FOURTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC 
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OF THE PHILIPPINES 
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First Regular Session 
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Introduced by Senator Manuel "Lito" M. Lapid 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
The success of the Philippines as host country and as overall champion in the 
2005 Southeast Asian Games in Manila, heightened the urgency and necessity of a 
national institution and nation-wide network for quality education and training in 
accordance with international standards of sports performance in competitive events. 
This bill meets the need for a National Academy of Sports to train Filipino 
athletes with potential to win gold medals. The academy also aims to train reserves of 
sports manpower scientifically and systematically to extract the creme of the crop. The 
academy will also train the educators, coaching and refereeing corps to ensure a 
continuing stream of top athletes and the best educators for sports development. 
The academy which will be made an attached agency of the Philippine Sports 
Commission, will contemplate a nationwide network comprising of satellite training 
centers to serve as consortium of educational institutions offering degree and non- 
degree programs. This will have linkages with the academe and international 
organizations related to sports development and education. As an attached agency of 
the Philippine Sports Commission, there is an assurance that the National Academy will 
be in the mainstream of governing policies and programs. 
Moreover, with the National Academy, physical education as taught in school will 
be given the attention and priority status it deserves. in addition, teachers and 
instructors of physical education who will be part of the degree and non-degree 
programs of the Academy will gain the recognition due them. 
The urgent approval of this National Academy of Sports bill is necessary if we 
aim to make wave not only in the Southeast Asian level but also in the Asian and the 
World sports competitions. 
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FOURTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC 
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First Regular Session 
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Introduced by Senator Manuel “Lito” M. Lapid 
AN ACT 
CREATING THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SPORTS AS AN ATTACHED 
AGENCY OF THE PHILIPPINE SPORTS COMMISSION, PROVIDIMG THE 
STRUCTURE, POWERS AND FUNCTIONS THEREOF, AND FOR OTHER 
PURPOSES 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
SECTION I. 
Short rifle. - This Act shall be known as the “National 
Academy of Sports Act of 2007.” 
SEC. 2 .  
Declaration of Policy. - It is hereby declared to be the national 
policy to make available to the greatest number of athletes and of sports manpower and 
the highest possible quality of sports education and training in accordance with 
international standards, to the end that individual total development shall be ensured 
and that the discipline needed for competition and the indomitable spirit to attain 
excellence in sports performance shall be developed in Filipino athletes who compete in 
national and international games and events. 
It is also declared the national policy to recognize the necessity of creating a 
national institution with a nationwide network for delivery of educational and training 
services in sports to carry out the deciared national policy stated in the preceding 
paragraph of this Section. 
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SEC. 3. 
Creation and Objectives of the Academy. - There is hereby 
created the National Academy of Sports which shall be the lead agency to implement 
the provision of this Act, hereinafter referred to as the “Academy”. 
For purposes of general policy and program coordination, supervision and 
direction, the Academy shall be an attached agency of the Philippines Sports 
Commission which was created pursuant to Republic Act No. 6847, and shall be 
hereinafter referred to as the “Commission”. 
The Academy shall have the following objectives: 
To serve as the education and training arm of the Commission for the 
development of high caliber athletes competing in international sporting 
events; 
To train and grant degrees, in coordination with the Department of 
Education, educators in different levels of specialization through academic 
degree programs; 
To train and accredit coaches, trainers, sports managers, referees, 
umpires, community sports psychologists, sports medicine practitioners, 
through non-degree programs; 
To conduct basic and applied research relevant to physical education and 
sports; 
To establish satellite regional training centers for sports education and 
sports; 
To enter into and engage in a consortium with public and private schools 
offering degree and non-degree courses in physical education and sports; 
To establish and maintain linkages with international academic institutions 
and organizations for continuing upgrading of sports manpower and the 
improvement of the Academy and its sports curriculum and programs; and 
To perform such other functions and exercise such other power necessary 
to carry out the declared policy, the aforementioned objectives, and the 
provisions of this Act. 
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SEC. 4. 
Housing and Places of Acfivities. - The Academy shall be 
housed at the National Academy of Sports Complex located in Pasig , Metro Manila. 
The activities of the Academy pursuant to this Act may be carried out in satellite 
regional training centers, in venues pursuant to a consortium with public and private 
schools, or in such other places as the National Academy shall decide in order to 
implement this Act. 
SEC. 5. 
Board of Trustees. - The Administration, operations, and 
management of the Academy shall be vested in a Board of Trustees which shall be 
composed of five (5) members, hereinafter referred to as the Board, and shall be 
composed of the following: 
The Commission Chairman as ex-officio chairman of the Board; 
One 
(1) 
representative from the Department of 
Education of 
Undersecretary rank, who shall be ex-officio Vice-chairman; 
One (1) representative from the academe in sports education and training; 
One (1) representative from the National Sports Association with a 
specialization in education and training of sports manpower; and 
The Executive Director of the Academy as ex-officio member. 
