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IHSA Affirmative Action Policy for Girls on Boys State Series Teams, continued
The self-assessment is good for 4 school years. If your school has been granted permission for a girl to participate on a boys team within the last 4 years, then your past self-assessment may be used. The following process for a school that has completed a self- assessment within 4 school years is as follows:
1. Complete Form A, Step 1of the” Request for a Girl to Participate on a Boys Team”;
2. Complete Form A Step 2 of the “Request for a Girl to Participate on a Boys Team”; this form includes the actual self-assessment
criteria.
3. Complete the Form A step 3 of the “Request for a Girl to Participate on a Boys Team”.
4. Send all forms to the ISBE.
5. The ISBE will act on your request and subsequently they will acknowledge your schools compliance status with the Illinois Sex
Equity Rules (23 Illinois Administrative Code 200) Section 200.80 Extracurricular Program and Activities. This letter will make
eligible the girl for participation in the IHSA state series on the boy’s team. 6. A copy of that letter will also be sent to the IHSA by the ISBE.
Late Request Conditions
If a request is late and the report cannot be filed prior to the start of the state series, the state Board of Education will conditionally allow participation provided the school agrees to submit the report within the school year. If the report is not submitted by the next school year, then the school will not be granted permission for any girl to compete in any IHSA boys state tournament series.
Where to Send Your Request for Permission:
Illinois State Board of Education
Wellness Department Adenike Sosina
(217) 782-5270 asosina@isbe.net
IV. Penalty
If a school does not request permission through the ISBE for a girl to participate on a boy’s team, then the girl(s) is excluded from the IHSA boys tournament state series.
Illustrations of Policy
Boys on Girls Team
1. Q. Is there any state series in which a boy may compete in the girl’s tournament?
A No. A member school will not be permitted to enter a boy in an IHSA girls state tournament series in any sport.
Girls on Boys Team
2. Q. A.
Can a girl participate on a boys’ team if she was not a member of the boy’s team during the school year? No.
3. Q. A.
Can a girl, who has participated on the boys’ team during the regular season, compete in the boys state series instead of the girls state series.
Yes. If a member school offers a boys’ team but no girls team in a sport in which the IHSA sponsors both a boys and a girls state tournament series, and in which students may compete for individual honors, the school will be permitted to enter a girl in the boys state tournament series provided she has participated on the boys team in that sport during the regular season
4. Q. A.
6. Q. A.
Can a girl who has participated on the boys team during the regular season, opt to compete in the girls state series instead? Yes. The school may elect to enter the girl to compete for individual honors in the IHSA girls state tournament series in that sport. However, a school will not be permitted to enter a girl in both the IHSA boys and girls state tournament series in that sport.
Split Seasons
5. Q. A.
Can a girl who is participating on the boys team during the season also compete in a girl meet or contests?
Yes, however, by competing in a girl’s meet or contest, that school has established a girl’s season and therefore she would not longer be eligible to compete for the boy’s team.
If a member school offers both a boy’s team and a girl’s team in the same sport but in different seasons, can the girl participate on the boy’s team?
No, that school will be permitted to enter a girl in the IHSA girls state tournament series only in that sport, even though the boys and girls tournaments may occur in different seasons.
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