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The Board Secretary so appointed shall, among others, keep all records and the minutes of
the proceedings of the GB notice of all regular meetings, special sessions and other
undertakings of the GB.

SECTION 34. Ex-officio Treasurer. – The Treasurer of the Philippines shall be the ex-officio
treasurer of all chartered SUCs.

SECTION 35. Audit. – All accounts and expenses of charters SUCs shall be audited by the
Commission on Audit (COA) or its authorized representative.

RULE IX

ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL (ADCO); ACADEMIC COUNCIL (AC)

SECTION 36. Administrative Council (ADCO). – There shall be created in each chartered SUC
an Administrative Council (ADCO) which shall be composed of its President as Chairman and
with its Vice-President(s), Deans, Directors, and other officials of equal rank as Members.

In case of chartered SUCs which have big multi-campuses, campus ADCO may be
established, provided that these campuses should have equal representation in the university
or college ADCO.

The President of the concerned chartered SUC as Chairman thereof shall constitute the
ADCO.

SECTION 37. Duty of ADCO. – The ADCO of a chartered SUC so formed and constituted
shall review and recommend in accordance with its GB appropriate policies governing the
administration, management and development planning of the chartered SUC for the latter’s
action as it may deem fit.

SECTION 38. Academic Council (AC). – There shall established and constituted in each of
the chartered SUCs an Academic Council (AC) with is President as Chairman and all members
of its instructional staff with the rank of not lower than Assistant Professor as members.

In case of chartered SUCs which have big multi-campus, campus ACs may be established
provided that these campuses should have equal representation in the university or college
ACs.

Presidents of the concerned chartered SUC as Chairman thereof shall constitute the AC.

SECTION 39. Powers of the AC. – The AC so formed and constituted in each of the chartered
SUCs shall have the following powers, in accordance with Sec.4, Par. (o) & (V) of R.A. 8292
to wit:

a) Determine, review and recommend for the approval of its GB the course offerings of
the concerned SUC.
b) Devise/draft, review and recommend for the approval of its GB the rules of discipline
of and for the concerned chartered SUC; and.
c) Fix the requirements for the admission of students in the concerned chartered SUC as
well as for their graduation and the conferment of degrees and submit the same to its
GB for review and/or approval in accordance with Sec. 4, Par (j) of R.A. 8292