The representative of the academe and of the National Sports Association shall 
be appointed by the President for a term of three (3) years or shall serve until their 
successor shall have been duly appointed and qualified. 
The Chairman, Vice-chairman and Members of the Board of Trustees shall 
receive allowances of not less than One Thousand Pesos (Php1,000.00) for every 
official meeting of the Board actually attended by them or any official activity of the 
Academy; but in no case shall such allowance exceed Thirty Thousand Pesos 
(Php30,000.00) each per annum. 
SEC. 6. 
Powers and Functions of the Board. - The Board of Trustees 
shall exercise and perform the following powers and functions; 
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(a) 
To provide for the planning, implementation and evaluation of a curricula 
leading to the following degrees and specialization in Physical Education as required 
qualification for teaching in the elementary, secondary and tertiary schools or institution 
or as required of a supervisory position: 
(1) 
(2) 
(3) 
Bachelor of Physical Education; 
(4) 
(5) 
(6) 
Courses offering certificates such as Certificate in Physical 
Bachelor of Science in Education, Major in Physical Education 
Bachelor of Science in Physical Education; 
Bachelor of Science in Physical Education, Health and Music; 
Master of Arts in Physical Education; and 
Education, or Proficiency in Sports Coaching; 
(b) 
To formulate and implement materials development program which shall 
directly manage, maintain, preserve and gather data or information for the following 
facilities: 
(1) 
Sports Medicine Laboratory; 
(2) 
Sports Museum: 
(3) 
Sports Library; or 
(4) 
Sports Bank; 
To provide for the training and accreditation of qualified sports manpower 
(c) 
such as, but not limited to, the following: 
Coaches; 
Sports medicine practitioners; 
Sports officiating officials; 
Sports managers; 
Community sports leader; or 
Business sports coordinators 
and to extend assistance, whenever possible, utilizing its resources in the conduct of 
athletic training, international exchange program and sports distance study program; 
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(d) 
To provide opportunities for potential athletes to attain certificates, 
diplomas or degrees of completion in the elementary, high school and college 
education; 
(e) 
To appoint professors, instructors, lecturers and other employees of the 
Academy; to fix their compensation, hours of service, and such other duties and 
conditions as it may deem proper, to grant them at its discretion leave of absence under 
such regulations as it may promulgate, and to remove them for cause after an 
investigation and hearing; 
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To receive in trust legacies, gifts, and donations of real and personal 
property of all kinds and administer the same for the benefit of the Academy, or of a 
department thereof, or for aid to any student athlete in accordance with the direction or 
instructions of the donor and, in default thereof, in such manner as the Board may at its 
discretion determine; and 
(9) 
To prescribe rules for its own governance, and to enact such ordinances 
and regulations, not contrary to law, as are consistent with the purposes of the 
Academy as defined in this Act. 
SEC. 7. 
Executive Director and Deputy Executive Director. - There shall 
be an Executive Director who shall be appointed by the President, from among a short 
list to be recommended by the Board of Trustees. He shall be assisted by a Deputy 
Executive Director, one (1) Assistant Director for Administration and Finance, and a 
Dean for Academic Affairs. The Executive Director shall act as the Chief Executive 
Officer of the Academy and shall have a rank equivalent to that of the president of a 
State college or university in the Philippines. 
The Executive Director and the Deputy Executive Director must be citizens of the 
Philippines, at least thirty-five (35) years of age, of good moral character, with at least 
three (3) years experience in educational administration, or in teaching of sports 
development with professorial rank. 
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The Assistant Director for Administration and Finance must be a Filipino, at least 
thirty (30) years old, of good moral character, a holder of a master’s degree in business 
or public administration, or a certified public accountant, a civil service eligible, and with 
at least one (1) year experience in any academic institution. 
The Dean for Academic Affairs must be a Filipino, at least thirty (30) years old, of 
good moral character, a civil service eligible , with at least three (3) years experience in 
educational administration or an associate professor rank in sports development. 
SEC. 8. 
Funding. - There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for the 
implementation of this Act by the National Academy the amount of Five Million Pesos 
(Php5,000,000.00) for the initial operations and projects of the National Academy as an 
attached agency of the Commission. Thereafter, such amount needed to implement this 
Act shall be included in the Annual Appropriations Act of the Commission for the 
implementation of this Act. 
SEC. 9. 
Separability Clause. - If any provision of this Act or the application 
of such provision to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the remainder of this 
Act or the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be 
affected thereby. 
SEC. I O .  
Repealing Clause. -All laws, rules or orders inconsistent with the 
provisions of this Act are hereby repealed. 
SEC. 11. 
Effectivity Clause. - This Act shall take effect upon completion of 
its publication in at least two (2) national newspapers of general circulation. 
Approved, 
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