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LAWSOFTHECOLLEGEOFEDUCATI ON
STUDENTCOUNCI
LOFTHEUNIVEWRSITYOFRI
ZALSYSTEM PI
LILLA
(
COESC-URSP)

PREAMBLE
We,t hestudentsoft heCollegeofEducat i
on,earnest
lyrequesttheai
d
oftheAl mightyGodi nor dertoestabl
ishanor gani
zati
onthataimstopr omote
thestudent’sri
ghts,welfareanddevel opment ,t
oadvocatebenef i
cial
values
,
l
eader shipandser vi
cesuppor ti
ngaqual ityeducati
onthatcanbeabl eto
reachedeachpeopl e;tobr i
ngupacl oserl i
nkageandcamar aderi
e,by
promul gati
ngandadopt i
ngt heConstitut
ionandBy- Laws.

ARTI CLEI
NAME,DOMI CILEANDCOMPOSI TI ON
Sec.1TheCOESCi sademocr ati
candr epresent ativest udentcounci l
.
TheCOESC- URSPshal lpromot ethegener al wel far eanddevel opment
ofthestudent sandshal l
pr otecttheirr i
ghtsandpr i
vileges.
TheCOESC- URSPshal lcoordi natestudentmat terswi t
hvar i
ous
organizat
ionsandagenci esgear edt owar dstheat t ai
nmentoft heobj ect ives
ofthecounci l.
Sec.2TheCOESC- URSPshal lupholdt heconst itutionoft heRepubl ic
ofthePhilippines.
Sec.3TheCOESC- URSPshal lupholdt hecol l
ege,mi ssion,vision,
phil
osophyandgoal s.
Sec.4TheCOESC- URSPshal ladvocat eandsust ai ntheet hi
csoft he
coll
egest udent sandshal ldevel opr esponsi bl
el eader shi p.
Sec.5TheCOESC- URSPshal lbenon- par t
isanandnon- sectar iani n
theimplement ati
onofi t
sRul esandRegul at
ions.
Sec.6TheCOESC- URSPval ueeducat ionenabl est omeett heirgoal s
anddef endt heirri
ghts.
Sec.7TheCOESC- URSPshal lobservepr operj udi ciousexer ciseofi t
s
power i
ngr esolvingdiff
erencesordi sput einaccor dancewi t
ht heest abl i
shed
rul
esasspeci fi
edi nthecol l
egeSt udenthandbookandoft hecounci l
.
Sec.8TheCOESC- URSPshal lserveasamedi um f orthemember s’
i
dealsandsent i
ments.
Sec.9TheCOESC_URSPi sanon- bi
asor gani zat ionandshal lnot
tol
erateuni onsofsel f
-int
er estthatisunnecess aryf orpr omot ingpr ofessi onals
rel
ati
onshi pwi t
hvar i
ousor gani zati
ons,counci lsandspeci fi
callythest udent s
themselves.
Sec.1 0TheCOESC- URSPencour agesst udent s’ aspi rationtowar dhi s
development .

ARTICLEII
MEMBERSHI P
Sec.1TheColl
egeofEducati
onstudentsof
fi
cial
lyenr
oll
edi
nthe
I
nst
it
uteare“i
psofact
o”memberoft heCOESC- URSP.
Sec.2Amember shi
pfeeoffif
typesos(Php50.00)shal
lbecol
l
ect
ed
f
rom eachofthest
udentsoft
heinsti
tut
eeverysemester.
 ARTICLEI
II
ORGANIZATIONALSTRUCTURE
Sec.1TheCOESC- URSPshal
lbecomposedoftheof
fi
cersand
member
s.
Sec.2TheCOESC- URSPshallbeco0mposedoft
hef
oll
owing:
President
Vi
cePr esi
dent
Secretary
Tr
easur er
Auditor
BusinessManager
PressRel ati
onOffi
cer
s
Represent at
ives

