Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS 
Third Regular Session 
HOUSE BILL NO. _____________ 
Introduced by REPRESENTATIVE MANUEL ANTONIO F. ZUBIRI 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
The Philippines is a nation with great potential in sports, as it is an integral element of our 
culture. Filipino athletes have won world acclaim in amateur, Olympic and professional 
competitions in individual and team sports just as in the recent Olympic games. Our 
common goal is to enhance national pride that will come from intensive sports training and 
high-quality education including of our indigenous sports and martial arts at the grassroots 
and elite levels. 
The strategies to achieve better performance in local and international competitions should 
include allocating more resources in sports training and infrastructure development. 
Government should play a larger role by consistently providing high quality of sports 
training and education. This shall include offering the opportunity for athletes to be active 
in sports at the same time that they complete degree and non-degree courses or engage in 
advance studies and specialization. 
This bill proposes to create the Philippine Sports Academy (PSA) that shall educate and 
serve as training ground for Filipino athletes, as an attached agency of the Philippine Sports 
Commission. It shall provide resources to prepare our youth for careers in sports and 
improve the country’s medal haul in international competitions, such as the Southeast 
Asian Games and the Olympics.  
The PSA shall be part of the platform for grassroots sports development. Through academic 
degree and non-degree programs, it shall train educators, coaches, trainers, sports 
managers, referees, umpires, community sports psychologists, sports medicine 
practitioners, and other related sports careers in different levels of specialization. 
Moreover, the Academy shall establish linkages with international academic institutions 
and organizations for the modernization and advancement of the Academy and its sports 
curriculum and programs.  
Thus, approval of this bill is earnestly sought. 
MANUEL ANTONIO F. ZUBIRI 
Representative 
Third District, Bukidnon  
October 28, 2021
9:15 am
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Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS 
Third Regular Session 
HOUSE BILL NO. _____________ 
Introduced by REPRESENTATIVE MANUEL ANTONIO F. ZUBIRI 
AN ACT 
CREATING THE PHILIPPINE SPORTS ACADEMY AS AN ATTACHED AGENCY OF THE 
PHILIPPINE SPORTS COMMISSION, PROVIDING ITS STRUCTURE, POWERS AND 
FUNCTIONS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress 
assembled: 
SECTION 1. Title. - This Act shall be known as the "Philippine Sports Academy Act of 2021". 
SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy. -  It is hereby declared the national policy to make available the 
highest possible quality of education and training in accord with international standards of 
performance to the most talented athletes and the greatest number of sports manpower, to the end 
that the total development of an individual 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 or events. 
It is also declared the national policy to recognize the necessity of creating a national 
institution with a nationwide network to deliver educational and training services to carry out the 
declared national policy stated in the preceding paragraph of this Section. 
SEC. 3. Creation and Objectives of the Academy.  -  There is hereby created the Philippine Sports 
Academy which shall be the lead agency to implement the provisions of this Act, hereinafter 
referred to as the "Philippine Sports Academy" or Academy. 
For purposes of general policy and program coordination, supervision and direction, the Philippine 
Sports Academy shall be an attached agency of the Philippine Sports Commission which was 
created pursuant to Republic Act No. 6847, hereinafter referred to as the "Commission". 
The Academy shall have the following objectives: 
(a) To serve as the education and training arm of the Commission for the development of athletes,
capable of winning gold and other medals, and of sports manpower;
(b) To train and grant degrees to, in coordination with the Commission on Higher Education,
educators in different levels of specialization through academic degree programs;
(c) To train and accredit coaches, trainers, sports managers, referees, umpires, community sports
psychologists, sports medicine practitioners, through non-degree programs;
(d) To conduct basic and applied research relevant to physical education and sports;
(e) To establish satellite regional training centers for sports education and sports;
(f) To enter into and engage in a consortium with public and private schools offering degree and
non-degree courses in physical education and sports;
(g) To establish and maintain linkages with international academic institutions and organizations
for continuing upgrading of sports manpower and the improvement of the academy, its sports
curriculum and programs; and
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(h) To perform such other functions and exercise such other powers necessary to carry out the 
provisions of this Act. 
 
