Republic of the Philippines 
       HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
Eighteenth Congress 
Second Regular Session 
HOUSE BILL NO._______ 
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Introduced by Honorable Mark O. Go 
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EXPLANATORY NOTE 
The 1987 Constitution mandates 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. It is in response to this mandate that this bill 
proposes the creation of the Baguio City Sports High School.  
The Baguio City Sports High School will be a specialized public high school which 
will cater to the specific needs of young athletes in training through a sports-focused 
curriculum complemented with the necessary general academic curriculum. This is to ensure 
that the students are well-rounded and equipped with the proper foundation to enter and 
future field of study or profession, in addition to, or even beyond the area of sports and 
athletics. Still, the sports high school shall be organized primarily to provide its students with 
the optimal environment to excel in sports, and pave their way to athletic careers.  
The concept of specialized high schools focusing on sports is seen in several countries 
around the globe. In Southeast Asia, the Bukit Jalil Sports School in Kuala Lumpur, 
Malaysia, and the Singapore Sports School have successfully produced several Olympic 
medalists and Olympians over the years.  After Mansuelito “Onyok” Velasco, Jr. won in 
1996 at Atlanta, the Philippines had to wait for 20 long years before Hidilyn Diaz ended our 
medal drought at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Further, the country has yet to win a single gold 
medal since its Olympic debut in the 1924.  It is the intent of this proposal to discover, train, 
and support Filipino talents, such that from the ranks of its future graduates will rise world 
class athletes who will carry the Philippine flag at the international arena, all the way up to 
the Olympics.  
While aspiring young athletes are found all over the country, many promising talents 
from the provinces do not receive the adequate support and training, and are not exposed to 
the proper opportunities to further pursue their athletic dreams. Establishing a sports high 
school in Baguio will open a lot of opportunities for young athletes in northern Luzon, which 
may be replicated in many strategic locations across the archipelago. In addition, several 
studies have shown that training in high altitudes improve athletic performance. Apart from 
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the Baguio Athletic Bowl and Baguio Teachers’ Camp, many sports and housing facilities are 
readily available within Metro Baguio. With adequate government support, these facilities 
could further be improved to meet international standards.  
With the creation of the Baguio City Sports High School, not only is the country 
raising generations of world-class athletes, it also raises sports awareness and interest among 
the Filipino youth. Sports ultimately provide the youth healthy and productive outlets to 
channel and develop their physical strengths, mental acumen, and social skills. Likewise, it 
provides athletes from poor households the opportunities to pursue their dreams and in the 
future provide for their families as professionals, opportunities which they otherwise would 
not have had without the specialize public high school.     
In view of the foregoing, the approval of the measure is earnestly sought. 
MARK O. GO 


