TITLE I – THE COLLEGE AND ITS OBJECTIVES

CHAPTER I – NAME AND HEADQUARTERS

Art. 1 Faculdade Nepuga, an entity whose territorial scope of operation is limited to the Municipality of São Paulo, State of São Paulo, located at Rua padre Estevão Pernet nº 402, is a private Higher Education Institution maintained by Puga & Nunes Educacional Ltda, a for-profit private legal entity operating in the field of education, registered under CNPJ (Brazilian company tax ID) no. 07.387.998/0001-78, located at Braz Olaia Acosta, 1900, Bairro Nova Aliança, in the city of Ribeirão Preto, State of São Paulo.

• 1 Under Law 9,394/96 and Decree No. 9235/2017, the HEI (higher education institution) has limited autonomy compared with Universities and University Centers. Universities, under Art. 53 of Law No. 9,394/1996, which establishes the Guidelines and Foundations of National Education, and University Centers, under Decree No. 5,786/2006, enjoy autonomy, which allows them to regulate their own operations; consequently, their bylaws are not subject to prior approval by the Government. However, the College does not have autonomy to confer degrees and diplomas, which must be registered by a University, and its duties and powers are set out in a single document, subject to prior approval by the Government when the authorizing acts for the accreditation and re-accreditation of the HEI are issued. This document covers the institutional characteristics of the College, its organizational structure, its relationship with the sponsoring organization and its academic operations, and is called the Bylaws (Regimento), Law No. 9,131/1995.
• 2 Faculdade Nepuga is governed by these General Bylaws, by the normative acts of the sponsoring organization and by Higher Education legislation.

CHAPTER II – PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES

Art. 2 The purpose of the HEI is to offer quality education at the undergraduate, extension, technological, postgraduate, sequential and other levels, enabling the professional fulfillment of its students and graduates, strengthening partner organizations and contributing to a fairer, more humane and happier society; Art. 3 The objectives of the HEI are: I – to stimulate cultural creation and the development of the scientific spirit and reflective thinking; II – to train people qualified to practice technical-scientific professions, within ethical and moral standards, acting independently of any party-political movement; III – to encourage research and scientific investigation, aiming at the development of science and technology and the creation and dissemination of knowledge, and thereby to develop the understanding of humankind and the environment in which it lives; IV – to arouse a permanent desire for cultural and professional improvement and make it possible to achieve it, integrating the knowledge acquired into an intellectual structure that systematizes the knowledge of each generation; V – to stimulate the development of knowledge, particularly national and regional knowledge, provide specialized services to the community and establish a reciprocal relationship with it; VI – to promote extension activities open to public participation, aiming to disseminate the achievements and benefits resulting from the cultural creation and scientific and technological research produced at the institution; VII – to promote the dissemination of cultural, scientific and technical knowledge that constitutes the heritage of humanity and to communicate knowledge through teaching, publication or other forms of communication.

TITLE II – ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE COLLEGE

CHAPTER I – BODIES

Art. 4 The organizational structure of the College consists of:

• 1 Higher Administration Bodies:

I – Higher Administrative Board; II – General Board; III – Teaching, Research and Extension Council – CONSEPE; IV – Internal Evaluation Committee – CPA V – Structuring Faculty Core – NDE

• 2 Basic Administration Bodies

I – Program Coordination II – Program Board III – Pedagogical Council

• 3 Supplementary Support Bodies

I – Registrar's Office II – Treasury and Accounting III – Library IV – Ombudsman's Office Sole Paragraph. The Institution may create other bodies within its organizational structure to support the development of teaching, research, extension and administrative activities, with their organization, structure and operation governed by their own regulations approved by the Administrative Board.

CHAPTER II – HIGHER ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD

Art. 5 The Higher Administrative Board, the highest deliberative, normative, advisory and appellate body, is composed of: I – the Representative of the sponsoring organization; II – the General and Academic Director, its Chair; III – the Administrative Director; Art. 6 The Administrative Board will meet in regular session twice per semester, or in special session when called by its chair. Art. 7 The Higher Administrative Board is responsible for: I – in the first quarter, approving the annual activity report and the financial statements of the Institution for the previous year, prepared by the Board of Directors; II – approving, by the end of November, the annual activity plan and the budget proposal of the Institution for the following year, prepared by the Board of Directors; III – approving the General Bylaws of the Institution, prepared by the Board of Directors; IV – establishing the Institutional Development Policy; V – approving the Institutional Development Plan submitted by the Board of Directors and overseeing its implementation; VI – approving the institutional development assessment system and overseeing its application; VII – deciding on other matters placed on the agenda by its Chair, in accordance with the duties established by the General Bylaws;

CHAPTER III – GENERAL BOARD

Art. 8 The General Board is the executive body of the Higher Administration responsible for planning, supervising, carrying out, monitoring and evaluating the Institution's academic activities.

• 1 The General Director is appointed by the Sponsoring Organization for a term of 4 (four) years and may be reappointed.
• 2 The General Director must delegate powers during temporary absences or impediments. In the event of absence or impediment, the General Director is replaced by the Administrative Director and the Academic Director, in that order.

Art. 9 The General Director is responsible for: I – administering the Institution and taking the necessary measures to develop its activities in accordance with legal requirements, applicable regulations and the guiding and quality principles proposed; II – drafting the General Bylaws of the Institution, submitting them to the Higher Council for approval and deciding on amendments; III – complying with and enforcing the decisions of the Councils; IV – drawing up and submitting to the Higher Council for approval the annual activity plan and the budget proposal of the Institution; V – drawing up and submitting to the Higher Council for approval the annual activity report and the financial statements of the Institution; VI – reassessing the Institutional Development Plan, submitting it to the Higher Council for approval and implementing it; VII – monitoring and analyzing the results of the institutional performance assessment system (CPA), taking the measures indicated to improve the services provided; VIII – approving pedagogical and academic life matters of the institution after consulting the Teaching, Research and Extension Council – CONSEPE; IX – establishing rules and procedures for the Institution's activities; X – exercising the other powers conferred by law and by these General Bylaws; XI – deciding on cases not covered by these General Bylaws; XII – ensuring the proper general operation of the Institution; XIII – answering for the activities and administration of the Institution before the Sponsoring Organization, as well as before public and private persons and institutions; XIV – conferring degrees, diplomas, certificates and titles for the Institution's programs; XV – calling and chairing Council meetings; XVI – establishing rules supplementing these General Bylaws for the proper operation of the institution; XVII – meeting the requests and requirements of the education system; XVIII – proposing to the Sponsoring Organization the hiring and dismissal of faculty and technical-administrative staff; VX – approving or vetoing decisions of the Program Board; XX – exercising the other powers conferred by law and by these General Bylaws. Art. 10 The Administrative Director is responsible for: I – overseeing projects to develop institutional activities in the economic and financial areas and the respective Treasury and Accounting support services, as delegated by the Sponsoring Organization; II – being responsible, together with the General Director, for the faithful execution of the Budget Plan approved by the Sponsoring Organization and made available to the HEI, and for the movement and flow of financial resources, as delegated by the Sponsoring Organization; III – authorizing expenses provided for in the approved Budget and others requiring necessary and prompt attention, with justification; IV – overseeing the financial expenditures of the Research and Extension Programs, Community Outreach Projects and other internal bodies; V – coordinating the preparation of the draft annual Budget for review by the General Board and other competent bodies; VI – supervising the support bodies for human and material resources and performing the other functions set out in these Bylaws or falling within their scope of authority; VII – performing other functions inherent to the position, in addition to those delegated by the General Board or the Sponsoring Organization. Art. 11 The Academic Director is responsible for: I – taking part in drawing up the curriculum and the respective class schedules; II – monitoring the development of course syllabi; III – analyzing the equivalence of subjects; IV – organizing and implementing the academic calendar; V – drawing up the academic rules; VI – evaluating proposals to hire professors and guiding them toward interdisciplinarity; VII – promoting the integration of the faculty into the pedagogical project; VIII – fostering research and faculty development and drawing up specific rules for research projects; IX – advising the Library and other pedagogical resources and instructing the staff in charge of these services; X – proposing new undergraduate and postgraduate programs and supervising the activities of both on-campus and distance learning programs under current legislation. XI – coordinating the entire process of drawing up and amending the pedagogical projects of the programs offered by the HEI

