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DISTRICTS SUPPORTING TEN OR MORE HIGH SCHOOLS
1.250
NON-PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS
Public high schools in districts supporting ten or more high schools all under the supervision of a single Board of Education may become members of this Association provided:
(a) the district has a separate and efficient local interscholastic organization for the adequate supervision of its interscholastic activities;
(b) the school is Recognized by the Illinois State Board of Education:
(c) the eligibility rules and conditions of competition for the district have been approved by the Board of Directors of
this Association prior to September 1 each year; and
(d) application for membership is signed by the official representative of the individual high schools.
Schools admitted under this Section, in their interscholastic relationships with each other, shall be governed by the eligibility rules and conditions of competition approved by the Board of Directors of this Association. However, in all interscholastic relationships with any school outside of its jurisdiction, they must conform to all the rules and regulations of the Illinois High School Association.
Notwithstanding other provisions of this by-law, the Executive Director of the IHSA shall make all eligibility determinations on students transferring into the district from schools outside the jurisdiction of the district.
Any non-public high school located in the State of Illinois may be admitted to membership provided:
(a) the application for membership is signed by the administrative head of the school; (b) the school pays dues as required in this Constitution; and
(c) the school complies with items (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f) of 1.210 above; and
(d) the school’s financial assistance program complies with the following standards:
(1) financial assistance to incoming and/or continuing students is approved by the president/principal of the school on the basis of need determined by using data provided through the use of a financial need approval plan which has been approved by the IHSA Board of Directors; and/or
(2) financial assistance to incoming and/or continuing students is granted by the principal of the school on the basis of academic performance or other criteria to students which are adopted by the school’s governing body and approved by the IHSA Board of Directors; in no respect related to athletic interest or performance; and which are controlled and managed by the principal.
The IHSA Board of Directors shall, in consultation with representatives of private member schools, establish criteria for approval of financial need assessment plans and criteria for the awarding of non-need based financial assistance.
1.260
ASSOCIATE SCHOOLS
Any high school in Illinois operating strictly as a boarding school may be admitted to Associate membership provided:
(a) the application for membership is signed by the administrative head of the school; (b) the school pays dues as required in this Constitution; and
(c) the school complies with items (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f) of 1.210 above.
An Associate member shall be entitled to the same privileges as other member schools except that:
(a) it shall not be permitted to participate in any athletic meet or tournament conducted for the purpose of determining an official state championship in the Illinois High School Association;
(b) it shall not be privileged to vote on Association matters; and (c) it shall not share in the distribution of Association funds.
In all interscholastic competition, an Associate member shall observe all of the rules and regulations of the Association except that students who change schools without a corresponding change of residence on the part of their parents or guardians may establish eligibility immediately so far as residence is concerned provided their transfer occurs at the beginning of a semester and is made for reasons other than athletics, and no undue influence is involved.
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