Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

NINETEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House Bill No. 2574

Introduced by Honorable Ma. Alana Samantha Talifto Santos

AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE COTABATO SPORTS TRAINING CENTER IN THE
MUNICIPALITY OF KABACAN, PROVINCE OF COTABATO, AND APPROPRIATING
FUNDS THEREFOR

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Our state policy emphasizes the need 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. It also calls for educational institutions to undertake regular sports act
throughout the country in cooperation with athletic clubs and other sectors.

Further, it highlights the role of the State to protect and promote the right of all citizens to quality
education and undertake steps to ensure accessibility to all. It shall also establish, maintain, and
support a complete, adequate, and integrated system of education that is responsive to the needs
of the people and society.

Recognizing the need to establish a holistic and comprehensive educational system, particularly
highlighting the significant role of sports as a vehicle for personal and community development,
particularly in Cotabato and its neighboring provinces, the establishment of a sports academy shall
be pivotal in achieving the aforementioned.

This bill seeks to establish a dedicated sports academy in Cotabato to serve as its primary sports
training center. It shall be geared towards providing necessary training programs and competitions,
as well as the institutionalization of a curriculum on sports scie and-in plementation of
modernized sport-related programs. Through its establish

MA. ALANA SAMAXTHA TALINO SANTOS
Representative
3" District, Cotabato Province



Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

NINETEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

2574

House Bill No.

Introduced by Honorable Ma. Alana Samantha Talifio Santos

AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE COTABATO SPORTS TRAINING CENTER IN THE
MUNICIPALITY OF KABACAN, PROVINCE OF COTABATO, AND
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in
Congress assembled:

SECTION 1. There shall be established in the Municipality of Kabacan, Province of
Cotabato, a sports training center to be known as the “Cotabato Sports Training Center” which
shall be constituted as the primary sports training center for the whole Province of Cotabato
and the neighboring province thereat.

SECTION 2. The Provincial Government of Cotabato, in coordination with the
Philippine Sports Commission (PSC), shall take the necessary steps to develop, upgrade,
improve, and modemnize existing programs, equipment, and personnel, and integrate them into
the newly created sports training center.

The Provincial Government of Cotabato, in coordination with the PSC, shall create the
necessary training programs and competitions, as well as the system by which the facilities
shall be maintained and managed in order to accomplish the objectives and purpose of this Act.

SECTION 3: The construction, establishment, and operation of the Cotabato Sports
Training Center shall be funded by the PSC, and such funds as may be granted by the Office
of the President. In addition, grants and endowments intended for sports development may be
obtained from local and foreign sources.

SECTION 4: The PSC, the Provincial Government of Cotabato, and other stakeholders
shall promulgate the necessary rules and regulations for the implementation of this Act within
ninety (90) days after its enactment into law.

SECTION 5: The Chairman of the PSC shall immediately include in the Department's
budget the amount necessary for the effective implementation of this Act which shall be
included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

SECTION 6. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the
Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,