CHAPTER IV – TEACHING, RESEARCH AND EXTENSION COUNCIL – CONSEPE

Art. 12 The Teaching, Research and Extension Council ‒ CONSEPE, an administrative body of a normative, advisory and deliberative nature on matters of teaching, research and extension, is composed of: I – the General Director, as its Chair; II – the Director of Teaching; III – the Director of Research; IV – 1 (one) representative of the Coordinators of the lato sensu postgraduate programs; V – 1 (one) representative of the coordinators of the undergraduate programs; Art. 13 The Teaching, Research and Extension Council will meet in regular session once per semester and in special session, when necessary, when called by its Chair. Art. 14. The Teaching, Research and Extension Council is responsible for: I – overseeing the teaching and research activities of the College; II – approving pedagogical projects; III – establishing rules for teaching and research activities; IV – supporting the Administrative Board in drawing up the Institutional Development Policy; V – monitoring the implementation of the Institutional Development Plan and proposing related actions to the Board of Directors; VI – ruling on appeals against decisions of the Program Coordination and the Program Board; VII – deciding on other matters placed on the agenda by its Chair, in accordance with the duties established by the Bylaws.

CHAPTER V – INTERNAL EVALUATION COMMITTEE – CPA

Art. 15 The establishment of the internal Evaluation Committee complies with article 11, items I and II, of Law No. 10,861 of April 14, 2004 (regulated by Ministerial Ordinance No. 2,051 of 07/19/04), and its composition and operation are regulated and approved by the General Board and the Higher Council. Art. 16 The purpose of the CPA is to serve as a permanent instrument for diagnosing the organization, administration and actions of the HEI through an institutional assessment process. Art. 17 The objectives of the CPA are: I – to understand the institutional reality, with a view to improving teaching, research practices, extension projects and forms of management; II – to raise awareness among the academic and technical-administrative community for building a culture of assessment; III- to encourage those involved to take part in a critical, constructive and reflective analysis of the educational process. IV – to define strategies for monitoring the Institutional Development Plan – PDI; V – To provide information to the competent bodies, both internally and externally. Art. 18 The CPA will be composed as follows: a Chair, represented by the CPA coordinator; one (1) faculty representative of the HEI; one (1) representative of the technical-administrative staff; one (1) student representative and one (1) representative of organized civil society. Art. 19 The CPA is responsible for: I – promoting internal and external institutional assessment, covering a comprehensive and integrated analysis of the dimensions, structures, relationships, social commitments, activities, purposes and social responsibility of the institution and its programs, making all procedures, data and results of the assessment processes public; Sole Paragraph. All members of the CPA must meet at least twice per semester, with minutes recorded.

CHAPTER VI – STRUCTURING FACULTY CORE – NDE

Art. 20 In compliance with Resolution No. 01 of June 17, 2010, issued by the National Commission for the Evaluation of Higher Education (CONAES), this Institution has the Structuring Faculty Core as one of its advisory bodies.

• 1 The composition of each program's NDE follows the provisions of the Resolution, and the program coordinator is also considered a member. Thus, the NDE is composed of five members: the program coordinator; one faculty representative of the basic courses; one faculty representative of the specific courses; one faculty representative of the supervised internships; and one student representative of the program. The faculty members are chosen by the program coordination, subject to approval by the Board of the respective program.
• 2 The program's NDE will meet in regular session 02 (two) times a year, called in writing by its coordinator at least 72 (seventy-two) hours in advance with the agenda stated; and in special session, when necessary, with twenty-four hours' notice.
• 3 Due to its advisory nature, the NDE is subject to review by the Program Board and the Higher Council.

Art. 21 The duties of each Structuring Faculty Core include, among others: I – Drawing up and keeping up to date the Program's Pedagogical Project; II – Contributing to consolidating the professional profile of the program's graduates; III – Ensuring interdisciplinary curricular integration among the different teaching activities in the curriculum; IV – Indicating ways to encourage the development of research and extension lines arising from undergraduate needs and job market requirements and aligned with public policies related to the program's field of knowledge; V – Ensuring compliance with the National Curriculum Guidelines for Undergraduate Programs.

TITLE III – BASIC ADMINISTRATION

CHAPTER I – PROGRAM COORDINATION

Art. 22 The coordination is a basic administration body responsible for planning, supervising, coordinating, carrying out, monitoring and evaluating the teaching, research and extension activities of the program concerned.

• 1 The Program is the smallest unit of the HEI's didactic and administrative organization. It comprises the courses of the full curriculum of each program, in accordance with the DCNs (National Curriculum Guidelines).
• 2 Each Program will be governed by its Coordination, which must be justified by the nature and breadth of the field of knowledge covered and by the material and human resources needed for its operation.

Sole Paragraph. The coordinator will be appointed by the General Director and must hold academic qualifications compatible with those required by law. Art. 23 The duties of the program coordinator are: I – to coordinate the Program's teaching and planning activities; II – to approve the regulations for curricular internships, as well as for the Final Paper – TCC; III – to monitor and supervise the implementation of course teaching plans and propose changes to the Board; IV – to collaborate in applying the institutional performance assessment system within the Program; V – to call and chair meetings of the Board and/or the Structuring Faculty Core-NDE if appointed to that role; VI – to foster curricular interdisciplinarity; VII – to propose to the Academic Director the purchase of bibliographic materials of interest to the Program for the next academic term; VIII – to advise the Academic Board on matters relating to the Program; IX – to perform other duties assigned by the Board of Directors; X – to review class logs and teaching plans and sign off on them before sending them to the Registrar's Office. XI – to draw up the curriculum and the respective class schedules; XII – To recommend the hiring of professors; XII – To encourage the scientific and intellectual output of the faculty.

