FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC 
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OF THE PHILIPPINES 
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First Regular Session 
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SENATE 
S, No. 
1959 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
The Constitution, Article 13, Section 11 provides that: 
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SEC. 11. The State shall adopt and integrated and comprehensive 
approach to health development which shall endeavor to make 
essential goods, health and other social services available to all the 
people at affordable cost. There shall be a priority for the needs of 
the underprivileged, sick, elderly, disabled, women and children. 
The State shall endeavor to provide free medical care to paupers. 
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Active participation in sports teachers our youth values such as teamwork, handling challenges, 
and overcoming obstacles. Sports keep the mind mentally and physically fit. 
Learning institutions should inform prospective students of their athletic programs in 
order for prospective students to make an informed judgment of whether to enroll in the school 
or not. Hence, this bill will require institution of higher education to disclose participation and 
program support expenditures in college athletic programs: 
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This bill was originally filed during the Thirteenth Congress, First Regular Session. 
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FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC 
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OF THE PHILIPPINES 
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First Regular Session 
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SEN~T.x: 
S. No. 
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Introduced by Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago 
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AN ACT 
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REQUIRING INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION TO DISCLOSE PARTICIPATION 
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AND PROGRAM SUPPORT EXPENDITURES IN COLLEGE ATHLETIC PROGRAMS 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
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SECTION 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be cited as the "Equity in Athletics Disclosure 
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Act." 
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SECTION 2. Declaration of Policy. - It is the policy of the State to promote physical 
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education and encourage sports programs, league competitions, and amateur sports including 
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training for international competitions, to foster self-discipline, teamwork, and excellence for the 
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development of a healthy and alert citizenry. All educational institutions are mandated to 
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undertake regular sports activities throughout the country in cooperation with athletic clubs and 
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other sectors. In pursuit of these objectives, equal opportunities should be provided to both male 
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and female f,lthletes. 
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SECTION 3. Definition of Terms. -For the purpose ofthis Act, the term: 
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(A) "Secretary" means the Secretary of Education; 
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(B) "Institution of higher education" means an educational institution engaged in 
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educating individuals in the college of level which offers courses in pursuit of a specialized field 
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or line of profession; and 
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(C) "Operating expenses" means non-scholarship expenditures incurred in operating an 
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athletic team. 
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SECTION 4. Disclosure of Athletic Program Participation Rates and Financial Support. 
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- Each institution of higher education which participates in any athletic program recognized 
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Department of Education and has an intercollegiate athletic program, shall annually submit a 
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report to the Secretary: 
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(A) For each men's team, women's team, and any term, and any team that includes male 
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and female athletes, the following data: 
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(1) the total number of participants and their gender; 
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(2) the total scholarship expenditures; 
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(3) a figure that represents the total scholarship expenditures divided by the total 
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number of participants; 
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(4) the total number of contests for the team; 
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(5) the total operating expenses for the team; 
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(6) the total recruiting expenses for the team; 
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(7) the total personnel expenses for the team; 
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(8) whether the head coach is male or female and whether the head coach is full 
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time or part time; 
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(9) the number of assistant coaches that are male and the number of assistant 
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coaches that are female and whether each particular coach is full time or part 
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time; 
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(10) the number of graduate assistant coaches that are male and the number of 
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graduate assistant coaches that are female; 
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(11) the number of volunteer assistant coaches that are male and the number of 
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volunteer assistant coaches that are female; 
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(12) the ratio of participants to coaches; 
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(13) the full compensation of the head coach; 
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(14) the full compensation of the assistant coaches; and 
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(B) A statement of the following: 
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(1) the ratio of male participants to female participants in the entire athletic 
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program; and 
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(2) the ratio of male scholarship expenses to female scholarship expenses in the 
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entire athletic program. 
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SECTION 5. Disclosure to Prospective Students. - When an institution of higher 
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education offers admission to a potential student, such institution shall provide to the student the 
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information contained in the report submitted by such institution to the Secretary under the 
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preceding section. 
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SECTION 6. Disclosure to the Public. - An institution of higher education must make 
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available to the public, upon request, the information contained in the report submitted by such 
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institution to the Secretary under Section 4. 
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SECTION 7. Secretary of Education's Duty to Publish a Report. - On an annual basis, 
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the Secretary, using the reports submitted under this Subsection, shall compile and publish a 
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report containing the information collected broken down by the individual institutions, and by 
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the athletic conferences recognized by intercollegiate athletic associations in which the 
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individual institutions participate. 
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SECnON 8. Reports to Congress. - The Secretary shall submit the reports compiled 
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under Section 4 to Congress on an annual basis. 
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SECTION 9. Separability Clause. - If any provision or part hereof, is held invalid or 
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unconstitutional, the remainder of the law or the provision not otherwise affected shall remain 
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valid and sUbsisting. 
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SECTION 10. Repealing Clause. - Any law, presidential decree or issuance, executive 
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order, letter of instruction, administrative order, rule or regulation contrary to or is inconsistent 
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with the provision of this Act is hereby repealed, modified, or amended accordingly. 
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SECTION 11. Effectivity Clause. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its 
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publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation. 
Approved, 
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