University Interscholastic League
P.O. Box 8028
Austin, Texas 78713-8028
(512) 471-5883
www.uiltexas.org
AGENDA
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New UIL Rule Changes
UIL Rules Compliance Program
Officials, 1204 Update
Concussion Management
“No Pass, No Play”
Limits on Practice and Performance
Student Eligibility/Varsity Eligibility
Previous Athletic Participation Form(PAPF)
Waivers
Resources
UNIVERSITY INTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUE
78713-8028
P.O. Box 8028 Austin, TX
UIL RULE CHANGES
2013 - 2014
GENERAL
• Add a fourth playoff team advancing from each district in team activities in
conferences 2A and 3A.
• Modify the penalty structure for coaches’ ejection.
• Reduce the number of tournaments or meets by one per season for all high
school sports.
• Allow schools to substitute tournaments for games.
• Create a six conference alignment by renaming the current conferences for
the 2014-2015 school year.
• Require parents and student to sign the new Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Awareness Form (pending approval from the Commissioner of Education)
UNIVERSITY INTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUE
78713-8028
P.O. Box 8028 Austin, TX
UIL RULE CHANGES
2013 - 2014
GENERAL
• Require parents and students in cheerleading to sign the
Concussion Acknowledgement form (pending approval from the
Commissioner of Education).
• Require cheerleading participants to follow Concussion
Guidelines under Chapter 38, Subchapter of the Texas Education
Code.
• Require cheer coaches and sponsors to complete specific
training related to safety guidelines for cheer (pending approval
from the Commissioner of Education).
UNIVERSITY INTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUE
78713-8028
P.O. Box 8028 Austin, TX
UIL RULE CHANGES
2013 - 2014
FOOTBALL
• Create a split conference alignment for 3A in 2014-15.
• Limit full contact practice for football players (pending approval
from the Commissioner of Education)
SOCCER
• Limit the total number of scrimmage allowed prior to the start of
regular season to three.
• Add a third conference for the 2014-2015 school year.
UNIVERSITY INTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUE
78713-8028
P.O. Box 8028 Austin, TX
UIL RULE CHANGES
2013 - 2014
WRESTLING
• Increase the number of qualifiers from district to regionals from
two to four.
TEAM TENNIS
• Increase the number of team advancing from district to the new
area meet to four.
• Add a third conference for the 2014-2015 school year.
UNIVERSITY INTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUE
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P.O. Box 8028 Austin, TX
RULES COMPLIANCE PROGRAM (RCP)
2013 – 2014
Available ONLY via the UIL website.
• CONSTITUTION AND CONTEST RULES (HS AND JH)
• ETHICS AND SPORTSMANSHIP
• UIL STEROID EDUCATION VIDEO
• SAFETY TRAINING
• Sport Specific Module for each sport
UNIVERSITY INTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUE
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P.O. Box 8028 Austin, TX
RULES COMPLIANCE PROGRAM (RCP)
2013 - 2014
Link available on the UIL website or visit www.nfhslearn.org
1.
“NFHS TEACHING AND MODELING BEHAVIOR” COURSE
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1.5 hour course/$20 – minimum penalty for coach ejection
“NFHS FUNDAMENTALS OF COACHING” COURSE
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6 hour course/$35 – all first year coaches and any coach who is not a full
time employee of the school district.
PLEASE PRINT CERTIFICATE TO VERIFY COMPLETION.
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P.O. Box 8028 Austin, TX
OFFICIALS UPDATE
2013 - 2014
•1204,
Officials
•Online
system for “Request for Officials”
•Online
Official Scratch form
•Online
Official Evaluation form
UNIVERSITY INTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUE
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P.O. Box 8028 Austin, TX
CONCUSSION MANAGEMENT
2013 - 2014
• The information provided on the Health and Safety section of
the UIL web site will update interested stakeholders on the
UIL requirements for concussion management in studentathletes participating in activities under the jurisdiction of the
UIL and will also provide information on compliance with
Chapter 38, Sub Chapter D of the Texas Education Code
(TEC) that was amended by the passage of House Bill 2038
during the 82nd legislative session.
UNIVERSITY INTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUE
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P.O. Box 8028 Austin, TX
CONCUSSION MANAGEMENT
2013 - 2014
FOOTBALL HELMET SAFETY REQUIREMENTS, EFFECTIVE
FOR THE 2012-13 SCHOOL YEAR
• According to section Sec. 33.094 of the Texas Education
Code:
• (a) A school district may not use a football helmet that is 16
years old or older in the district's football program.
• (b) A school district shall ensure that each football helmet
used in the district's football program that is 10 years old or
older is reconditioned at least once every two years.
UNIVERSITY INTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUE
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CONCUSSION MANAGEMENT
2013 - 2014
• (c) A school district shall maintain and make available to
parents of students enrolled in the district documentation
indicating the age of each football helmet used in the
district's football program and the dates on which each
helmet is reconditioned.
UNIVERSITY INTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUE
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P.O. Box 8028 Austin, TX
“NO PASS NO PLAY”
Eligibility for the FIRST Six Weeks (Credit Requirements):
• Grades nine and below - promoted
• Second Year of High School- five accumulated credits
• Third Year of High School - ten accumulated credits or five credits
within the last twelve.
• Fourth Year or High School - fifteen accumulated credits or five
credits within the last twelve months
UNIVERSITY INTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUE
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P.O. Box 8028 Austin, TX
LIMITS ON PRACTICE AND PERFORMANCE
Activities Outside the School Year:
• One practice - no more than three hours.
• More than one practice - no more than five hours total.
• Maximum length of any single practice - three hours.