CHAPTER II – PROGRAM BOARD

Art. 24 The Program Board, a collegiate body of basic administration of a normative and advisory nature within the program, is composed of: I – 1 (one) coordinator of one of the programs, who chairs it, freely chosen by the professors and appointed by the General Director for a term of 2 (two) years; II – 2 (two) professors nominated by their peers; III – 2 (two) student representatives chosen by their peers Art. 25 The Program Board is responsible for: I – approving the definition of and changes to the program curriculum proposed by the Coordinator; II – evaluating and forwarding proposals for integration with the community; III – establishing the system for assessing student performance in line with the Institution's General Bylaws; IV – issuing opinions on the regulations for curricular internships, as well as for the Final Paper – TCC, and other activities proposed by the Coordinator; V – issuing opinions, when requested, on credit for prior studies, adaptations and other situations referred by the coordination or management; VI – Supporting the Program Coordinator in their duties and responsibilities, contributing suggestions and improvements for the smooth running of the program; VII – analyzing and issuing opinions on appeals filed by students. VII – Suggesting members for the Structuring Faculty Core-NDE

CHAPTER III – PEDAGOGICAL COUNCIL

Art. 26 The Pedagogical Council, an advisory, deliberative and didactic-pedagogical coordination body, is responsible for overseeing the Institution's didactic and pedagogical activities and Programs. Art. 27 The Pedagogical Council, chaired by its Director, is composed of: The General Director, its Chair; The Coordinators of the programs actually in operation; The General Internship Coordinator; 1 professor nominated by their peers, as provided by law; 1 representative of the student body nominated as provided by law; The General Secretary, as secretary of the body. Art. 28 The powers of the Pedagogical Council are: I – To decide on measures to resolve issues relating to faculty and student appeals; II – To issue opinions on disciplinary matters; III – To give its opinion on the HEI's general work plan and on the curriculum plans and their possible changes; IV – To suggest names for study, research and publication committees; V – To issue opinions on offering specialization, professional development and extension courses, approving the plans proposed by the specific Coordination, drawn up in accordance with the general rules established by law; VI – To issue opinions on didactic matters to be referred to the HEI's Board of Directors for decision; VII – To decide on the rules for transferring students from other similar Institutions, as well as on adaptation study plans or plans for students who have failed, and on criteria for equivalence of studies, make-up classes for failed courses or adaptation classes; VIII – To approve changes to the program's full curriculum and to course outlines and syllabi, with their respective teaching plans; IX – To give its opinion on matters concerning the HEI's Bylaws and their amendments, forwarding them to the Board of Directors for the other legal measures; X – To perform all other acts within its authority, as an appellate body, under the provisions of these Bylaws, by delegation of the competent bodies or at the request of the HEI's Board of Directors. Art. 29 The Pedagogical Council meets 02 (two) times a year, and in special session when the General Director of the HEI deems it necessary or at the request of the majority of its members.

• 1 Meetings will be called in writing at least 48 (forty-eight) hours in advance, except in cases of force majeure.
• 2 The presence of the majority of its members is required for the Pedagogical Council to operate.
• 3 Votes on academic, faculty or student decisions will be secret when they concern personal cases or when the Council so decides.

Art. 30 Decisions of the Pedagogical Council will be taken by a simple majority of those present, and the Chair will have, in addition to their vote as a member, the casting vote. Sole Paragraph. Decisions of a normative nature will take the form of a Resolution. Art. 31 A Council member who misses 3 (three) consecutive meetings without a justified written reason may, at the discretion of the Chair of the Council, be removed from their duties and from their position. Art. 32 The order of business of the Pedagogical Council sessions will be as follows:

1. a) reading and approval of the minutes of the previous meeting;
2. b) – business from the Chair;
3. c) – agenda.

Sole Paragraph. Matters may be discussed and approved on an urgent basis, at the discretion of the Chair, provided they are included on the agenda. Art. 33 All members of the Board have the right to speak and vote. Art. 34 The Pedagogical Council may appoint a Committee made up of its members or HEI faculty to study and give an opinion on matters to be decided. Art. 35 The Pedagogical Council may not accept requests, make recommendations or suggest measures unrelated to the didactic-pedagogical interests of the HEI. Art. 36 Minutes of the meetings will be drawn up by the Secretary of the body and, once read and approved, will be signed by all members present at the session. Sole Paragraph. Decisions of the Pedagogical Council may be appealed to the Higher Administrative Board.

TITLE IV – SUPPLEMENTARY SUPPORT BODIES

CHAPTER I – GENERAL REGISTRAR'S OFFICE

Art. 37 The General Registrar's Office is the body that coordinates the HEI's records and information.

• 1 The General Registrar's Office is headed by 1 (one) secretary with a higher education degree, nominated by the General Director and approved by the Sponsoring Organization.

Art. 38 The Secretary is responsible for: II – all bookkeeping, recording, academic control and issuance of academic documents; III – drafting and sending all official correspondence of the Institution; VII – accepting, complying with and enforcing the decisions of the Institution's deliberative and executive bodies;

CHAPTER II – TREASURY AND ACCOUNTING

Art. 39 Treasury and Accounting services will be headed by qualified staff hired by the Sponsoring Organization and reporting, under a statement of responsibility, to the Administrative Director.

CHAPTER III – LIBRARY

Art. 40 Library services will be directed by 01 (one) librarian and by Assistants nominated by the Academic Director, ratified by the General Director and hired by the Sponsoring Organization, according to the needs of the services.

• 1 The Library must be organized according to the principles of Library Science, with computerized resources, and its operation will be governed by Regulations approved by the Higher Council.

CHAPTER IV – OMBUDSMAN'S OFFICE

Art. 41 The Ombudsman's Office is a support body of the General Board that coordinates the receipt, analysis, routing and response to the academic community, establishing clear and objective communication channels.

TITLE V – ACADEMIC ACTIVITY

CHAPTER I – TEACHING

Art. 42 The HEI offers Undergraduate and Postgraduate Programs and Courses, Specialization, Professional Development, Extension and other similar programs, both on-campus and online, in addition to Master's and Doctoral programs, created in accordance with current legislation. Art. 43 Undergraduate Programs, open to holders of a High School Certificate or Diploma or equivalent who have qualified in an Entrance Examination or Admissions Process, are intended to provide students with higher education in the respective field of knowledge and to train graduates at the higher education level. Art. 44 Postgraduate Programs at the Specialization and Professional Development levels, created and organized by the HEI and open to holders of an Undergraduate Degree or equivalent who meet the requirements in each case, are intended to train Specialists by deepening or broadening higher education studies in specific fields of knowledge or by training in specialized techniques. Art. 45 Extension Courses, open to those who meet the requirements in each case, are intended to disseminate and update knowledge and techniques, aiming at the cultural enrichment of the community. Art. 46 Undergraduate Programs are structured in courses or general basic, specific or professional studies, as needed, with course loads and Curricula approved under the law. Sole Paragraph. Changes to the Full Curricula will take effect in the academic term following their publication, as established by law. Art. 47 The Full Curricula of the Undergraduate Programs offered by the HEI, organized according to the curriculum guidelines issued by the competent bodies, once completed with full credit, qualify students to obtain the Diploma. Art. 48 A Course is understood to be a homogeneous and defined body of knowledge or techniques corresponding to a Program of Studies and Activities carried out over a certain number of class hours completed and distributed throughout the academic term set in the General Calendar.