ARTI CLEI V
POWERSANDFUNCTI ONSOFTHECOESC- URSP
Sec.1TheCOESC- URSPi sasub- or ganizati
onundert heSR- URSP.
Sec.2TheCOESC- URSPshal lwor khar moni ouslywiththeSR,Facul t
y
andAdmi nistr
ationinupli
fti
ngSt andardoft heUni versit
ytowar dacademi c
excell
ence.
Sec.3TheCOESC- URSPshal lcoor dinatethest udentsmat t
erand
acti
vi
ti
eswi thTheCOESC- URSPAdvi ser,Instit
uteHead,SR,Headoft he
Academi cAf f
airs,DeputyDirectorandwi ththeCampusDi rectorwhowi l
l
assi
sttheor ganizati
oninthebr i
ngingt hemat terstotheacademi cAffair
s
Divi
si
onandf i
nal l
ytotheoffi
ceoft heUni versitypresidentf
ort hei
r
suggesti
ons,r ecommendat ionsandappr opr iateactions.

ARTICLEV
RIGHTSOFTHEMEMBERS
Sec.1Ever ymembers hall enjoyt her ightsinaccor dancewi tht he
EducationActof1 982.
Ther i
ghtt opubl i
shast udentnewspaperandsi milarpubl icati
ons,as
wellast herighttoi nviteResour ceper sonsdur i
ngassembl ies,symposi aand
otheract i
vit
iessimi larnat ureupont heappr oval ofUni versityOf fi
cials;
Ther i
ghtt of reeexpr essionofopi ni
onandsuggest i
ont of acul t
yandt o
theuniversityadmi ni str
at i
ont hrought hecounci l
;
Ther i
ghtt oj oinandpar t
icipat einact ivit
iesr ecogni zedbyt heuni ver
sit
y
whichf osterintel
lect ual,environment al,polit
ical,cultur alandspi ri
tual gr
owth
anddevel opmentandt omai ntaint heor ganizat i
on,pur posenotcont r
aryto
thelaw;
Ther i
ghtt obef r
eef r
om i nvol untarycont r
ibution,exceptt hose
approvedbyt hecounci l;
Ther i
ghtt or ecei ver easonabl epr otect i
onwi t
hint heuni versit
y
premises;
Ther i
ghtt obei nf ormedoft her ulesaf fecti
ngt hem;
Ther i
ghtt oduepr ocessofl aw,and;
Ther i
ghtt of or mul ateresol uti
on,whi chwi llbenef i
tthecounci l.
Sec.2Ever ymembers hal lhavet her i
ghtt ousej udi ciousinstitute
faci
li
ti
esi ntheconductofappr ovedact ivi
ti
essubj ectt otheappr oval ofthe
i
nstit
uteaut horiti
es.
Sec.3Ever ymembers hal lhavet her i
ghtt ot r
anspar encyr egar di
ngthe
fi
nancial r
epor tandot herconcer ningCOESC- URSP.

ARTICLEVI
DUTI
ESANDRESPONSIBILI
TIESOFTHEMEMBERS
Sec.1Ever
ymembers
hal
luphol
dandr espectt
hisConst
it
uti
onandBy-
Laws.
 Sec.2Ever ymembers hallexer titsbestef forttodevel opt hepot ent i
als
forser
viceandl eader shiptost r
engt hent hecounci l
.
Sec.3Ever ymembers hallactivelypar ticipatei ntheconf er ence,
assemblyandot herl egal act
ivit
iesoft hecounci l
.
Sec.4Ever ymembers hall
exer ciset heirrightsandr espectt her ights
andprivil
egesofot her s.
Sec.5Ever ymembershal ldevel opi tspot ent i
aloftheut mosti nor der
thatt
heymaybeofr egulati
onsper tainingt oitsacademi ccommuni ty.
Sec.6Ever ymembershal lstri
vef oracademi cexcellenceandabi de
theuniversit
yrulesandr egul
at i
onsper tainingt oi tsacademi ccommuni ty.
Sec.7Ever ymembershal l
exer titsutmostef forttowar dst her ealizat
ion
oftheharmoni ousr elati
onshipwi tht her estoft heacademi ccommuni ty.
Sec.8Ever ymembers hallpar t
icipateact i
velyi ntheschool act i
viti
es
i
ncludi
ngacademi c,ci vi
candat hleticaf fai
rsf ort hedevel opmentoft he
communi tyinpar ti
cul arandt henat i
oni ngener al.
Sec.9Ever ymembershal luphol d,pr eser veandmai ntaint hegood
nameofALMAMATER.
Sec.1 0Ever ymembershal lobser veandabi det heschool pol i
cies,
rul
esandr egul
ations.
Sec.1 1Ever ymembershal l par t
icipatei never ygener alcleani ng.

