Section 12Sec./Art. 12

There shall be an academic council with the president of the State College as chairman, the vice presidents, deans of colleges, all members of the instructional staff with the rank of not lower than assistant professor, secondary school principals and heads of departments as members. The council shall have the power to prescribe the curricula and rules of discipline, subject to the approval of the Board of Trustees. It shall promulgate and fix the requirements for admission to, and graduation from, the State College as well as the conferring of degrees, subject to review by the Board. The council alone shall have the power to recommend students or others to be recipients of degrees.

Through the president of the State College or a duly authorized committee, the council shall have disciplinary power over the students within the limits prescribed by the rules of discipline.

The academic council shall, upon approval of the Board of Trustees, expand the academic programs of the State College to include on its academic offering undergraduate, graduate and/or post graduate degree courses, engineering, education, business and others that may be found necessary to meet the needs of Bataan and the Region and to institute the organizational structure or machinery to cope with its expansion requirements.