• 1 A regular class hour lasts 50 minutes; a different duration is allowed under the law.
• 2 Full completion of the content approved in the Teaching Plans of each course and of the course load established in the Full Curriculum of each Program is mandatory.

Art. 49 Curriculum completion follows an annual serial system of courses, and courses may be offered at different intervals according to the criteria defined in a Rule approved by the Higher Administrative Board. Art. 50 The creation, Curricula and organization of Postgraduate Courses or Programs will be suggested by the Higher Council, and they will be coordinated by faculty nominated by the Director of Teaching and ratified by the General Director. Art. 51 The Institution must list all information on the Conditions of Course Offerings in a CATALOG when publicizing the selection criteria for new students, and undertakes to comply with those conditions. Sole Paragraph. Before each academic term, the HEI will inform interested parties, through a Catalog, of the program syllabi and other curricular components, their duration, requirements, faculty qualifications, available resources and assessment criteria, and undertakes to comply with those conditions. Art. 52 The creation, Curricula and organization of Postgraduate Courses or Programs will be suggested by the Higher Council, and they will be coordinated by faculty nominated by the Director of Teaching and ratified by the General Director. Art. 53 The duties of the Postgraduate Course or Program Coordinator are: I – to coordinate the Program and maintain ongoing coordination with those jointly responsible for it through regular meetings with the respective faculty, to draw up and maintain the Pedagogical Project or Syllabus of each Program; II – to monitor and evaluate the implementation of the Teaching Plans by those responsible for carrying them out; III – to send the ISE coordinator proposals for changes to its Curriculum, consistent with its Pedagogical Project; IV – to propose changes to course syllabi in order to make them compatible; V – other duties defined or delegated by the Superintendent Director of the Institution.

CHAPTER II – RESEARCH

Art. 54 The Institution encourages research/undergraduate research by granting aid for carrying out Pedagogical and Scientific Projects, granting special scholarships, training postgraduate personnel, holding Conferences, exchanges with other Institutions and disseminating research results, within the limits of its budget. Sole Paragraph. Research Projects funded by the HEI will follow their own rules approved by the Higher Administrative Board, after consulting the Sponsoring Organization where applicable.

CHAPTER III – EXTENSION ACTIVITIES

Art. 55 The Institution will maintain Community Extension activities and services to disseminate knowledge and techniques relevant to the fields of its Programs. Sole Paragraph. Extension activities and services will be coordinated, in each case, by faculty or specialists appointed by the General Director, after prior approval of the specific Plans by the Pedagogical Council and the Higher Administrative Board.

TITLE VI – ACADEMIC SYSTEM

CHAPTER I – ACADEMIC YEAR

Art. 56 The academic year is independent of the calendar year and comprises at least 200 (two hundred) academic days, distributed over 02 (two) regular periods of actual academic activity, not counting days reserved for any exams, and may have a different duration as approved by the Higher Administrative Board, as provided by law.

• 1 The Academic Year will be extended whenever necessary to complete the scheduled academic days, to fully cover the content and course load established in the syllabi of the courses taught during it, or for student remediation.
• 2 Between regular academic terms, Remedial Teaching Programs, make-up classes or activities for special, failed or adaptation courses, and other extracurricular, research and extension activities may be carried out, aiming to make use of the available material and human resources and keep the Institution operating continuously.
• 3 Before each academic term, the Institution will inform interested parties of the program syllabi and other curricular components, their duration, requirements, faculty qualifications, available resources and assessment criteria, and undertakes to comply with those conditions.
• 4 Students with outstanding academic performance, demonstrated through exams and other specific assessment tools administered by a special examining board, may have the duration of their programs shortened, in accordance with art. 47, § 2 of the LDBEN (National Education Guidelines and Framework Law).

Art. 57 The main activities of the HEI are set out in the General Calendar, which includes the start and end of the academic term, the learning assessment periods and other events scheduled in connection with these periods.

• 1 The system for Postgraduate, Specialization, Professional Development and Extension Programs and Courses is addressed in specific regulations for each case, approved by the Higher Administrative Board.
• 2 Faculty and student attendance is mandatory in on-campus programs.

CHAPTER II – ADMISSIONS PROCESS

Art. 58 The admissions process for Undergraduate Programs will be held each year by the HEI or under an agreement with similar Institutions, under current legislation, and is intended to assess the education received by candidates who have completed high school or equivalent and to rank them, within the limit of available seats, for the Program of their choice.

• 1 The rules for the admissions process are regulated by the Higher Administrative Board.
• 2 The admissions process is planned and carried out by a Special Committee appointed by the General Director.

Art. 59 The admissions process for undergraduate programs covers knowledge of high school subjects, respecting their content and level of complexity, to be assessed through exams or other special assessment procedures permitted by law, as set out in the corresponding official notice.

• 1 The admissions process is valid only for the academic term expressly stated in the official notice.
• 2 If seats remain unfilled, the Institution may hold a new admissions process or admit holders of an undergraduate degree to them.

Art. 60 The Admissions Process covers the assessment of the common knowledge acquired by candidates through the various forms of elementary and high school education, without exceeding this level of complexity.

• 1 Under the Rules approved by the Higher Council, the Admissions Process is a ranking process.
• 2 Ranking is done in descending order of the results obtained, where applicable, excluding candidates who did not meet the minimum criteria or levels established, when set in the Official Notice.
• 3 The ranking obtained is valid for enrollment in the academic term for which the Selection is held, and its effects may become void if the ranked candidate fails to request enrollment or, having done so, fails to present the complete required documents within the set deadlines, according to the specific Rules published in the Official Notice.
• 4 If seats remain unfilled, students transferring from another Program or Institution, holders of an Undergraduate Degree, or remaining students from another option of the same Process may be admitted, under current legislation.
• 5 The Institution may provide in the Official Notice for a new phase of the Admissions Process, if necessary, to fill the remaining seats.

CHAPTER III – ENROLLMENT

Art. 61 Initial enrollment, the formal act of admission to the Program and of affiliation with the respective Institution, takes place at the Registrar's Office, within the period set by act of the General Director, with the application accompanied by the following documents: I – General Registry (RG, Brazilian ID card) and Individual Taxpayer Registry (CPF) II – High School Certificate or Diploma or equivalent, and the respective Academic Transcript. III – Proof of compliance with Military Service and electoral obligations, where applicable. IV – Proof of payment or exemption of the first monthly installment and of signature of the respective Educational Services Agreement.

• 1 For graduates of another Undergraduate Program, the respective duly registered Diploma must be presented, and the High School Certificate or Diploma or equivalent and the respective Academic Transcript are not required.
• 2 At enrollment, students must provide personal information on their residence or domicile and other information relevant to the academic and administrative control of the Institution that is not included in the documents listed in this Article.
• 3 When deciding on the criteria and rules for selecting and admitting students, the Institution will take into account the effects of these criteria on the direction of high school education, coordinating with the Normative Bodies of the Education Systems.
• 4 Before each academic term, students will be provided, through the publication of the Student Handbook, with the program syllabi and other curricular components, their duration, requirements, faculty qualifications, available resources and assessment criteria, and the Institution undertakes to comply with those conditions.

