FOURTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC) 
OF THE PHILIPPINES 
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First Regular Session 
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SENATE 
S.B.No. 6338 
Introduced by Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
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.* 
* This bill was originally filed during the Thirteenth Congress, First Regular Session. 


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FOURTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUeLIC) 
OF THE PHILIPPINES 
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First Regular Session 
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Introduced by Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago 
AN ACT 
REQUIRING INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION TO DISCLOSE PARTICIPATION 
AND PROGRAM SUPPORT EXPENDITURES IN COLLEGE ATHLETIC PROGRAMS 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress 
assem bled: 
SECTION 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be cited as the “Equity in Athletics Disclosure 
Act.” 
SECTION 2. Declaration of Policy. - It is the policy of the State to promote physical 
education and encourage sports programs, league competitions, and amateur sports including 
training for international competitions, to foster self-discipline, teamwork, and excellence for the 
development of a healthy and alert citizenry. All educational institutions are mandated to 
undertake regular sports activities throughout the country in cooperation with athletic clubs and 
other sectors. In pursuit of these objectives, equal opportunities should be provided to both male 
and female athletes. 
SECTION 3. DeJinition of Terms. -For the purpose of this Act, the term: 
(A) “Secretary” means the Secretary of Education; 
(B) “Institution of higher education” means an educational institution engaged in 
educating individuals in the college of level which offers courses in pursuit of a 
specialized field or line of profession; and 
(C) “Operating expenses” means non-scholarship expenditures incurred in operating an 
athletic team, 
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SECTION 4. Disclosure of Athletic Program Participation Rates and Financial Support. 
- Each institntion of higher education which participates in any athletic program recognized 
Department of Education and has an intercollegiate athletic program, shall annually submit a 
report to the Secretary: 
(A) For each men’s team, women’s team, and any term, and any team that includes male 
and female athletes, the following data: 
(1) the total number of participants and their gender; 
(2) the total scholarship expenditures; 
(3) a figure that represents the total scholarship expenditures divided by the total 
number of participants; 
(4) the total number of contests for the team; 
(5) the total operating expenses for the team; 
(6) the total recruiting expenses for the team; 
(7) the total personnel expenses for the team; 
(8) whether the head coach is male or female and whether the head coach is Mul 
time or part time; 
(9) the number of assistant coaches that are male and the number of assistant 
coaches that are female and whether each particular coach is full time or part 
time; 
(10) the number of graduate assistant coaches that are male and the number of 
graduate assistant coaches that are female; 
(1 1) the number of volunteer assistant coaches that are male and the number of 
volunteer assistant coaches that are female; 
(12) the ratio of participants to coaches; 
(13) the full compensation of the head coach; 
(14) the full compensation of the assistant coaches; and 
(B) A statement of the following: 
(1) the ratio of male participants to female participants in the entire athletic 
program; and 
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(2) the ratio of male scholarship expenses to female scholarship expenses in the 
entire athletic program. 
SECTION 5. Disclosure to Prospective Students. - When an institution of higher 
education offers admission to a potential student, such institution shall provide to the student the 
information contained in the report submitted by such institution to the Secretary under the 
preceding section. 
SECTION 6. Disclosure to the Public. - An institution of higher education must make 
available to the public, upon request, the information contained in the report submitted by such 
institution to the Secretary under Section 4. 
SECTION 7. Secretary of Education s Duty to Publish a Report. - On an annual basis, 
the Secretary, using the reports submitted under this Subsection, shall compile and publish a 
report containing the information collected broken down by the individual institutions, and by 
the athletic conferences recognized by intercollegiate athletic associations in which the 
individual institutions participate. 
SECTION 8. Reports to Congress. - The Secretary shall submit the reports compiled 
under Section 4 to Congress on an annual basis. 
SECTION 9. Separability Clause. - If any provision or part hereof, is held invalid or 
unconstitutional, the remainder of the law or provision not otherwise affected shall remain valid 
and subsisting. 
SECTION 10. Repealing Clause. - Any law, presidential decree os issuance, execntive 
order, letter of instruction, administrative order, rule or regulation contrary to or inconsistent 
with the provision of this Act is hereby repealed, modified or amended accordingly. 
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SECTION 11. Effecectivity Cluuse. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its 
publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation. 
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Approved, 
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