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1.100 NAME AND OBJECTIVES
1.110 This Association shall be known as the Illinois High School Association (IHSA).
1.120 It shall be the purpose of this Association to provide leadership for the development, supervision and promotion of interscholastic competition and other activities in which its member schools engage. Participation in such interscholastic activities offers eligible students experiences in an educational setting which may provide enrichment to the educational experience.
1.130 This Association through the employment of the instrumentalities hereinafter established shall:
(a) supervise and regulate all of the interscholastic activities in which its member schools may engage; and
(b) perform such other functions related to interscholastic activities as may from time to time be approved and adopted
by the membership.
1.140 In the performance of these functions, the objectives of the Association shall be:
(a) to stress the educational importance, the cultural values, the appreciations and skills involved in all interscholastic activities and to promote cooperation and friendship;
(b) to regulate interscholastic programs in both character and quantity in regard to the generally accepted objectives of secondary education and so they shall not unduly interfere with nor abridge the regular program of teachers and students in the performance of their regular day-to-day school duties;
(c) to encourage economy in the time of the student and teacher personnel devoted to interscholastic activities; (d) to encourage economy in expenses of interscholastic activities; and
(e) to promote only those activities which enhance the accomplishment of desired educational goals.
1.200 MEMBERSHIP
1.210 PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS
Any public high school in the State of Illinois may become a member of this Association provided:
(a) the school is supported by public taxation;
(b) the school is Recognized by the Illinois State Board of Education;
(c) this Constitution and By-laws has been adopted by the Board of Education or Board of Directors of the petitioning
school as the code governing its interscholastic activities;
(d) the principal, defined as the administrator directly in charge of the day-to-day operation of the high school, is
officially designated by the Board of Education of the petitioning school as the school’s official representative to the Association in all matters, unless the Board of Education officially designates another full-time, certified member of the school’s staff to be its official representative;
(e) application of membership is signed by the official representative of the high school; and (f) the school pays dues as required in this Constitution.
1.220 HIGH SCHOOLS CONDUCTED BY COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
All high schools in Illinois conducted by colleges or universities for purposes of educational experimentation, research and practice teaching may become members provided:
(a) this Constitution and By-laws has been adopted by the petitioning school as the code governing its interscholastic activities;
(b) the school complies with items (b), (d), (e), and (f) of 1.210 above.
1.230 HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENTS OF ILLINOIS SCHOOLS FOR THE DEAF OR BLIND
The high school departments of Illinois schools for the deaf or blind may become members of this Association upon such terms as, from year to year, may be fixed by the Board of Directors. Non-recognition of the schools by the Illinois State Board of Education shall not necessarily preclude them from membership.
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