Art. 62 Enrollment is done each semester, in the intended Program, when the right to this act is recognized under the Bylaws. Art. 63 Enrollment is renewed every semester, upon personal application by the student and signature of the Enrollment Application by the parties, according to the Rules approved by the Higher Council, within the deadlines set in the General Calendar.

• 1 Failure to renew or confirm enrollment, regardless of justification, within the deadlines set by the Board of Directors will result, at the discretion of the Director of Teaching, in the student being considered to have abandoned the Program and being removed.
• 2 The application to renew or confirm enrollment must be accompanied by proof of payment or exemption of the contributions or fees due, as well as payment of previous debts, under the Agreement entered into by the parties, in addition to proof of compliance with electoral, military and civil obligations, where applicable.
• 3 When seats are available, the Institution may open registration in the courses of its Programs for Sequential Courses or for non-regular students who demonstrate the ability to take them successfully, through a prior selection process as permitted by law.

Art. 64 Suspension of enrollment is granted so that, while studies are temporarily interrupted, the student keeps their link to the Program at the respective Institution and their right to renew enrollment for the next consecutive academic term, if a seat is available, within the set deadline, under the terms of the Agreement entered into by the parties.

• 1 Suspension of enrollment is granted, if requested within the established deadlines, until the end of the respective academic term or, exceptionally, for a longer period, provided that in total it does not exceed half the duration of the Program in which the applicant is enrolled.
• 2 Subject to the conditions set out in §1, students may formalize their suspension with the HEI's Registrar's Office using the request form.
• 3 Students who interrupted their studies through suspension, since they keep their link with the Institution, may resume their studies by handwritten request, and will be subject to the Full Curriculum of the program in force at the time of re-enrollment. Students who cancel their enrollment or abandon the Program may only return to the Program by going through the Admissions Process again.
• 4 Cancellation of enrollment is also granted upon personal request, provided the obligations set out in the Agreement entered into by the parties have been fulfilled, within the limits permitted by law.

Art. 65 Holders of Undergraduate Degrees, in the adaptation process aimed at completing the courses needed to fulfill the Full Curriculum, may take the missing courses to complete the new Program at special times or periods, under the Rule approved by the Higher Council.

CHAPTER IV – TRANSFER AND CREDIT FOR PRIOR STUDIES

Art. 66 Enrollment is granted to students transferring from a Higher Education Program at a Brazilian or foreign Institution, strictly in accordance with the seats available in the Program of interest, if requested within the deadlines set in the specific Official Notice, according to the Rules approved by the Higher Council.

• 1 Transfers will take place regardless of the time of year and seat availability for federal civil servants and their dependents transferred in the interest of the Public Administration.
• 2 The application for enrollment by transfer must be accompanied by the documents listed in the specific Official Notice, in addition to the Academic Transcript from the Program of origin and the Syllabi and Course Loads of the courses passed there.
• 3 Transfer documents, which must be originals, will be processed directly between the Institutions, by mail or official channels.
• 4 Transfers of regular students to related programs will be accepted subject to seat availability and passing a selection process.

Art. 67 Transferred students will be subject to any necessary curricular adaptations, and credit will be given for studies passed in the Program of origin, if equivalent, under internal Rules and the law. Sole Paragraph. Credit for prior studies is granted at the student's request, and adaptations to the current Curriculum are determined under an adaptation Study Plan drawn up in accordance with the Rules approved by the Higher Council and the relevant legislation. Art. 68 At any time, at the student's request and as permitted by law, the Institution will grant a transfer to students enrolled there, and transfer will not be denied because of non-payment, a pending disciplinary proceeding or the fact that the student is in the first or last period of the program. Art. 69 Credit for prior studies may be granted to transferred students and to those with higher education studies, in accordance with the rules defined by the Higher Council and current legislation. Sole Paragraph. Students with outstanding academic performance, demonstrated through exams and other specific assessment tools administered by a special examining board, may have the duration of their programs shortened, in accordance with the rules of the education systems.

CHAPTER V – ASSESSMENT OF ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE

Art. 70 Assessment of learning and academic performance will be carried out by course, covering attendance and performance in the activities and content taught in each one. Art. 71 The rights of students duly enrolled at the HEI: class attendance and participation in other academic activities are rights of regularly enrolled students, under the Enrollment Application signed by the parties.

• 1 The attendance referred to in the main section of this Article is regulated by current legislation and any bylaw provisions.
• 2 Special treatment will be given to students covered by specific legislation, in the case of failed courses and adaptations or pregnancy, who will be assigned, in these cases, as compensation for class absences, supervised home assignments with faculty monitoring, according to rules established by the Higher Council.

Art. 72 Academic performance is assessed through continuous monitoring of the student and of the results they obtain in written exams or knowledge assessment assignments, class or home exercises, other academic activities, midterm exams and final exams.

• 1 The course professor is responsible for preparing academic exercises in the form of assessment exams and other assignments, as well as grading and recording the results.
• 2 Academic exercises and other forms of learning verification set out in the course's Teaching Plan and approved by the competent Body, in the form of assessments, are intended to measure the student's academic performance.

Art. 73 The assessment system consists of two grades, which are the average for the first two-month period (P1) and the average for the second two-month period (P2), expressed on a scale of 0 (zero) to 10 (ten), with one decimal place. Sole Paragraph. The assessment process will be set out explicitly in the Student Handbook, approved by the Institution's Higher Council. Art. 74 Once the mandatory minimum attendance of 75% (seventy-five percent) of classes and other scheduled activities has been met, students are considered to have passed the course and are exempt from final exams when they obtain an average equal to or higher than 7.0 (seven).

• 1 Students who obtain an annual average equal to or higher than 4.0 (four) and lower than 7.0 (seven) must take a final exam in the respective course.
• 2 To pass, students taking a final exam must obtain at least an average equal to or higher than 5.0 (five) between their semester average and the exam grade.
• 3 Practical, project-based or experimental courses, since written exams or final exams do not apply to them, will have their form of assessment defined in a specific Rule approved by the Higher Council.
• 4 Students who obtain an annual average lower than 4.0 (four) in any course will be considered to have failed that course.
• 5 There may be a make-up exam for each course, as an alternative for students who miss the official written assessment exam, under the Rules approved by the Higher Council.

Art. 75 The annual average and the weights used to calculate the averages throughout the academic term will be set in Specific Rules within the Student Handbook, approved by the Higher Council.

• 1 An exam is understood to be the test taken after the end of the academic term, in which students covered by §1 of the previous Article will be given a grade from ZERO to TEN.
• 2 Official partial averages will take into account other learning assessment assignments carried out by faculty throughout the partial academic periods.
• 3 The weights used to calculate the semester averages throughout the academic semester will be set in a specific Rule approved by the Higher Council.
• 4 Courses with intervals other than those established here will have their forms and criteria of assessment set in a specific Rule approved by the Higher Council.

Art. 76 Students who fail up to 02 (two) courses in the previous Year are promoted to the next Semester and may retake those courses as carried-over courses, according to the rules set by the Higher Administrative Board.

