Question & AnswerQ&A (Republic Act No. 11180)
The short title is the "Athletic Programs Report Act."
The policy of the State is to promote physical education and encourage athletic programs, league competitions, and amateur sports including training for international competitions to foster self-discipline, teamwork, and excellence towards developing a healthy and alert citizenry.
College Athletic Programs refer to college or university athletic programs, league competitions, amateur sports, and other sports activities including training for international competitions, organized by the higher education institution or participated in by a team of students representing a college or university.
Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) must submit reports to the Chairperson of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED).
The report must include total participants and their gender, male-to-female participant ratio, total operating expenses, total scholarship expenses vis-à-vis number of participants, male-to-female scholarship expense ratio, number of contests participated in, gender and employment status of head coach, number and gender of assistant coaches and their employment status, graduate and volunteer assistant coaches' number and gender, participant-to-coach ratio, and level of participation of National Sports Associations including athlete registration.
HEIs are required to make public the submitted report data through outlets such as their website, local school paper, campus bulletin boards, or other dissemination methods.
CHED shall compile and publish annually the collected reports on its website or in a newspaper of general circulation.
CHED must submit the compiled reports to the Philippine Congress annually.
CHED may impose disciplinary sanctions against officials or employees of HEIs found violating Section 4 of the Act, pursuant to Section 8 of Republic Act No. 7722 (Higher Education Act of 1994).