESS OF COLLATING

THE DOCUMENTARY REQUIREMENTS FOR THE BILL.

BILL HISTORY

1. ORIGINALLY FILED AS HOUSE BILL NO. 511 DURING THE 12 TH

CONGRESS, THE PROPOSAL THEN SEEKS TO CONVERT THE
COMPOSTELA COLLEGES INTO THE COMPOSTELA VALLEY STATE
COLLEGE. THE BILL DID NOT GET PAST THE FIRST READING
BECAUSE OF TIME CONSTRAINTS.

2. DURING THE 13TH CONGRESS, THE BILL WAS REFILED BUT THE VIEW
THAT IT IS MORE PRACTICAL TO CONVERT THE EXISTING
EXTERNAL STUDIES CENTERS OF BUKIDNON STATE UNIVERSITY
LOCATED IN THE FIVE MUNICIPALITIES OF THE DISTRICT EMERGED.
TALKS WITH PRESIDENT BARROZO OF THE BUKIDNON STATE
UNIVERSITY STARTED AND HE AGREED TO THE CONVERSION PLAN.
 AGAIN, TIME CONSTRAINTS CAUGHT UP WITH THE BILL AND IT DID
NOT GET PAST FIRST READING.

3. HOUSE BILL NO. 5708 WAS FILED IN THE 14 TH CONGRESS WITH THE
AIM OF ESTABLISHING THE COMPOSTELA VALLEY STATE COLLEGE
IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF COMPOSTELA. UPON CONSULTATION
WITH THE COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION, HOWEVER, IT WAS
AGREED THAT ESTABLISHING A STATE COLLEGE FROM SCRATCH IS
NOT FEASIBLE. AMENDMENTS WERE INTRODUCED TO HOUSE BILL
NO. 5708 WHEREIN THE COMPOSTELA VALLEY STATE COLLEGE
WILL BE ESTABLISHED WITH A MAIN CAMPUS IN THE
MUNICIPALITY OF COMPOSTELA AND INTEGRATING THEREIN THE
FIVE EXISTING BSU EXTERNAL STUDIES CENTERS AS SATELLITE
CAMPUSES. HOUSE BILL NO. 5708 WAS APPROVED ON SECOND
READING BY THE 14TH CONGRESS BUT TIME CONSTRAINTS AGAIN
PREVENTED IT FROM MOVING BEYOND THIS LEGISLATIVE STAGE.

4. THE MEASURE WAS REFILED AS HOUSE BILL NO. 124 IN THE 15 TH

CONGRESS, ADOPTING THE VERSION AS APPROVED BY THE HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES ON SECOND READING DURING THE 14 TH
CONGRESS.

FULL TITLE: AN ACT ESTABLISHING A STATE COLLEGE IN THE

MUNICIPALITY OF COMPOSTELA, PROVINCE OF COMPOSTELA
VALLEY, TO BE KNOWN AS THE COMPOSTELA VALLEY STATE
COLLEGE, INTEGRATING THEREWITH AS REGULAR BRANCHES THE
BUKIDNON STATE UNIVERSITY EXTERNAL STUDIES CENTERS IN
THE MUNICIPALITIES OF MONKAYO, MARAGUSAN, MONTEVISTA
AND NEW BATAAN, ALL LOCATED IN THE PROVINCE OF
COMPOSTELA VALLEY AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

COMMITTEE ACTIONS:
      
1. HOUSE COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 906 SUBMITTED BY THE
COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION APPROVED ON MAY 24,
2011

2. REPORTED OUT BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES AS HOUSE

BILL NO. 4586 IN SUBSTITUTION OF HOUSE BILL NO. 124

3. DATE APPROVED ON SECOND READING: MAY 24, 2011

4. DATE APPROVED ON THIRD READING: JUNE 6, 2011

 5. THE BILL WAS TRANSMITTED TO THE SENATE JUNE 8, 2011

5. SENATOR PANFILO “PING” LACSON FILED COUNTERPART SENATE

BILL NO. (SB NO.) 2939;

6. DELIBERATIONS ON SB 2939 IN OCTOBER 2011 BEFORE THE SENATE

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION WERE DEFERRED BASED ON THE
REQUEST OF CHED CHAIR P. LICUANAN, IN ORDER TO SUPPORT THE
CREATION OF DAVAO REGIONAL STATE UNIVERSITY (UNDER HB
5311 SPONSORED BY REP. ISDRO UNGAB)

7. RMZA WROTE SENATE COMMITTEE CH. SEN ANGARA, FURNISHING

COPY CHED, PROTESTING THE DELAY ON OCT. 26, 2011, AND WHILE
SUPPORTIVE OF THE CREATION OF DRSU, URGED THE
PRIORITIZATION OF CVSC AS EARLIER AGREED AND DISCUSSED
WITH CHED

8. A CHECK OF THE LEGISLATIVE RECORD OF HB 5311 SHOWS IT IS

STILL PENDING WITH THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON HIGHER AND
TECHNICAL EDUCATION, AND NOT YET APPROVED ON SECOND
READING, CONTRARY TO WHAT IS CONTAINED IN NEDA RDC RESO
NO. 1 S. 2012 TERMS OF REFERENCE

 HB05311[Print History] [Save History]

 Session No.: 15-2RS-018
 Significance: L
 Date Filed: 2011-09-15
 Full Title: AN ACT CREATING A REGIONAL STATE UNIVERSITY
SYSTEM IN DAVAO REGION TO BE KNOWN AS THE DAVAO
REGIONAL STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM BY INTEGRATING THE
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHEASTERN PHILIPPINES, THE DAVAO
DEL NORTE STATE COLLEGE, THE DAVAO ORIENTAL STATE
COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND THE
SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES AGRIBUSINESS AND MARINE AND
AQUATIC SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY, AND APPROPRIATING
FUNDS THEREFOR
 Principal Author: UNGAB, ISIDRO TOM
 Date Read: 2011-09-26
 Primary Referral: HIGHER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION
 Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on HIGHER AND
TECHNICAL EDUCATION since 2011-09-26