• 1 The Institution may offer Courses, classes or scheduled activities at special times, with appropriate methodology for students with carried-over or adaptation courses, or for students who failed, as a form of remediation, in special periods and in a way compatible with their regular activities, as approved by the Higher Council.
• 2 Students who fail 03 (three) or more courses enroll in the same Semester they were in to retake those courses, but may take other courses from the following Semester according to a Study Plan defined by a Rule of the Higher Council, and are exempt from taking the courses they have already passed.

CHAPTER VI – INTERNSHIPS

Art. 77 Pursuant to Law 11,788 of September 25, 2008 of the MEC, which governs student internships, whether mandatory or non-mandatory, internships are regulated and approved by the HEI's Pedagogical Council, after an opinion from the Academic Board, and will consist of practical activities aimed at professional qualification, carried out in a real work situation, in Bodies or Laboratories of the HEI or of other governmental or non-governmental Institutions. Mandatory internship: one defined as such in the program project, whose hours are a requirement for passing and obtaining the diploma. Non-mandatory internship: one carried out as an optional activity, added to the regular and mandatory course load.

• 1 Each student must complete the total hours of the mandatory Internship set out in the Program Curriculum, including hours devoted to planning, parallel supervision and assessment of activities.
• 2 The Supervised Internship set out in the Program Curriculum, developed according to its own plan and carried out under legal and appropriate conditions, does not create an employment relationship; interns may receive an internship stipend and have the social security coverage provided for in specific legislation. Interns must be insured against accidents.
• 3 Under CNE/CP Resolution 2 of February 19, 2002, students who regularly teach in basic education may have the hours of their supervised curricular internship reduced by up to 200 (two hundred) hours.

Art. 78 Internships are coordinated and supervised by faculty specifically accredited for this activity, appointed by the Academic Director. The professors in charge of internships, assisted by the program coordination, will contact the institutions offering internship placements and suggest the agreements needed for the supervised internship.

TITLE VII – THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY

CHAPTER I – FACULTY

Art. 79 The HEI's Faculty is divided into the following job categories of its Career Track, which may be subdivided: I – Full Professor; II – Associate Professor; III – Assistant Professor.

• 1 On an occasional basis and for a fixed period, the HEI may use the services of Collaborating, Visiting or Auxiliary Professors to fill the temporary absence of career-track faculty or to assist them in supplementary teaching tasks.
• 2 The academic qualification and professional experience requirements for classification in the various job categories are defined in a specific Rule, in the Faculty Career Plan, which must be included in the Institutional Development Plan approved by the Higher Administrative Board.

Art. 80 Faculty members are hired or dismissed by the Sponsoring Organization under labor law, observing the internal criteria and Rules and the Faculty Career Plan. Art. 81 Faculty are admitted through selection and specific nomination by the Board of each HEI, with the collaboration of the respective Program Coordinator where applicable, as set out in these Bylaws and observing the following criteria: I – in addition to the candidate's moral integrity, their academic and scientific degrees and their teaching and professional experience related to the subject or course they will teach will be considered; II – a basic requirement is an Undergraduate Degree in a Program that includes, at no lower level of complexity, a subject identical or related to the one to be taught;

• 1 Job classification or promotion must be approved by the General Board, under the Rules of the Faculty Career Plan and the human resources policy approved by the Sponsoring Organization.
• 2 The dismissal of a faculty member, their leaves or removal from duties will be proposed by the General Director and forwarded to the Sponsoring Organization for a decision.
• 3 In exceptional cases or in cases of extreme need, a faculty member may be hired for a fixed period, as provided in §1 of Article 77, until the conditions for classification at the other levels of the Career Plan are met.

Art. 82 The duties of Faculty members are: I – to draw up the Teaching Plan for their course and make it compatible with the others in the Program, in view of its Academic Project, and to ensure its full implementation after the appropriate approval; II – to guide, direct and deliver Teaching, Research and other activities in the area of their course, fully covering the planned Syllabus and course load; III – to organize and apply the instruments for assessing academic performance and to grade and record the results submitted by students, under the approved rules and the law; IV – to submit the results of academic performance assessments and other schoolwork to the General Registrar's Office within the set deadlines; V – to observe and enforce the HEI's disciplinary system; VI – to draw up and carry out Teaching, Research or Extension Projects approved by the competent Bodies; VII – to take part in Meetings and work of the Collegiate Bodies to which they belong and of the Committees to which they are appointed; VIII – to recommend the textbook and the basic and supplementary bibliography in the area of their course; IX – to perform the other duties assigned to them by law and by these Bylaws. Sole Paragraph. In on-campus programs, faculty attendance at academic activities is mandatory.

CHAPTER II – STUDENT BODY

Art. 83 The HEI's Student Body consists of regular students and non-regular students.

• 1 A regular student is a student enrolled in an Undergraduate Program.
• 2 A non-regular student is a student registered in Special Programs or in Postgraduate, Specialization, Professional Development or Extension Courses, or in stand-alone courses of any of the Programs regularly offered by the Entity, either on-campus or online, under the Rules approved by the Higher Administrative Board and current legislation.

Art. 84 The rights and duties of the Student Body are: I – to attend classes and other curricular activities and use the educational, administrative and technical services offered by the HEI, under the Agreement entered into with the Institution; II – to vote and stand for election, as provided by law, in elections for student representation Bodies; III – to appeal decisions of the Deliberative or Executive Bodies; IV – to observe the Academic and disciplinary System and behave, inside and outside the Institution, in accordance with appropriate ethical principles; V – to take care of the HEI's property; VI – to pay on time the fees and contributions due as payment for the educational services received, within the deadlines set in the Educational Services Agreement signed with the Institution, and to be subject to the relevant legal rules if these obligations are not met. Art. 85 The HEI's Student Body is represented by the Student Association (Centro Acadêmico), governed by its own Statute, drawn up and approved by it as provided by law.

• 1 Duly constituted Student Associations are responsible for nominating the student Representative, with the right to speak and vote, on the Collegiate Bodies; holding more than one position is prohibited.
• 2 The following provisions apply to student Representatives on the Collegiate Bodies:

I – regularly enrolled students are eligible; II – terms last 1 (one) year, and immediate reelection is prohibited; III – serving as a representative does not exempt the student from fulfilling their academic obligations, including attendance at classes and activities.

• 3 In the absence of a Student Association, student representation may be provided through nomination by the students elected as Class Representatives, under the Rules approved by the Pedagogical Council.

Art. 86 The Institution may establish a Teaching Assistant program, admitting regular students selected by the Program Coordinators and nominated by the General Director from among students who have shown satisfactory performance in the course or area of the assistantship, as well as aptitude for supporting Teaching, Research and Extension activities.

• 1 The Teaching Assistant role does not create an employment relationship with the Sponsoring Organization and will be performed under the guidance of a faculty member; Teaching Assistants may not be used to teach theoretical or practical classes corresponding to the regular course load of a curricular course.
• 2 Serving as a Teaching Assistant is considered relevant for future entry into the teaching career at the Institution.

Art. 87 The Institution may establish awards to encourage the intellectual output of its students, as regulated by the Higher Administrative Board.

CHAPTER III – TECHNICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF

Art. 88 The Technical and Administrative Staff, made up of all non-teaching employees and laboratory technicians, is responsible for the services needed for the proper operation of the Institution's various departments.

