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

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:

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:

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 Gazette or 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

(Sgd.) RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE
President of the Philippines