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2005-2006 OSAA Handbook :: Table of Contents

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CONSTITUTION. 1

1.  Article 1 – Name of Organization. 1

2.  Article 2 – Object and Authority of the Organization. 1

3.  Article 3 – Membership and Dues 1

4.  Article 4 – Delegate Assembly. 2

5.  Article 5 –  Executive Board. 4

6.  Article 6 - Classification of Schools 8

7.  Article 7 – Representative Districts 10

8.  Article 8 – Parliamentary Authority. 11

9.  Article 9 – Standing Committees 11

10. Article 10 – Amendments 14

RULES – Athletic, Cheerleading and Dance / Drill 16

1.  Rule 1 – Responsibility of the Principal 16

2.  Rule 2 – Officials 17

3.  Rule 3 – Contests – Sportsmanship – Crowd Control 18

4.  Rule 4 – Violations of Regulations – Protests and Self-Reported Violations 19

5.  Rule 5 – Violations of Regulations – Penalties 20

6.   Rule 6 – Association Year (Sports Seasons) 21

7.  Rule 7 – Out-of-Season and Non-School Activities 24

8.  Rule 8 – Individual Eligibility. 25

8.1.  Attendance-Semester-Grades 25

8.2.  Duration of Eligibility / Graduation. 27

8.3.  Age. 29

8.4.  Awards 29

8.5.  School Representation. 30

8.6.  Transfer 33

       8.6.1.  Fundamental Rule 33

       8.6.2.  Eligible Student Transfer Certificate33

       8.6.3.  Exceptions to Fundamental Rule 33

       8.6.4.  Continuity Requirement 34

       8.6.5. Transfers to a school with which a non-school team is affiliated or with which an athletic instructor is affiliated. 35

       8.6.6.  Mid-Year Transfers 35

       8.6.7.  Definitions 35

       8.6.8.  Period of Ineligibility 36

8.7.  Undue Influence 38

8.8.  Misrepresentation 39

8.9.  Hardship. 39

       8.9.1.  Transfer 39

       8.9.2.  Fifth Year 40

       8.9.3.  Age. 41

       8.9.4.  All Other Requests (Except Transfer, Eight Semester and Age Requests) 42

OSAA ELIGIBILITY FLOW CHART. 43

MUSIC RULES. 44

SPEECH RULES. 46

EXECUTIVE BOARD POLICIES. 49

1.  Ad Hoc Committee Procedures 49

2.  Adding A New Sport 49

3.  Alternative Schools 50

4.  Athletic Directors and Coaches Recommendations Timeline. 50

5.  Band Festivals, Band Days and Performances 51

6.  Camps – Athletic Camps and Team Meals 51

7.  Camps – Commercial Summer Camps 51

8.  Cheerleading Safety Workshops. 51

9.  Cheerleading – Squad Size Limitations 51

10. Chemical Health Position. 52

11. Classification - Emergency Transfer 52

12. Club and Unattached Competition. 52

13. Coed Teams 52

14. Cooperative Sponsorship. 53

15. Dance/Drill – Pre-Competition Practice. 54

16. Dance/Drill – Safety Rules 54

17. Discrimination Policy. 54

18. District and Special District Athletic Committees 54

19. Donations to Schools 55

20. Ejection Policies – Coach Ejected; Contest Forfeited. 55

21. Ejection Policies – Ejected Player or Coach. 56

22. Ejection Policies – Fines 57

23. Ejection Policies – Multiple Ejections of Individual 58

24. Ejection Policies – Physical Contact with Official 58

25. Eligibility – Chemawa Indian School 58

26. Eligibility –  District Athletic Committee. 58

27. Eligibility – Foreign Students 59

28. Eligibility – Home School Students 59

29. Eligibility – Oregon School for the Deaf 60

30. Eligibility Appeal Filing Fee. 60

31. Eligibility Appeals Board. 61

32. Endowment Games. 61

33. Excess Revenue Distribution. 62

34. Exhibitions 62

35. Fall Sports Practice Model 63

36. Financing Options 64

37. Football – Artificial Limbs 65

38. Football – Cleats 65

39. Football – 45-Point Rule / Alternative Plan / Running Clock 65

40. Football – League Playoff Prohibition. 66

41. Football – Practice, Conditioning. 66

42. Football – Summer Team Contact Camp. 66

43. Football – Video Exchange. 66

44. Forfeits and Additional Contests 67

45. Home Team Designation. 67

46. Inclement Weather 67

47. Interrupted Contests 67

BP. Lightning Safety Guidelines 67

48. Membership in the OSAA. 68

49. New Schools 69

50. Officials – Background Checks 69

51. Officials – Certified Requirement 69

52. Practice – Fifth Year / Age Policy. 70

53. Practice Limitation Rule. 70

54. Records Retention. 74

55. Regional Matching Designations 74

56. Sanctioning of Contests 74

57. School Closure – Strike Policy. 74

58. School Delayed Opening or Early Closure – Financial 76

59. Special Athletic District Placement 76

BP. Special Districts - Inclusion of All Members Schools in Schedule 67

60. State Championships – Adding a Championship in a New Sport or Adding/Deleting a Championship in a Current Sport 77

61. State Championships – Baseball Tiebreaker 78

62. State Championships – Basketball Halftime Entertainment 78

63. State Championships – Pep Band Expectations 78

64. State Championships – Radio Broadcasts 79

65. State Championships – Softball Tiebreaker 79

66. State Championships – Spectator Conduct 79

67. State Championships – Support Group Policies 79

68. State Championships – Team Size. 80

69. State Championships –Team Unable to Compete. 82

70. State Championships – Television, Live and Tape Delayed. 82

71. State Championships – Videotaping. 83

72. Summer Activities 83

73. Taunting Policy. 83

74. Tobacco Use By Coaches and Officials 83

75. Withdrawal During a Competition. 83

76. Withdrawal from State Championships 83

FOREIGN EXCHANGE PROGRAMS  (CSIET Advisory List)  2005-2006. 84

PARTICIPATION LIMITATIONS. 85

1.  General 85

2.  Baseball 85

3.  Basketball 86

4.  Cross Country. 86

5.  Football 86

6.  Golf 87

7.  Soccer 87

8.  Softball 88

9.  Swimming. 88

10. Tennis 88

11. Track and Field. 89

12. Volleyball 89

13. Wrestling. 90

SPORTS SEASONS. 91

OFFICIALS MAXIMUM FEE SCHEDULE. 92