• 1 The Institution will maintain recruitment and selection standards and working conditions consistent with its nature as an Educational Institution, and will offer its Employees opportunities for technical and professional development.
• 2 The selection, transfer, hiring or dismissal of Employees will be carried out by the Sponsoring Organization, upon nomination by the General Board.

Art. 89 Training of Technical and Administrative staff is an ongoing task, based on combining theory and practice through in-service improvement courses, including professional training, which must be included in the Institutional Development Plans approved by the Administrative Board. Sole paragraph. Recognized and/or accredited courses and/or programs may be used for career progression or incentives, provided they are relevant to the respective field of professional training and/or job. Art. 90 The specific duties of the Administrative Agent are those related to Infrastructure, Multimedia, support and advisory services, according to the complexity, responsibility and needs of the department to which they are assigned.

TITLE VIII – DISCIPLINARY SYSTEM

CHAPTER I – DISCIPLINARY SYSTEM IN GENERAL

Art. 91 Student enrollment and appointment to a faculty or technical-administrative position or role entail a formal commitment to the Agreement signed with the Institution and to respecting the ethical and legal principles governing the HEI, academic dignity, the Rules contained in Education Legislation and in these Bylaws, and also those issued by the competent Bodies and respective Authorities. Art. 92 Failure to honor or violation of the commitment referred to in the previous Article, or neglect in performing one's duties, constitutes a disciplinary offense, punishable as provided in these Bylaws.

• 1 In applying disciplinary sanctions, the seriousness of the offense will be considered in light of the following elements:

I – whether it is the offender's first offense; II – intent or negligence; III – value of the moral, cultural or material asset affected;

• 2 The accused will always be guaranteed respect for human dignity, as well as the right to be heard and to a full defense.
• 3 The application to a student or faculty member of a penalty involving temporary or permanent removal from academic activities will be preceded by an Administrative Proceeding, ordered by the General Director.
• 4 In the event of material damage to the HEI's property, in addition to the applicable disciplinary sanction, the offender will be required to pay compensation, without prejudice to civil and criminal actions where applicable.

CHAPTER II – DISCIPLINARY SYSTEM FOR FACULTY

Art. 93 Faculty members are subject to the following disciplinary penalties: I – WARNING, verbal or written and confidential, for:

1. a) failure to meet deadlines set in the Bylaws, lateness or failure to attend academic events, even if it does not cause harm or shift responsibility to others;
2. b) lack of courtesy and respect toward people and the academic environment, with behavior inconsistent with that of their peers;
3. c) failure to complete the Syllabus or course load of the course in their charge.

II – REPRIMAND, in writing, for:

1. a) repetition of the offenses listed in item I;
2. b) offending any member of the Leadership, Technical-Administrative Staff, Faculty or Student Body;
3. c) failure to comply with requests made on behalf of the Board of Directors regarding their personal documents, related reports, syllabi and Teaching Plans.

III – DISMISSAL:

1. a) for just cause, in the cases provided for in Labor Law;
2. b) without just cause, due to the repetition referred to in the previous items, or for didactic-pedagogical reasons or reasons of staff accumulation or renewal.

• 1 The penalties in items I and II are applied by the General Director and may be applied in any order among the items listed, depending on the seriousness of the offense or violation.
• 2 The penalties in item III are forwarded by the General Director for the appropriate action.

CHAPTER III – DISCIPLINARY SYSTEM FOR THE STUDENT BODY

Art. 94 Students are subject to the following disciplinary penalties: I – WARNING, for:

1. a) failure to meet deadlines set in the Bylaws or failure to attend academic events, even if it does not cause harm or shift responsibility to others;
2. b) lack of courtesy and respect toward people and the academic environment, with behavior inconsistent with that of their peers.

II – REPRIMAND, for:

1. a) repetition of the offenses listed in item I;
2. b) use of improper means in their academic conduct.

III – SUSPENSION, with loss of the assessments during that period, for:

1. a) repetition of the offenses listed in item II;
2. b) failure to fulfill academic duties when called upon beyond the routine tasks of the Program's courses;
3. c) offending any member of the Leadership, Technical-Administrative Staff, Faculty or Student Body;
4. d) failure to comply with requests regarding personal documents, related reports and changes to their documents.

IV – EXPULSION, with issuance of a transfer, for:

1. a) repetition of the offenses listed in item III;
2. b) dishonest acts or crimes subject to criminal prosecution, incompatible with the dignity of the HEI or its Sponsoring Organization;
3. c) breach of the Educational Services Agreement.

• 1 The penalty of expulsion under subitems a), b) or c) is preceded by the opening of an Administrative Proceeding, which is the responsibility of the General Board.
• 2 During the Inquiry, the accused party may not be absent, under penalty of being found guilty.
• 3 The application of penalties may be appealed to the competent Body within 15 (fifteen) calendar days, and in the case of expulsion the appeal may be filed with a request for suspensive effect.

Art. 95 Penalties are recorded in a separate document and are not included in the student's Academic Transcript, and records of warnings and reprimands will be canceled if the student does not reoffend within 01 (one) year of their application.

CHAPTER IV – DISCIPLINARY SYSTEM FOR TECHNICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF

Art. 96 Members of the Technical and Administrative Staff are subject to the penalties provided for in Labor Law and in these Bylaws, where applicable. Sole Paragraph. Penalties may be applied by any member of the General Board, except dismissal, which is the responsibility of the Sponsoring Organization.

TITLE IX – ACADEMIC TITLES AND HONORS

Art. 97 Graduates of an Undergraduate Program will be awarded the respective Degree and issued the corresponding Diploma if they have passed all subjects or courses of the Program's Full Curriculum.

• 1 The Diploma will be signed by the General Director, the General Secretary and the graduate.
• 2 For a Program with several Qualifications or Emphases, the Diploma will state on the back the Qualification obtained, and new Qualifications obtained as provided by law will be added by annotation.

Art. 98 Academic Degrees will be conferred by the General Director or, in their absence, by the Academic Director or Administrative Director of the unit where the student graduates, or by whomever they delegate, in a Public and Formal Ceremony in which graduates will take the Oath of legal commitment in the form approved by the Higher Administrative Board. Sole Paragraph. For graduates who request it with justification, the Degree will be conferred in a simple ceremony, in the presence of 2 (two) faculty members, at a place and date set by the General Director or their designee. Art. 99 Those who successfully complete a Specialization, Professional Development or Extension Course, or pass stand-alone courses, will be issued the respective Certificate, signed by the General Director of the unit where they take place, the General Secretary and the Program Coordinator or respective faculty member under whose responsibility the Course or class was taught, so that it has legal effect. Art. 100 The Institution confers the following Academic Honors: I – the title of Professor Honoris Causa”, on a highly qualified person who has demonstrated a contribution to Teaching and Research, published works of real value and effectively contributed to the advancement of knowledge; II – the title of Professor Emeritus”, preferably given to Professors or external figures who have provided outstanding collaboration and invaluable services to the Institution. III – the title of Academic Laurel, aimed at the student community, is the distinction awarded to graduates who obtain a final average academic score equal to or higher than 9.0 (nine) and have not obtained any partial or final score lower than 9.0 (nine) in any course. Sole Paragraph. The titles and honors mentioned above, and others, must be approved by the Higher Council, upon proposal by the General Board.