• More than one practice - a minimum of two hours of rest/recovery
time between practices.
• No consecutive days of multiple practices allowed (exception:
Volleyball)
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LIMITS ON PRACTICE AND PERFORMANCE
Activities Inside the School Year:
• School Week Limitation
• Eight Hour Rule
UNIVERSITY INTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUE
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P.O. Box 8028 Austin, TX
REQUIRED STUDENT FORMS
•Pre Participation Physical Examination Form
•Medical History Form
•Rules Acknowledgment
•Parent or Guardian Permit
•Parent/Student Anabolic Steroid Use and Random Steroid
Testing Form
•Concussion Acknowledgement Form
•Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Form
UNIVERSITY INTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUE
78713-8028
P.O. Box 8028 Austin, TX
C&CR Section 400
STUDENT’S ELIGIBILITY FOR ALL UIL
CONTEST
Student’s Eligibility:
• Is not a high school graduate
• Is a full-time student
• Regular attendance / 15 day rule (Varsity only)
• Meets credit requirements (“NO PASS NO PLAY”)
• Enrolled in four year program
• Four year rule (Waiver)
• Was not recruited (PAPF)
• Awards Rule
• Meets requirements of C&CR Section 440
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P.O. Box 8028 Austin, TX
C&CR SECTION 440
VARSITY ELIGIBILITY
ELIGIBILITY FOR ATHLETIC CONTESTS:
• Meets all requirements of Section 400
• Parent Residence (Waiver)
• Age Rule (Waiver)
• Amateur Athletic Status
• Changing Schools for Athletic Purposes (PAPF)
UNIVERSITY INTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUE
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P.O. Box 8028 Austin, TX
PREVIOUS ATHLETIC PARTICIPATION FORM
(PAPF)
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P.O. Box 8028 Austin, TX
PREVIOUS ATHLETIC PARTICIPATION FORM
(PAPF)
Changing schools for athletic purposes:
• All new students in grades 9-12 who have ever practiced
(before, during or after school) or participated in any UIL
athletic activity in grade 8-12 at another school MUST have this
form completed by the previous school (last school of
participation) and be approved by the District Executive
Committee before they are eligible to participate at the varsity
level at the new school.
• A PAPF is not required for subvarsity competition.
UNIVERSITY INTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUE
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P.O. Box 8028 Austin, TX
PREVIOUS ATHLETIC PARTICIPATION FORM
(PAPF)
Changing schools for athletic purposes:
• Common Indicators
⎯ Checking to see if a student was recruited
⎯ Ascertaining whether a student was in good standing in the previous
school, either academically or in a sports program
⎯ Determining if a student was unhappy with a coach in the previous school
⎯ Determining if a student played on a non-school team and is transferring to
the school where members of the non-school team attend
UNIVERSITY INTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUE
78713-8028
P.O. Box 8028 Austin, TX
PREVIOUS ATHLETIC PARTICIPATION FORM
(PAPF)
Changing schools for athletic purposes:
• Common Indicators
⎯ Determining if a student played on a non-school team and is
transferring to the school where the non-school team coach,
or a relative of the school coach, is the school coach.
⎯ Determining if a student received individual or team
instruction from a school coach and is transferring to the
school of that coach.
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P.O. Box 8028 Austin, TX
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P.O. Box 8028 Austin, TX
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P.O. Box 8028 Austin, TX
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P.O. Box 8028 Austin, TX
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PAPF-MISC.
• Submit both page 1 and 2 (PAPF and Questionnaire)
• Complete most updated version of PAPF and Questionnaire
• Send a legible copy
• *UIL does not retain a copy of the PAPF when returned to school
for revisions or clarifications.
UNIVERSITY INTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUE
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P.O. Box 8028 Austin, TX
PAPF STARTS WITH SCHOOL
AFTER STUDENT HAS ENROLLED IN
NEW SCHOOL
NEW SCHOOL COMPLETES AND
SENDS TO FORMER SCHOOL
DEC COMMITTEE REVIEWS
PAPF TO DETERMINE VARSITY
FORMER SCHOOL COMPLETES AND
ELIGIBILITY
SENDS BACK TO NEW SCHOOL
NEW SCHOOL SENDS PAPF TO
DISTRICT EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE CHAIR (DEC)
DEC CHAIR SENDS APPROVED
COPIES TO SCHOOL AND UIL
OFFICE
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If all of
Section 3 is
“No”
If any of
Section 3 is
“Yes”
DEC HEARING
REQUIRED
P.O. Box 8028 Austin, TX
• Parent Residence/Four Year Rule Waiver
(approved by Waiver Officer)
Section 463
• High School Overage Waiver
(checked by DEC)
Section 446
• Foreign Exchange Waiver
(approved by Waiver Officer)
Section 440/465
• Retroactive Waiver
(approved by Waiver Officer)
Section 469
UNIVERSITY INTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUE
78713-8028
P.O. Box 8028 Austin, TX
WAIVERS CONTACT INFO
Waiver Officer: Eddie Wolski
Email: waivers@uiltexas.org
Department Phone: 512-471-5883
Department Fax: 512-471-6589
UNIVERSITY INTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUE
78713-8028
P.O. Box 8028 Austin, TX
Resources
• Constitution and Contest Rules
• Sport’s Manuals
• TEA/UIL Side by Side
• Sports Rule Books
⎯ National Federation of State High School Associations
(NFHS)
⎯ NCAA Football
⎯ United States Tennis Association (USTA)
⎯ United States Golf Association (USGA)
UNIVERSITY INTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUE
78713-8028
P.O. Box 8028 Austin, TX