Section 6Sec./Art. 6

The governing body of the State College shall be the Board of Trustees, hereinafter referred to as the Board, which shall be composed of the following:

a. Chairman of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), chairman;

b. President of the State College, vice chairman;

c. Chairman of the Committee on Education, Culture and Arts of the Senate, member;

d. Chairman of the Committee on Education and Culture of the House of Representatives, member;

e. Regional Director of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), member;

f. Regional Director of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), member;

g. President of the faculty association of the State College, member;

h. President of the supreme student council, member;

i. President of the alumni association, member; and

j. Two (2) prominent citizens who have distinguished themselves in their professions, or fields of specialization chosen from among a list of at least five (5) persons qualified in the Province of Bataan, as recommended by a search committee constituted by the State College president in consultation with the chairman of CHED, based on accepted standards and qualification for the position.

The Chairman of the Commission on Higher Education, the President of the State College, the Education Committee Chairmen of the Senate and the House, and the Regional Director of the National Economic and Development Authority shall have an ex officio term of office.

The term of office of the president of the faculty association, the student council, and the alumni association, shall be coterminous with their term of office.

The two (2) prominent citizens shall serve for a term of two (2) years.