Country: Philippines                          
Title:    An Act Creating the Commission on Higher Education,
          Appropriating Funds Therefor and for Other Purposes
Author:            Congress of the Philippines.  
Descriptors:       Higher education.  
Full text: SEC. 18. Transitory Provisions. - Such personnel,
  properties, assets and liabilities, functions and responsibilities
  of the Bureau of Higher Education, including those for higher and
  tertiary education and degree-granting vocational and technical
  programs in the regional offices, under the Department of
  Education, Culture and Sports, and other government entities having
  functions similar to those of the Commission are hereby transferred
  to the Commission.

     The Commission shall have the authority to appoint its own
  personnel.

     All regular or permanent employees transferred to the Commission
  shall not suffer any loss of seniority or rank or decrease in
  emoluments. Personnel of the Bureau of Higher Education not
  otherwise transferred to the Commission shall be reassigned by the
  DECS in any of its offices and bureaus: Provided, however, That any
  employee who cannot be accommodated shall be given all the benefits
  as may be provided under existing laws, rules and regulations.

     Jurisdiction over DECS-supervised or chartered state-supported
  post-secondary degree-granting vocational and technical programs
  and tertiary institutions shall be transferred to the Commission.

     A transitory body is hereby created which shall be composed of
  the Secretary of Education, Culture and Sports (DECS), Chair of the
  Senate Committee on Education, Arts and Culture, Chair of the House
  Committee on Education and Culture, a representative each of the
  Association of Christian Schools and Colleges (ACSC), the Catholic
  Educational Association of the Philippines (CEAP), the Philippine
  Association of Colleges and Universities (PACU), the Philippine
  Association of Private Schools, Colleges and Universities (PAPSCU),
  the Philippine Association of State Universities and Colleges
  (PASUC), and the Philippine Association of Private Technical
  Institutions (PAPTI).

     The transitory body shall facilitate the complete and full
  operation of the Commission which shall not be later than three (3)
  months after the effectivity of this Act. It shall likewise
  promulgate the rules and regulations necessary to effectively
  implement the smooth and orderly transfer to the Commission. The
  transition period not exceeding three (3) months shall commence
  from the approval of this Act.

     SEC. 19. Repealing Clause. - All laws, presidential decrees,
  executive orders, rules and regulations or parts thereof which are
  inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed or
  modified accordingly.

     SEC. 20. Separability Clause. - If any part or provision of this
  Act shall be held unconstitutional or invalid, other provisions
  hereof which are not affected shall continue to be in full force
  and effect.

     SEC. 21. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect upon
  approval.

  Approved: 18 May 1994