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Republic Act
Approved January 3, 2019

Republic Act No. 11180

Athletic Programs Report Act

An Act Requiring Higher Education Institutions to Report Participation and Program Support Expenditures in All College Athletic Programs

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This act mandates higher education institutions in the Philippines to annually report detailed data on college athletic program participation and financial support to the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), ensuring transparency and accountability in athletic programs.

  • Requires HEIs to submit annual athletic program reports to CHED
  • Mandates disclosure of participation rates, gender ratios, operating expenses, scholarship expenditures
  • Obligates CHED to compile and publish reports publicly
  • Imposes sanctions on HEI officials violating the Act
  • Establishes implementing rules and regulations within 60 days of effectivity
  • Ensures separability of provisions and repeals conflicting laws
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Seventeenth Congress Third Regular Session

Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-third day of July, two thousand eighteen.

REPUBLIC ACT No. 11180

An Act Requiring Higher Education Institutions to Report Participation and Program Support Expenditures in All College Athletic Programs

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippine Congress Assembled:

Section 1. Short Title

This Act shall be known as the Athletic Programs Report Act".

Section 2. Declaration of Policy

It is the policy of the State to promote physical education and encourage athletic programs, league competitions and amateur sports, including training for international competitions, to foster self-discipline, teamwork, and excellence towards the development of a healthy and alert citizenry. All educational institutions are also mandated to undertake regular sports activities throughout the country in cooperation with athletic clubs and other sectors. In line with these objectives, both male and female athletes shall be given equal opportunities to received proper training and participate in sports activities and competitions.

Section 3. Definition of Terms

As used in this Act:

(a)College Athletic Programs refer to college or university athletic programs. League competitions, amateur sports, and other sports activities, including training for international competitions, organized by the higher education institution or participated in by a team of students representing a college or university;
(b)Higher Education Institution (HEI) refers to an educational institution engaged in educating individuals in the college level which offers courses or programs leading to the grant of a degree;
(c)National Sports Associations refer to operating, in organizing an athletic team and participating in an athletic program.

Section 4. Disclosure of Athletic Program Participation Rate and Financial Support

Each higher education institution (HEI) that participates in any athletic program recognized by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), and has an intercollegiate athletic program shall submit, on an annual basis, a report to the Chairperson of the CHED containing the following data on each program:

(a)The total number of participants in the athletic program and their gender;
(b)The ratio of male participants to female participants in the entire athletic program;
(c)The total operating expenses for the athletic program;
(d)The total scholarship expenditures vis-a-vis the total number of participants;
(e)The ratio of male scholarship expenses to female scholarship expenses in the entire athletic program;
(f)The total number of contests participated in by the team;
(g)The gender of the head coach and if working full-time or part-time;
(h)The number of assistant coaches and their gender if working full-time or part-time;
(i)The number of graduate assistant coaches and their gender;
(j)The number of volunteer assistant coaches and their gender;
(k)The ratio of participants to coaches; and (l) The level of participation of National Sports Association (NSAs), including the number of athletes registered with the different NSAs. The HEI shall be required to make available to the public the information outlets: online, via the website of the institution the local school paper; bulletin boards in campus premises; and other schemes to disseminate information.

Section 5. Publication Duty of the CHED

The CHED shall be compile and publish annually in its webaite or in a newspaper of general circulation, the reports containing the information collected from the HEIs, including the athletic conferences recognized by intercollegiate athletic associations and participated in by the HEIs.

Section 6. Reportorial Requirement

The CHED shall submit the reports required under Section 4 of this Act to Congress on an annual basis.

Section 7. Sanctions

Pursuant to Section 8 of Republic Act No. 7722, otherwise known as the "Higher Education Act of 1994", the CHED shall impose disciplinary sanctions against an official or an employee of a HEI found violation Section 5 of this Act.

Section 8. Implementing Rules and Regulations

Within sixty (60) days upon the effectivity of this Act, the CHED, in coordination with the Philippine Association of State Universities and Colleges, Coordinating Council of Private Educational Associations, the Association of Local Colleges and Universities, and the POC issue the necessary rules and regulations to fully implement the provisions of this Act.

Section 9. Separability Clause

If any provision or part hereof is held invalid or unconsitutional, the same shall not affect the validity and effectivity of the other provisions.

Section 10. Repealing Clause

All laws, executive orders, decrees, instructions, rules and regulations contrary to or inconsistent with any provision of this Act are hereby amended, repealed or modified accordingly.

Section 11. Effectivity

This act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazetteor in a newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,

VICENTE C. SOTTO III President of the Senate

GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO Speaker of the House of Representatives

This Act which originated in the House of Representatives was passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on May 2, 2017 and October 10, 2018, respectively

MYRA MARIE D. VILLARICA

Secretary of the Senate

DANTE ROBERTO P. MALING

Acting Secretary General House of Representatives

Approved: January 3, 2019

RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE

For information and research only, and not legal advice. This text may not reflect later amendments. For certified copies, refer to the Official Gazette or the issuing agency.