Republic of the Philippines 
       HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
Eighteenth Congress 
Second Regular Session 
HOUSE BILL NO._______ 
__________________________________________________________________ 
Introduced by Honorable Mark O. Go 
__________________________________________________________________ 
AN ACT 
CREATING A HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SPORTS IN THE CITY OF BAGUIO TO 
BE KNOWN AS THE BAGUIO CITY SPORTS HIGH SCHOOL, AND 
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress 
assembled: 
SECTION 1.  Declaration of Policy. – It is a declared 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. 
Towards this end, the State shall promote the sustained development of young 
Filipinos whose skills in the field of sports shall be encourage and honed through education 
and specialized training programs.  It shall establish, maintain, and support a complete, 
adequate, and integrated system of education and training to encourage sports enthusiasm and 
to advance the athletic talents and skills of the Filipino youth, and to promote the 
development of young athletes nationwide.  
SEC. 2. Creation of the Baguio City Sports High School. - There is hereby created a 
high school for the sports in the City of Baguio to be known as the "Baguio City Sports High 
School", hereafter referred to as the "School".  
The School shall be administered and supervised by the Department of Education 
(DepEd), in close coordination with the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC), for policy and 
program formulation and implementation, and technical assistance. 
SEC. 3. Mandate. - The School shall implement a general secondary curriculum, as 
prescribed by the Republic Act No. 10533 or the "Enhanced Basic Education Act of 2013", 
with special focus on the sports that shall develop the athletic skills and potentials of high 
school students. 
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SEC. 4.  School Director. - There shall be a School Director who shall serve as the 
Head and chief academic officer of the school. The functions, powers and duties shall be 
similar to the Office of the Principal of any high school in the Philippine education system. 
The School Director shall serve a term of five (5) years, render full-time work, and 
shall be eligible for reappointment to another term, who shall be appointed by the DepEd 
Secretary, subject to the guidelines and qualifications set forth in the implementing rules and 
regulations, upon the recommendation of a duly constituted Search Committee.  
A Search Committee shall be constituted by the DepEd Regional Director in 
consultation with the head of the PSC. It shall be formed immediately upon the approval of 
the implementing rules and regulations of this Act, and shall reconvene again within six (6) 
months before the expiration of the term of the School Director.  
The salary of the School Director shall be equivalent to Principal IV in accordance 
with the Revised Compensation and Position Classification System. 
SEC. 5.  Position Structure and Staffing Pattern. - The position structure and 
staffing pattern of the School shall be prescribed by the DepEd upon the recommendation of 
the School Director, subject to the approval of the Department of Budget and Management. 
SEC. 6.  School Fund. - All government appropriations for and other income 
generated by the School, as well as all legacies, gifts, donations, grants, endowments, 
contributions and other similar transfers of real and personal properties of all kinds received 
by the School, shall constitute the School Fund.  
The Fund shall be exclusively utilized for the School’s program for the sports, subject 
to the Commission on Audit (COA) rules and regulations. 
SEC. 7.  Authority to Solicit and Receive Donations and Grants. - The School 
Director, with the approval of the DepEd Regional Director and Schools Division 
Superintendent, may solicit, negotiate with, and received in trust from any public or private, 
domestic or foreign sources, legacies, gifts, donations, grants, endowments, contributions or 
other transfers of ownership and/or possession of real or personal properties of all kinds in 
favor and for the benefit of the School; Provided, That the School Director shall, in 
accordance with pertinent accounting and auditing laws, rules and regulations, prescribe the 
necessary measures for the proper use, maintenance and safekeeping of said donations, 
grants, endowments, contributions or transfers and the compliance of the terms and 
conditions thereon, if any. 
SEC. 8.  Development Plan and Organizational Structure. - Within the period of 
one hundred twenty (120) days after the approval of this Act, and the approval of its 
implementing rules and regulations, the School shall accomplish the following: 
(a) Submit a five (5)-year development plan, including its corresponding budgetary 
program to the DepEd for corresponding recommendation to the DBM; and  
(b) Set up its organizational, administrative, as well as academic structure, including 
the appointment of the School officials, subject to the qualifications set forth in this 
Act. 


 
 
 
 
 
SEC. 9.  Appropriations. - The amount necessary for the implementation of the 
provisions of this Act shall be included in the annual appropriations of DepEd as contained in 
the General Appropriations Act.  
SEC. 10.  Implementing Rules and Regulations. - The DepEd, in coordination with 
the PSC, shall issue within a period of ninety (90) days after the effectivity of this Act, the 
necessary rules and regulations for the effective implementation of this Act.   
 
SEC. 11.  Separability Clause. - If, for any reason, any portion or provision of this 
Act shall be held unconstitutional or invalid, the remaining provisions not affected thereby 
shall continue to be in full force and effect.  
 
SEC. 12.  Repealing Clause. - All laws, presidential decrees, executive orders, rules 
and regulations, issuances or parts thereof which are inconsistent with the provisions of this 
Act are hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly. 
 
SEC. 13.  Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication 
in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.   
 
 
 
Approved.