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CHAPTER I

ESTABLISHMENT OF THE UNIVERSITY AND THE BASIC LAWS AFFECTING
ISABELA STATE UNIVERSITY

This section presents the scenario which led to the establishment of the Isabela
State University by virtue of the Presidential Decree No. 1434 issued by then President
Ferdinand E. Marcos by merging the Isabela College of Agriculture located in Echague,
Isabela and the Cagayan Valley Institute of Technology in Cabagan, Isabela. The said
decree also transferred the college level courses of Isabela School of Arts and Trades,
Jones Rural School into the ISU and provided a charter for this purpose.

PD 1434 also laid out the mandate of the University to provide advanced
instruction in the arts, agricultural and natural sciences as well as in technological and
professional fields. The said decree also made clear the composition of the University
Governing Board, the Administrative Council, College Council as well as policies on
admission of students.

Furthermore, this section presents the basic laws affecting the Isabela State
University, namely the Republic Act No. 7722 or the Higher Education Act of 1994,
creating the Commission on Higher Education, the Republic Act No. 8292 or the Higher
Education Modernization Act of 1997, providing for the uniform composition and powers
of the Governing Boards, the manner of appointment and term of office of the President
of Chartered State Universities and College and for other purposes and the CHED
Memorandum Order No. 18 issuing the implementing guidelines on the integration of
CHED-Supervised Institutions (CSIs) to State Universities and Colleges (SUCs).

A. PRESIDENTIAL DECREE No. 1434

“MERGING THE ISABELA STATE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND
CAGAYAN VALLEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INTO A STATE
UNIVERSITY TO BE KNOWN AS THE ISABELA STATE UNIVERSITY,
TRANSFERRING THE COLLEGE LEVEL COURSES OF ISABELA SCHOOL OF
ARTS AND TRADES, JONES RURAL SCHOOL, ROXAS MEMORIAL
AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL, AND SAN MATEO
VOCATIONAL AND INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL INTO SAID UNIVERSITY,
PROVIDING A CHARTER FOR THIS PURPOSE, AND APPROPRIATE FUNDS
THEREFORE”

This Law specifically provides for the establishment of the state university
in the Province of Isabela that will provide better service in professional and
technical training in the arts, science, humanities, and technology and in the
conduct of scientific research and technological studies.

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