ARTI CLEVI I
DUTI ESANDRESPONSI BI LITIESOFTHEOFFI CERS
Sec.1ThePRESI DENThast hef oll
owi ngf unct ions:
Toactast heheadoft heor gani zation;
Topr esideover -allregul arand/ orspeci al meet i
ngexceptdur ing
gener alelecti
onaspr ovi dedf orint heconst ituti
ons;
Tocal lforspeci al meet i
ngoft heor gani zationi fnecessar y;
Tosigni nt henameoft heCOE- SCal lor der sdi recti
ngdi sbur sementof
fundsasappr ovedbyt hebody;
Toexer cisesuper visor ypower samongt heof fi
cesoft heI nstit
ute
Counci l;
Torepr esentt heor gani zationi nhis/ herof f
icial capacityinoccasi on
andeventwher et heor gani zat i
onneedshi /herr epr esent ati
on;
Todesi gnat eever ymemberoft hecounci lt
oper f
orm dut iesinany
absentof f
icerdur ingt hecounci lfunct i
onand;
Toper form ot herf unct iont hatmayber equest edbyt hecounci l
,
adviserandt heUni versityof fici
als.
Sec.2TheVI CEPRESI DENThast hef oll
owi ngf unctions:
Toassi stthePRESI DENTi npl anningandi mpl ement ingt heact i
vi
tiesof
thecounci l
;
Toactt heof f
icialrepr esent ativeoft hePr esidentwheneverdi rected;
Totakeoverr esponsi bili
ti
esoft hePr esidentwhenevert heof fi
cei s
vacatedand;
Toper form ot herf unct iont hatmayber equest edbyt hecounci l
,
adviserandt heUni versityof fici
als.
Sec.3TheSECRETARYhast hef ollowi ngf unct i
ons:
Tokeepr ecor dandof fi
cialcommuni cationoft 6hecounci landt ransmit
them tot heconcer npar tywhenevernecessar y.
Tokeepr ecor dsoft hemi nut esoft hemeet ing;
Topr epar eandsendcommuni cationsper t
ai ni
ngt otheact i
viti
esoft he
counci l;
Toturnoveral l recordsanddocument soft hecounci lt
ohi s/her
successorand;
Toper form ot herf unct iont hatmayber equest edbyt hecounci l
,
adviserandt heUni versityof fici
als.
Sec.4TheTRESURERhast hef ol
lowi ngf unct i
ons:
 Cust odianoft hecounci lfundsbankaccount sandot herpr oper t
iesand
document soft heor gani zation;
Keepandmai ntaint rue,cor r
ectandupdat edr ecor dsofaccount sand
otherf i
nanci al businessoft hecounci l;
Givewr it
tenr epor tt ot headvi serconcer ningt hef i
nanci alstatusoft he
counci lwithinseven( 7)daysaf tert hecl oseoft hesemest er ;
Actast hechai r
manoft heFi nanceCommi ttee;
Disbur sef undnecessar yf ort hecounci lactiviti
eswi ththeappr oval of
thepr esidentandt headvi ser ,andt heUni ver sityof fi
cials;
I
nchar geoft hecol lectionoff ees,sol i
ci t
ationsandcont ri
but i
ons
i
nt endedf ort heor gani zat ion;
Turnovert ohis/ hersuccessoral lthemoney,val uablebooks,r ecor ds
andot herpr oper ti
esoft hecounci lthatmaybei nhi s/herposi ti
onsand;
Toper form otherf unct ionst hatmayber equest edbyt hecounci l,the
adviserandt heUni ver sityof ficials.
Sec.5TheAUDI TORhast hef oll
owi ngf unct i
ons:
Checkandcer t
ifyt hemat hemat ical cor rect nessoft hef i
nanci al
statementoft het r
easur er ;
Actast hechai r
manoft heBudgetCommi tteeandshal lprepar eand
presenti tspr oposedbudgetoft hecounci l and;
Toper form otherf unct ionst hatmayber equest edbyt hecounci l,the
adviserandt heUni ver sityof ficials.
Sec.6TheBUSI NESSMANAGERhast hef ollowi ngf uncti
ons:
Tot akecar eofal lthebusi nessmat tersoft hecounci landshal l
be
responsi blefort heneedsoft heof f
icepr epar at i
ons;
Tof i
ndwaysandmeanst osecur ef undsoft hecounci land;
Toper form otherf unct ionst hatmayber equest edbyt hecounci l,the
adviserandt heUni ver sityof ficials.
Sec.7ThePRESSRELATI ONOFFI CERhast hef oll
owi ngf unct i
ons:
Actaschai r
manoft heI nfor mat i
onCommi tt
ee;
Tot akechar geoft hepubl i
cityoft hecounci l activi
ti
eswi t
happr oval of
thepr esidentoft hecounci l;
Toactast hemast eroft hecer emonyi nt hest udentpr ogr am if
neces saryand;
Toper form otherf unct ionst hatmayber equest edbyt hecounci l,the
adviserandt heUni ver sityof ficials.
Sec.8TheREPRESENTATI VEShast hef ollowi ngf unctions:
Theyshal lmai ntainpeaceandor deri nt heschool campusespeci all
y
dur i
ngt hest udent sassembl y;
Theyshal lpromot egoodwi l
landbr other hoodamongst udent sand;
Toper form otherf unct ionst hatmayber equest edbyt hecounci l,the
adviserandt heUni ver sityof ficials.