SEC. 4. Location and Places of Activities. - The Academy shall be located at the Philippine Sports 
Commission Complex in Pasig City, Metro Manila or in any other location the Commission may 
decide.  
 
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 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, hereinafter referred to as the Board, and shall be composed of the 
following: 
 
(1) The Commission Chairman as "ex officio" chairman of the board; 
 
(2) One (1) representative from the Commission on Higher Education, with the rank of 
Undersecretary, who shall be the ex-officio Vice Chairman; 
 
(3) One (1) representative from the academe in sports education and training; 
 
(4) One (1) representative from the National Sports Association upon the recommendation of the 
Commission, with a specialization in education and training of sports manpower; and 
 
(5) The Executive Director of the Academy as ex-officio member. 
 
The representatives 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 be duly appointed 
and qualified.  
 
The Chairman, Vice Chairman, and Members of the Board of Trustees shall receive allowances of 
not less than Five Thousand Pesos (P5,000 .00) for every official meeting of the Board actually 
attended or activity to transact official business of the Academy.  
 
SEC. 6. Powers and Functions of the Board. - The Board of Trustees shall exercise and perform the 
following powers and functions: 
 
(a) To provide for the planning, implementation and evaluation of a curricula leading to the 
following degrees and specializations 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) Bachelor of Science in Education, Major in Physical Education; 
 
 
 
(2) Bachelor of Science in Physical Education; 
 
 
 
(3) Bachelor of Physical Education; 
 
 
 
(4) Bachelor of Science in Physical Education, Health and Music; 
 
 
 
(5) Master of Arts in Physical Education; and 
 
 
 
(6) Courses offering certificates such as Certificate in Physical 
 
 
Education, or Proficiency in Sports Coaching; and 
 
(b) To formulate and implement a 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 
 


(c) To provide for the training and accreditation of sports manpower such as, but not limited to the 
following: 
 
 
 
(1) Coaches; 
 
 
 
(2) Sports medicine practitioners; 
 
 
 
(3) Sports officiating officials; 
 
 
 
(4) Sports managers; 
 
 
 
(5) Community Sports leaders; or 
 
 
 
(6) Business Sports Coordinators 
 
And to extend assistance, whenever possible utilizing resources in the conduct of athletic training, 
international exchange program and sports distance study program; 
 
(d) To provide opportunities for 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; 
 
(f) To fix their compensation, hours of service, and such other duties and conditions as it may deem 
proper, to grant them of its discretion leave of absence under such regulations as it may promulgate, 
and to remove them for cause after an investigation and hearing shall have been had; 
 
(g) 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 directions or instructions of the donor and, in default thereof, 
in such a manner as the Board may at its discretion determine; and  
 
(h) To prescribe rules for its 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 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. 
 
The Executive Director and 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 of experience in 
educational administration, or in teaching of sports development with professorial rank. 
 
The Assistant Director for Administration and Finance must be a Filipino, at least thirty (30) years 
old, of good moral character, a holder of Master's degree in business or public administration, or a 
certified public accountant, is 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 of experience in educational 
administration or with an associate professor rank in sports development. 
 
SEC. 8. Appropriation. - There is hereby appropriated for the implementation of this Act the amount 
of Fifty Million Pesos (P50,000,000.00)  for  the  initial  operations and projects of the Philippine 
Sports Academy. Thereafter, such amount needed to implement this Act shall be included in the 
Annual Appropriations of the Commission and earmarked for the operations of the Philippine 
Sports Academy.  
 
SEC. 9. Implementing Rules and Regulations. – The Commission and the Commission on Higher 
Education, in consultation with stakeholders, shall formulate the Implementing Rules and 
Regulations within 90 days upon the effectivity of this Act.  
  
 


SEC. 10. Separability Clause. - If any provision of this Act shall be held unconstitutional or invalid, 
the other provisions not otherwise affected shall remain in full force and effect. 
 
 
SEC. 11. Repealing Clause. - All laws, executive orders, rules and regulations inconsistent with or 
contrary to this Act are hereby deemed accordingly repealed or amended. 
 
SEC. 12. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect after fifteen (15) days from publication in at least 
two (2) newspapers of general circulation. 
 
 
 
Approved,