TITLE X – RELATIONS WITH THE SPONSORING ORGANIZATION

Art. 101 NEPUGA POS GRADUAÇÃO LTDA, as the Sponsoring Organization, is responsible to the Public Authorities and the general public for FACULDADE NEPUGA, and must take the measures necessary for its proper operation, within the limits of the law, of these Bylaws, of the academic and didactic-pedagogical freedom of the Faculty and the Student Body, and of the authority of its Deliberative and Executive Bodies. Art. 102 The Sponsoring Organization is responsible for providing adequate operating conditions for the HEI's activities, making available to it the necessary movable and real property, whether its own or that of third parties assigned or leased to it, and ensuring sufficient financial resources to fund its purposes, under the approved Budget Plan. Art. 103 The Sponsoring Organization retains the budgetary, property and financial administration of the HEI, and may delegate it in whole or in part to members of the General Board.

• 1 Decisions of the Collegiate Bodies or the Boards that entail an increase in expenses or costs, whether or not provided for in the Budget Plan, require the approval of the Sponsoring Organization.
• 2 The maintained institution enjoys autonomy in didactic-pedagogical matters, for its proper performance.
• 3 Inter-institutional Agreements and Educational Services Agreements entered into between students and the Institution will be signed by the legal representative of the Sponsoring Organization or by a member of the HEI's General Board, by delegation of authority.

TITLE XI – ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES

CHAPTER I – GENERAL REGISTRAR'S OFFICE

Art. 104 The General Secretary of the HEI will be appointed by the General Director, under these Bylaws, and has the following duties: I – to organize the services of the Registrar's Office, centralizing in it the HEI's record-keeping, which must be kept strictly up to date and checked; II – to organize the Archive so as to ensure the preservation of Academic Documents and promptly meet any request for information or clarification from interested parties or the Board of Directors; III – to carry out the relevant legal orders of the Boards; IV – to oversee and monitor the services of the General Registrar's Office, distributing work fairly among the assistants; V – to draft and send all official correspondence of the HEI; VI – to draft and sign the Official Notices calling for Exams and Enrollment, which will be published by order of the respective Board; VII – to keep the Collection of Laws, Regulations, Bylaws, Instructions, Orders, Work Orders and Record Books up to date; VIII – to present to the respective Boards, in a timely manner, all Documents that must be approved or signed; IX – to regularly publish, through the electronic Academic system, on the student page, the table of performance grades, Tests or Exams, and lists of absences or attendance for their information; X – To organize and keep the faculty's class logs up to date; Art. 105 The technical-administrative staff assigned to the General Registrar's Office are responsible for carrying out the tasks assigned to them, as well as diligently meeting the Directors' requests, in addition to the recommendations and observations made in the interest of improving the quality of the service provided. Art. 106 The working hours of the technical-administrative staff will be set by the General Director so that the General Registrar's Office always has a person in charge present, whatever the operating periods of the Programs.

CHAPTER II – TREASURY AND ACCOUNTING

Art. 107 Treasury and Accounting services will be overseen by the Administrative Director, as delegated by the Sponsoring Organization. Treasury and Accounting services will be headed by a technical-administrative staff member, with the following duties: I – to present, for the academic year, the financial statements of the HEI's activities; II – to cooperate with the Administrative Director in preparing the budget proposal for the following year; III – to manage all of the HEI's accounting transactions. IV – to collect, safeguard and manage all of the HEI's financial assets, as directed by the Administrative Director; V – To submit regular reports to the Administrative Director on the HEI's financial transactions, to be forwarded to the General Director and to the HEI's Sponsoring Organization.

CHAPTER III – LIBRARY

Art. 108 Library services will be directed by a Librarian and by Assistants nominated by the Academic Director and hired by the Sponsoring Organization, according to the needs of the services. Art. 109 The Library must be organized according to the most modern principles of Library Science, with computerized resources, and its operation will be governed by Regulations approved by the Higher Administrative Board. Art. 110 The dissemination of teaching and cultural work and other publications will be promoted by the Library, as indicated by the Program Coordinations and the Pedagogical Council. Art. 111 The Library will be open daily during the period of classes and academic work. Art. 112 The person in charge of the Library is responsible for: I – coordinating the services of the Library and its Staff; II – ensuring the preservation of the books and of everything belonging to the Library; III – organizing catalog lists and card files according to the Systems in use at the Library; IV – proposing to the Academic Board the purchase of Works and Subscriptions to Periodicals, giving preference to those dealing with subjects taught at the HEI and always seeking to complete existing Works and Collections, after consulting the Program Coordinators and interested faculty; V – organizing an Annual Catalog of bibliographic references for the HEI's Programs, for consultation by faculty, students, technical-administrative staff and the community in general; VI – informing the Board of Directors and faculty of new publications in the country, together with Catalogs from the main Bookstores whenever possible and appropriate; VII – sending Program Coordinators, at the end of each academic year, a printed form to make it easier to indicate the Works and Publications needed for their courses that the Library does not yet have, or that should be included in the Teaching Plans; VIII – organizing and sending the Library's work Reports to the Academic Board; IX – being responsible for courteous and respectful service to all Library users. X – Compiling statistics on Library use, checkouts and user attendance, as requested by the Academic Director.

CHAPTER IV – OMBUDSMAN'S OFFICE

Art. 113 The HEI's Ombudsman will be a technical-administrative staff professional appointed by the General Director to the position of Ombudsman under these Bylaws. Art. 114 Duties of the Ombudsman's Office: I – To hear complaints, reports, compliments, requests and suggestions, or clarify questions about the services provided; II – To receive, analyze and forward the academic community's submissions to the Director of the relevant area, who will pass the decisions on to the General Board; III – To follow up on the measures taken, keeping the citizen informed; IV – To respond to users as quickly as possible.

TITLE XII – GENERAL PROVISIONS

Art. 115 Unless otherwise provided by law, the deadline for filing appeals is 15 (fifteen) calendar days from the date of publication of the act being appealed or of its notification to the interested party. Sole Paragraph. Responses to appeals must be communicated within 3 (three) business days. Art. 116 Decisions of an academic nature may be appealed, in order, to the following decision-making bodies: Program Boards, Director of Teaching, General Director, Higher Council. Art. 117 Fees and Contributions, Monthly and Semester Tuition will be set by the Sponsoring Organization and published in a specific Act by the General Director, in accordance with the terms of the Educational Services Agreement signed between the student and the Institution, under the law. Sole Paragraph. The amount of the Fees and other Contributions includes the acts necessarily inherent to academic work, and their mandatory payment will be made according to the plans approved by the Sponsoring Organization. Art. 118 Amendments to and revisions of these General Bylaws must be approved by the Higher Council and by the Sponsoring Organization, where applicable, upon proposal by the HEI's General Board. Art. 119 Cases that are not covered, urgent, transitional or involve legal interpretation will be resolved by the Higher Council or by the General Board, as the case may be, after consulting the Sponsoring Organization where relevant. Art. 120 These General Bylaws enter into force on the date of their approval by the Higher Council.