P.R. Laws tit. 18, § 605
(a) There shall be a University Board constituted by the President of the University, who shall preside [over] it, the chancellors of the university campuses and colleges, the Director of Finance, and three (3) additional officials equal in number to the representatives of the Senates and of the student body nominated by the President with the approval of the Board of Trustees, and by a representative elected by each Academic Senate from among its non-ex officio members, and a representative of the student body of each institutional unit elected annually among themselves.
(b) The meetings of the Board shall be called by its Chair, motu proprio or by request of a majority of Board members. A majority of Board members shall constitute a quorum. However, concerning any issue which requires the approval of the Board, and when any member so requests, voting shall be conducted by the casting of the direct and secret votes by the majority of its members present. For purposes of this section, the term majority shall mean half (½) of the members present plus one (1).
(c) By authority of the Higher Education Council and without prejudice to the powers thereof, it shall be an essential function of the Board to maintain integrated the University System with respect to its overall planning, and shall advise the President in coordinating the operation of the various institutional units in their academic, administrative, and financial phases. In the fulfilment of this function, the Board, in its case, and the President, in his, shall take all initiatives for development and coordination as circumstances may call for, without impairment of the powers vested in the institutional units in recognition of their autonomy.
(d) It shall especially devolve upon the Board:
(1) To draft, on or before December 31 of 1978, a proposal for the General Regulations of the University, which draft shall be submitted to the Academic Senates for examination and, in the light of the latter’s report, thence transmitted by the President to the consideration of the Council.
(2) To work out the General Student Regulations and submit same to the final consideration of the Council.
(3) To consider the development plan of the University submitted by the President and to make such recommendations thereon as it may deem pertinent, for consideration by the Council.
(4) To consider the overall budget proposal for the University System as framed by the University President, to be submitted to the Council and to make such recommendations as it may deem pertinent.
(5) To pass upon those appeals brought against the decisions of the Administrative Boards and the Academic Senates of every university campus or college.
History —Jan. 20, 1966, No. 1, p. 85, § 6; July 11, 1978, No. 26, p. 441; Aug. 7, 1998, No. 186, § 3; Aug. 11, 2010, No. 128, § 1.