ARTI
CLEVI
II
FACULTYADVISER
Sec.1Theadvi
sershal
lrecommendbythest
udentcounci
lsubj
ectf
or
t
heappr
ovaloft
heschooldean.

ARTICLEI X
FUNDS
Sec.1
.Thef undsoftheCOESCconsi stofthegeneralf
undsandspecial
funds.
General
f undsarefrom t
hemember shipfeecoll
ectedfr
om the
member samount i
ngtoPhp1 00.00uponenr ol
ment.Thefir
sthal
f(Php50.00)
shall
becol l
ect
eddur i
ngthefi
rstsemesterandt heremaini
ngduri
ngt he
secondsemest er;
Member shipfeeshall
becol l
ect
edbyanaut hori
zedCOESCOf fi
cer
s;
 Makear eporttothecounci lontheamountofmember shipfee
coll
ectedandshal l
bet heonesr esponsibl
ei ndeposit
ingthefundont he
council’
sbankaccount ;
Specialf undsaregainedf rom donations,contr
ibut
ions,penalti
esand
i
ncomegener at i
ngproject
s.
Sec.2.thef undsmustbedeposi t
edi nthebankundernameoft he
councilwit
ht hest udentcounci l
Pr esi
dent,studentcouncilt
reasurerand
facul
tyadviserast hesignat
ories.
Sec.3.Di sbursementoff undsshal l
bemadeonl ythroughr esol
uti
on
dulypassedbyt heoffi
cersandsi gnedbyt hepr esi
dentsubjecttoauditi
ngby
theauditoroft hecounci l
.
Sec.4.Thef undsofthecounci lshallbecarryi
ngoutt hefuncti
ons,
acti
vit
iesandt hepr oj
ectsoftheCOESC.

ARTICLEX
MEETI NGS
Sec.1 .Ther egularmeet i
ngoft heCOESCshal lbeheldever ylast
Thursdayoft hemont hwi t
ht hePr esi
dent/Represent
at i
vesoft hediff
erent
secti
on,unl essot herwis ecalledfor.
Sec.2.Ther egularmeet i
ngshal lbecall
edbyt hePr esidentorbythe
Adviserwithatl eastf i
ft
yper centoft hememberpl usone.
Sec.3.I nallmeet ingmaj ori
tyoft hebodyshallconst i
tuteaquor um of
whichquor um shal l
be50%.
Sec.4.I nallmeet ings,theor derofthebusinessshal l
bef oll
ows:
Cal
l toor der
I
nvocat i
on
Rol
l call
Readi ngt heappr oval ofthemi nutesofthemeet ing
Repor tsoft heof fi
cers
Repor tsoft heSt andingcommi tt
ee
UnfinishedBusi ness
NewBusi ness
Adjour nment

