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72) SCHOOL REPRESENTATION AT RULES MEETINGS
Q. If a school has both a boys and a girls team in a sport, may the school send only one coach to the rules meeting to represent both programs?
A. Boys and girls teams are considered to represent different sports. Therefore both a boys coach and a girls coach are required to attend the rules meeting. This is true even if the boys and girls sports are in the same season and follow the same playing rules. (By-laws 2.120 and 6.010)
73) INDIVIDUALS PARTICIPATING DURING THE SEASON
Q. If a school does not enter a team for team honors in state series competition, but does enter individuals in regular season contests in the sport, must it comply with the requirement for the head coach to attend the rules meeting for the sport?
A. Yes, because it has maintained a program of competition in that sport during the season. (By-law 2.120)
74) PRINCIPAL/ATHLETIC DIRECTOR ATTENDANCE
Q. May a principal or athletic director attend a sport rules meeting as the school’s representative?
A. Yes, but only in emergency situations. The requirement of the by-law is that coaches attend the rules meetings. If a principal or athletic director attends in an emergency, the IHSA must be notified by the school in writing immediately
following the rules meeting so credit for attendance by a school representative can be recorded. (By-law 2.120)
2.130 PRINCIPALS’ ATTENDANCE AT MEETINGS
Each member school principal or his/her designee shall be in attendance at an annual principals rules meeting/town meeting. Failure to comply with this requirement may be penalized by the Board of Directors.
2.130.1 Each new member school principal shall, within the first two (2) years of becoming a principal, attend a workshop or view an online presentation developed for new administrators by the IHSA. Failure to comply with this requirement may be penalized by the Board of Directors.
Illustrations for Section 2.130 of the Constitution
The illustrations and situations it contains are for purposes of assisting in understanding the application of the particular by-law to which they pertain. In the case of any conflict, whether actual or believed, between the illustrations, examples or situations in this publication and the constitution or by-laws of the IHSA, the constitution and by-laws shall control.
75) PENALTY FOR NOT ATTENDING
Q. What is the penalty if a principal/principal’s representative does not attend a rules interpretation meeting in a sport? A. Penalties are assessed at the discretion of the Board of Directors. The Board considers non-attendance by a principal/principal’s representative a violation and regularly penalizes the first violation by placing the school on probation for one year. The Board regularly penalizes the second consecutive violation by a school by suspending the school from participation in the state series for a period of one year beginning on January 1 following the school’s
second consecutive noncompliance with the by-law. (By-laws 2.130 and 6.010)
2.140 PARTICIPATION LIMITATIONS DURING STRIKE
No team or other entity representing a member school may participate in an interscholastic contest or activity during the time the member school is not in session due to a strike by teachers or other school personnel. A member school shall not be considered to be in legal session on any school day if it does not have fifty-one (51%) of the students in the district in attendance and cannot offer the minimum program required by state law and ISBE Circular Series A160 on a daily basis.
2.140.1 This limitation shall not pertain to time designated by the member school’s governing board as school holidays or vacation, including the days designated by the Illinois School Code as emergency days, provided school is in full operation on the school day preceding the school holiday, vacation or emergency day.
2.140.2 Practice sessions of normal length and frequency may be held during the period when school is not fully operating, provided the following conditions are met:
(1) They must be approved by the school’s governing board and administration;
(2) They must be conducted by personnel who meet the provisions of By-law 2.070;
(3) They must be conducted in a manner which assures the health and safety of the participants; and
(4) Students from a school on strike may not participate with a team from a school which is not on strike.
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