IHSA New Principals’ Workshop
Key Rules
Activities
Geographic Principle
Key Rules
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Drug Testing
Open Gyms
Season Limitations
Independent Team Participation
Strategic Planning
Drug Testing - background
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2008-09 marked first year of testing
684 tests administered
10 positive test results
0 students/schools penalized
Drug Testing – looking forward
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August 2009 – HB 272 signed into law
Number of changes forthcoming
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Increased # of tests
Testing throughout school year
Coaches education requirement
Fall 2009 – same approach used in 2008
Numerous resources available at:
www.ihsa.org/smac/specialtopics
Drug Testing - essentials
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3 key components
Consent
Procedures
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School notification
Post competition
Urine Samples (banned drug classes)
Consequences
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Individual/School
OPEN GYM - background
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This rule allows schools to offer students
‘informal’ opportunities to participate.
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Monitoring a few key components is critical
OPEN GYM – the actual rule
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3.160
OPEN GYM LIMITATIONS
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3.161 Schools may open their gymnasiums or facilities for
recreational activities to students or other persons who reside
in or outside their district, under the following conditions:
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a) There is no coaching or instruction in the skills and
techniques in any sport at any time.
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b) Participation is voluntary and is not required
directly or indirectly for membership on a high school
squad.
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c) Comparable opportunities are afforded to all
participants.
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d) Notification of open gym.
OPEN GYM – compliance
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Investigations generally uncover abuses of
this rule
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School has obligation to ensure these
components aren’t violated
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Establish a chain of command
AD/someone else
You are still responsible
Season Limitations - background
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One of our oldest rules (2 mentions)
This rule protects students
Designed to keep programs from becoming an
excessively dominant presence in a student’s
life
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Society has changed…as has this rule
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SEASON LIMITATIONS –
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the rule
By-law 5.000
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This by-law establishes the time period in which
each sport and activity can function with school
involvement, organization, and supervision.
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It also provides for the number of contests in
which a school (each level) can compete in,
exclusive of the IHSA state series.
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Note 1: Make sure that each level has contracts
designated for that level for all contests.
SEASON LIMITATIONS –
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the rule
By-law 2.090
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No school belonging to this Association shall organize its teams,
practice, scrimmage or participate in any interscholastic sport
outside of the season limitations as prescribed in Section 5.000 of
these By-Laws;
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Nor shall any person who coaches any sport at a member school,
coach or supervise a non-school team in any interscholastic sport
composed of students from that school, except within the guidelines
promulgated by the IHSA Board of Directors.
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Exception: For each sport, a school may hold one informational
meeting prior to the start of its season to provide information
regarding tryouts, procedures and forms that need to be on file.
Coaches or school personnel may not use this meeting to organize
out of season programs (example: fall, winter or spring leagues).
SEASON LIMITATIONS –
compliance
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Another critical monitoring situation
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Work with your coaches (esp. non-educators)
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Have contracts for all games/all levels
Ind. Team Participation - background
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One of our oldest rules
This rule protects students
Designed to allow students to enjoy all the
benefits of their school
Society has changed…as has this rule
Ind. Team Participation – the rule
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3.100
INDEPENDENT TEAM PARTICIPATION
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3.101
During the school season for a given sport, in a school which
maintains a school team in that sport, a student shall not participate on
any non-school team, nor as an individual unattached in non-school
competition, in that given sport or in any competition that involves the skill
of the sport in question. Violation shall cause ineligibility for a period not
to exceed 365 days. An exception may be made by the Executive
Director under the guidelines adopted by the Board of Directors for
competitions sponsored and conducted directly by the National Governing
Body or its official Illinois affiliate for the sport.
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3.102 Students may participate in a tryout for a non-school
athletic team while a member of a high school team in the
same sport, provided the tryout is exclusively a demonstration
of skills with no practice or instruction involved.
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3.103 The phrase, “participate on any non-school team,” as
utilized in By-law 3.101, is defined to mean engaging in any
team activity.
Ind. Team Participation – the rule
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3.100 INDEPENDENT TEAM PARTICIPATION
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3.104 In the event a school does not maintain a team which competes
during the regular high school season for a sport.
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3.105 Students or teams at member schools shall not be permitted to
participate on, practice with or compete against any college, junior college
or university athletic team.
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3.106 To be eligible for a school team in a given sport, students must
cease non-school practice and competition in that sport no later than five
days after the date on which the school team engages in its first practice
or tryout in that sport.
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3.107 During the school year, a person who is a coach in any sport at a
member school, may be involved in any respect with any non-school
team, only if the number of squad members from his/her school which are
on the non-school team roster does not exceed one-half the number of
players needed to field a team in actual IHSA state series competition in
that sport.
Ind. Team Participation
– compliance
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Critical rule to teach coaches (keep away)
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Critical for students to search out
coaches/administrators
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Possibly the rule that generates the largest
number of questions for our office
Strategic Planning
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Board of Directors approved a strategic
planning process in spring of 2008
3 Action Teams
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2008-09 school term:
Staffing/Facilities
2009-10 school term:
Financial Outlook
Governance
Reviewing Handbook for currency
Much more to follow