ARTI CLEXI
ELECTI ONS,VACANCI ESANDAPPOI NTMENTOFTHEOFFI CERS
Sec. 1.Agener alselectionshal lbeont hef i
rstweekofJul y.
Sec. 2.Theconductofgener alel ecti
onshal lbesuper visedbyt he
Council Adviser,Headoft heI nstit
ut eandt heFacul tymember stogetherwi th
thetempor arychairmanwhowi l
l procl aimt heof fici
al winner .
Sec. 3.Onl ytheJuni orandSeni orst udent sar eeligibletoanyoft hefour
(4)majorposi t
ionsnamel y:Pr esident ,Vi cePr esident ,Secr etaryandTr easurer.
Sec. 4.Theel ectionoft heof ficialsshal lbedonet hroughbal l
otvot i
ng
otherwisepr ovidedf or.
Sec. 5.Anel ectedof fi
cershal lhol dof fi
cef oronet erm andmayber e-
elect
edf oroneormor eter mi ftot hesameposi t
ioni fhe/shequal if
ies.
Sec. 6.Incaseofat ie,ar e- elect i
onshal l
becal l
edf or.
Sec. 7.Theel ectedof fi
cershal lbeassumeof ficei mmedi atel
yaf tert
he
oathofof f
iceaweekaf tert heel ection.
Sec. 8.Incaseofvacanci esduet odi sabili
ty,deat h,removal and/ or
i
mpeachmentf rom of f
icef orcausei nt heel ectedposi tions,el ectedof fi
cers
shallber eplacedbyappoi ntmentf rom t hecounci li
tselfwi t
hinone( 1)mont h.
 ARTI CLEXI I
ACCOUNTABI LITIESOFOFFI CERS
Sec.1.Alloffi
cersoft hecounci lshallatt
het i
meaccount abl
eduet othe
member swithwhom t heymustser vewi t
hut mostresponsi ble,int
egrit
y,
l
oyalty,eff
ici
encyandpr ofessi
onalism.
Sec.2.Al l
electedandappoi ntedof f
icermaybei mpeached/ removed
fr
om of fi
ceinconnect i
onofcul pabl evi ol
ati
onoft hisconstit
ut i
on,bribery,
graftandcor rupti
on,dishonest y,negl ectofduty,disloyalt
yt otheor ganizati
on
andmi sconduct .
Sec.3.Incaseofi mpeachment /removal,acommi tteecr eatedbyt he
councilPresidentwitht heconf i
rmat i
onoft hemaj ori
tyofthecounci lshall
i
nvest i
gateandmaker ecommendat iont othecounci l
.
Sec.4.forthepur poseofimpeachment /
removal ,anaf fi
rmat i
veof2/ 3
ofthemember softhecommi t
teear er equired.
Sec.5.Impeachment /r
emoval casemayf il
ebyt hemember stothe
councilandal lcasesf i
eldshallacteduponorr esolvewi t
hinaweekaf terthe
dateoff i
li
ng.

ARTICLEXIII
AMENDMENTS
Sec.
1.Anyamendmentst
oorrevi
sionsofthi
sconsti
tut
ionmaybemade
i
nwrit
ingbyanymembersoftheCOE-SCuponavot eof2/3ofitsmember
s
andshal
lbemadeuponrat
if
icat
ionbyatl
east2/3ofitsmember s.

ARTI
CLEIV
EFFECTI
VITY
Sec.
1.Thi
sConst
it
uti
onandBy-Lawsshal
ltakeef
fectuponr
ati
fi
cat
ion.

Pr
epar
edby:

AIRANICOLEP.REYES
Secret
ary,COE-
SC

CHRI
STIANS.RAMOS
Pr
esi
dent,COE-
SC

Not
edby:

EDNAA.CATAPUSAN,MA.Ed.
Advi
ser
/Pr
ogr
am Head,COE

JULI
ETASTFULGADO,Ph.
D.
Dean,COE