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2006-2007 OSAA Handbook

Table of Contents

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 17

1.    Rule 1 – Responsibility of the Principal 17

2.    Rule 2 – Officials. 18

3.    Rule 3 – Contests – Sportsmanship – Crowd Control 19

4.    Rule 4 – Violations of Regulations – Protests and Self-Reported Violations. 20

5.    Rule 5 – Violations of Regulations – Penalties. 21

6.    Rule 6 – Association Year (Sports Seasons) 23

7.    Rule 7 – Out-of-Season and Non-School Activities. 25

8.    Rule 8 – Individual Eligibility. 26

8.1.   Attendance-Semester-Grades. 26

8.2.   Duration of Eligibility / Graduation. 28

8.3.   Age. 30

8.4.   Awards. 30

8.5.   School Representation. 31

8.6.   Transfer 34

8.6.1.  Fundamental Rule. 34

8.6.2.  Eligible Student Transfer Certificate. 34

8.6.3.  Exceptions to Fundamental Rule. 34

8.6.4.  Continuity Requirement36

8.6.5.  Transfers to a school with which a non-school team is affiliated or with which an athletic instructor is affiliated. 36

8.6.6.  Mid-Year Transfers. 36

8.6.7.  Definitions36

8.6.8.  Period of Ineligibility 37

8.7.   Undue Influence. 40

8.8.   Misrepresentation. 41

8.9.   Hardship. 41

8.9.1.  Transfer 41

8.9.2.  Fifth Year 42

8.9.3.  Age. 43

8.9.4.  All Other Requests (Except Transfer, Eight Semester and Age Requests) 44

OSAA ELIGIBILITY FLOW CHART. 45

MUSIC RULES. 46

SPEECH RULES. 48

EXECUTIVE BOARD POLICIES. 51

1.    Ad Hoc Committee Procedures. 51

2.    Adding A New Sport 51

3.    Administrator Workshop Attendance Requirement 52

4.    Alternative Schools. 52

5.    Athletic Directors and Coaches Recommendations Timeline. 52

6.    Band Festivals, Band Days and Performances. 53

7.    Camps – Athletic Camps and Team Meals. 53

8.    Camps – Commercial Summer Camps. 53

9.    Cheerleading Safety Clinics. 53

10.  Cheerleading – Squad Size Limitations. 53

11.  Chemical Health Position. 54

12.  Classification - Emergency Transfer 54

13.  Classification – Playing Up. 54

14.  Club and Unattached Competition. 54

15.  Coed Teams. 55

16.  Cooperative Sponsorship. 55

17.  Dance/Drill – Pre-Competition Practice. 56

18.  Dance/Drill – Safety Rules. 56

19.  Discrimination Policy. 57

20.  District and Special District Athletic Committees. 57

21.  Donations to Schools. 58

22.  Ejection Policies – Coach Ejected; Contest Forfeited. 58

23.  Ejection Policies – Ejected Player or Coach. 58

24.  Ejection Policies – Fines. 60

25.  Ejection Policies – Multiple Ejections of Individual 60

26.  Ejection Policies – Physical Contact with Official 60

27.  Eligibility – Chemawa Indian School 60

28.  Eligibility –  District Athletic Committee. 60

29.  Eligibility – Foreign Students. 61

30.  Eligibility – Home School Students. 61

31.  Eligibility – Oregon School for the Deaf 63

32.  Eligibility Appeal Filing Fee. 63

33.  Eligibility Appeals Board. 63

34.  Endowment Games. 64

35.  Excess Revenue Distribution. 65

36.  Exhibitions. 65

37.  Fall Sports Practice Model 65

38.  Financing Options. 67

39.  Football – Artificial Limbs. 67

40.  Football – Cleats. 67

41.  Football – 45-Point Rule / Alternative Plan / Running Clock. 67

42.  Football – League Playoff Prohibition. 68

43.  Football – Practice, Conditioning. 68

44.  Football – Summer Team Contact Camp. 69

45.  Football – Video Exchange. 69

46.  Forfeits and Additional Contests. 69

47.  Home Team Designation. 69

48.  Inclement Weather 70

49.  Interrupted Contests. 70

50.  Lightning Safety Guidelines. 71

51.  Membership in the OSAA. 72

52.  New Schools. 72

53.  Officials – Background Checks. 72

54.  Officials – Certified Requirement 72

55.  Practice – Fifth Year / Age. 73

56.  Practice Limitation Rule. 73

57.  Records Retention. 77

58.  Sanctioning of Contests. 77

59.  School Closure – Strike. 77

60.  School Delayed Opening or Early Closure – Financial 78

61.  Special Athletic Districts – Inclusion of All Member Schools in Schedule. 79

62.  Special Athletic Districts – Placement 79

63.  State Championships – Adding a Championship in a New Sport or Adding/Deleting a Championship in a Current Sport 80

64.  State Championships – Baseball Tiebreaker 81

65.  State Championships – Basketball Halftime Entertainment 81

66.  State Championships – Pep Band Expectations. 81

67.  State Championships – Radio Broadcasts. 82

68.  State Championships – Softball Tiebreaker 82

69.  State Championships – Spectator Conduct 82

70.  State Championships – Support Group Policies. 82

71.  State Championships – Team Size. 83

72.  State Championships – Team Unable to Compete. 85

73.  State Championships – Television, Live and Tape Delayed. 85

74.  State Championships – Videotaping. 85

75.  Summer Activities. 86

76.  Taunting Policy. 86

77.  Tobacco Use By Coaches and Officials. 86

78.  Withdrawal During a Competition. 86

79.  Withdrawal from State Championships. 86

FOREIGN EXCHANGE PROGRAMS     (CSIET Advisory List)  2006-2007. 87

PARTICIPATION LIMITATIONS. 88

1.    General 88

2.    Baseball 88

3.    Basketball 89

4.    Cross Country. 90

5.    Football 90

6.    Golf 91

7.    Soccer 91

8.    Softball 91

9.    Swimming. 92

10.  Tennis. 92

11.  Track and Field. 92

12.  Volleyball 92

13.  Wrestling. 93

SPORTS SEASONS. 94

OFFICIALS FEE SCHEDULE. 95

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