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Participation Limitations
20. Approved School Policy
Under the provisions of IHSA By-law 1.270, to be granted approved school status, a school must demonstrate that it is in compliance with the following criteria:
1. The school must be Registered or Recognized by the Illinois State Board of Education, or the school must be accredited by an organization that evaluates public and/or private schools. The accrediting organization must be acceptable to the IHSA Board of Directors.
2. In addition, schools must certify that they substantially comply with the Association’s rules regarding: Scholastic Standing
Age Limitations
Contest Limitations
The Board authorizes the Executive Director to grant approved school status to any school meeting the criteria listed above. Schools wishing to be granted approved school status must apply annually.
21. Alcoholic Beverages and IHSA State Series Events
The possession, distribution, sale and or consumption of alcoholic beverages is prohibited at the site and on any affiliated property of any IHSA state series contest. State series hosts are required to make all state series contest sites and any affiliated property, including parking lots, fan accommodation areas, and other school or event venue property, alcohol free zones on the date or dates of any IHSA event being held at the site. Violation of this policy by an event host will subject the host to a penalty for violation of IHSA By-law 2.020. Such penalty may include but not necessarily be limited to prohibition against subsequent event hosting assignments. Violation of this policy by a non-hosting member school will subject the school to penalty for violation of IHSA By-law 2.020. Patrons of any IHSA state series contest determined to be in violation of this policy will be removed from the premise, and law enforcement officials will be called as warranted. No ticket refunds will be granted in such cases.
22. Criteria for Selection of Sites for IHSA Meets and Tournaments
In accordance with Article 1.450 of IHSA Constitution, the following criteria will be used in determining schools that are eligible to host and in selecting schools to host IHSA state series tournaments and meets:
1. Principal/official representative of the school has formally requested consideration by submitting a complete and accurate reply form for hosting an IHSA state series tournament or meet to the IHSA office by the deadline date;
2. Adequacy of facilities and equipment needed to host the IHSA state series tournament or meet, including:
a. Competition facilities and equipment b. Seating capacity/types of seating
c. Parking
d. Press facilities and equipment
e. Spectator accommodations f. Team accommodations
3. Past performance in hosting particular IHSA state series tournaments or meets and in hosting IHSA events on an overall basis, from both a positive and negative perspective;
4. Availability of needed seating capacity based on attendance records from previous IHSA state series tournament(s) or meet(s) held in that same geographical area;
5. Anticipated expenses for hosting;
6. Willingness to cooperate with the IHSA Royalty Policy if selected to host;
7. Geographical location of prospective host schools to the schools entered in the IHSA state series and the geographical location of all the various level tournament and meet sites as determined by the state tournament or meet structure stipulated in the Terms and Conditions; and,
8. Whether or not it is a school’s turn to host if a rotation plan for hosting has been established. (Note: If more than one school meets the criteria and wished to host a particular IHSA state series tournament or meet, a rotation plan for hosting will be established for those schools.)
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