Section 7Sec./Art. 7

Powers and Duties of the Board of Trustees. - The Board of Trustees shall have the following powers and duties, in addition to its general powers of administration and exercise of the powers of the corporation:

a. To determine and fix the dates and time of their regular meetings, as well as special meetings as the need for the same may arise: Provided, That such meetings shall not be more than two times in any one month, nor less than one time in any one quarter;

b. To recommend the president of the College for appointment by the President of the Philippines with the consent of the Commission on Appointments, and who shall serve for the period of six (6) years;

c. To empower the president of the College to sit as an ex officio member of the Board with the right to participate in the deliberation but without the right to vote;

d. To receive and appropriate to the ends specified by law such sums as may be provided by law for the support of the College;

e. To immediately establish and offer the following courses:

1. Bachelor of Science in Agriculture, majors in animal science, crop science and agroforestry;

2. Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Education, majors in animal science and crop science;

3. Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Engineering;

4. Diploma/Bachelor in Agricultural Technology, majors in crop production, animal production, agroforestry, food processing/postharvest and farm mechanization;

5. Two-year automotive technology;

6. Bachelor of Science in Education;

7. Veterinary medicine;

8. All engineering courses; and

9. Applied science-oriented secondary curriculum.

The College shall also be required to possess and maintain a professionally administered library consisting of at least ten thousand bound volumes of collegiate books, laboratory equipment and facilities related to the above-mentioned courses;

f. To receive in trust, legacies, gifts and donations of real and personal property of all kinds and to administer the same for the benefit of the College or of the department thereof, or for aid to any student or students in accordance with the directions or instructions of the donor and/or in default thereof, in such manner as the Board may, in its discretion, determine; all such donations shall be exempt from tax; to import duty free commodities for educational purposes as an exemption to existing laws;

g.

To appoint, on the recommendation of the president of the College, professors, associate professors, assistant professors, instructors, lecturers and other employees of the College; to fix their compensation subject to the Revised Compensation and Position Classification System, hours of service, and such other duties and conditions as it may deem proper; to grant them in its discretion leave of absence under such regulations as it may promulgate, any provisions of law to the contrary notwithstanding, and to remove them for cause after an investigation and hearing; and to extend with their consent the tenure of faculty members of the College beyond the age sixty-five (65), any other provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, upon recommendation of the president of the College, whenever in his opinion their services are officially needed: Provided, however, That no extension of service of heads, professors, instructors, lecturers, researchers, and other state employees incorporated or integrated into the College shall be automatically retained consistent with the civil service rules and regulations;

h. To approve the courses of study and rules of discipline drawn up by the College executive committee as hereinafter provided; to fix the required tuition fees, matriculation fees for laboratory courses, graduation fees and all special and other fees, and to remit the same to the general fund;

i. To provide fellowships and scholarships and to award the same to students showing special evidence of merit;

j. To establish chairs in the College herein mentioned and to provide for the maintenance or endowment of such chairs, as well as to provide for such other professors, assistant professors, instructors, tutors and lecturers as the progress of instruction may make necessary, and to fix the compensation pertaining to such positions subject to the Revised Compensation and Position Classification System;

k. To confer the usual honorary degrees upon persons other than graduates of the College in recognition of learning, statesmanship, or eminence, in literature, science or arts: Provided, That such degrees shall not be conferred in consideration of the payment of money or other valuable considerations; and

l. To file with the President of the Philippines and the Congress of the Republic of the Philippines a detailed report, setting forth the progress, conditions and needs of the College on or before the fifteenth day of September of each year.