CONSTITUTION

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. 10

9.    Article 9 – Standing Committees. 10

10.  Article 10 – Amendments. 13

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. 24

                 8.1.  Attendance-Semester-Grades. 24

                 8.2.  Duration of Eligibility / Graduation. 27

                 8.3.  Age       28

                 8.4.  Awards  28

                 8.5.  School Representation

                 8.6.  Transfer 33

8.6.1.  Fundamental Rule 33

8.6.2.  Eligible Student Transfer Certificate. 33

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 34

8.6.6.  Mid-Year Transfers

8.6.7.  Definitions. 35

8.6.8.  Period of Ineligibility. 36

                 8.7.  Undue Influence. 39

                 8.8.  Misrepresentation

                 8.9.  Hardship. 40

8.9.1.  Transfer 40

8.9.2.  Fifth Year 41

8.9.3.  Age. 42

8.9.4.  All Other Requests. 43

OSAA ELIGIBILITY FLOW CHART. 45

MUSIC RULES

SPEECH RULES

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. 54

16.  Cooperative Sponsorship. 55

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

18.  Dance/Drill – Safety Rules. 56

19.  Discrimination Policy. 56

20.  District and Special District Athletic Committees. 56

21.  Donations to Schools. 57

22.  Ejection Policies – Coach Ejected; Contest Forfeited. 57

23.  Ejection Policies – Ejected Player or Coach. 57

24.  Ejection Policies – Fines. 59

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. 60

30.  Eligibility – Home School Students. 61

31.  Eligibility – Oregon School for the Deaf 62

32.  Eligibility Appeal Filing Fee. 62

33.  Eligibility Appeals Board. 62

34.  Endowment Games. 63

35.  Excess Revenue Distribution. 64

36.  Exhibitions. 64

37.  Fall Sports Practice Model 65

38.  Financing Options. 66

39.  Football – Artificial Limbs. 66

40.  Football – Cleats. 66

41.  Football – 45-Point Rule / Alternative Plan / Running Clock. 66

42.  Football – League Playoff Prohibition. 67

43.  Football – Practice, Conditioning. 67

44.  Football – Summer Team Contact Camp. 68

45.  Football – Video Exchange. 68

46.  Forfeits and Additional Contests. 68

47.  Home Team Designation. 68

48.  Inclement Weather 69

49.  Independent Status in a Sport 69

50.  Interrupted Contests. 70

51.  Lightning Safety Guidelines. 70

52.   Membership in the OSAA. 71

53.  New Schools. 72

54.  Officials – Background Checks. 72

55.  Officials – Certified Requirement 72

56.  Practice – Fifth Year / Age. 73

57.  Practice Limitation Rule. 73

58.  Records Retention. 76

59.  Sanctioning of Contests  76

60.  School Closure – Strike. 76

61.  School Delayed Opening or Early Closure – Financial 78

62.  Special Athletic Districts – Inclusion of All Member Schools in Schedule. 78

63.  Special Athletic Districts – Placement 79

64.  Sportsmanship – Criticism of School Representatives or Officials. 79

65.  State Championships – Adding a Championship in a New Sport or Adding / Deleting a Championship in a Current Sport 79

66.  State Championships – Baseball Tiebreaker 80

67.  State Championships – Basketball Halftime Entertainment 80

68.  State Championships – Individual Sport Substitutions. 80

69.  State Championships – Pep Band Expectations. 83

70.  State Championships – Radio, Television and Internet Broadcasts. 83

71.  State Championships – Softball Tiebreaker 83

72.  State Championships – Spectator Conduct 84

73.  State Championships – Support Group Policies. 84

74.  State Championships – Team Size. 85

75.  State Championships – Team Unable to Compete. 85

76.  State Championships – Videotaping. 85

77.  Summer Activities. 86

78.  Taunting Policy. 86

79.  Tobacco Use By Coaches and Officials. 86

80.  Withdrawal During a Competition. 86

81.  Withdrawal from State Championships. 86

FOREIGN EXCHANGE PROGRAMS (CSIET Advisory List)  2007-2008. 87

PARTICIPATION LIMITATIONS.

1.    General

2.    Baseball

3.    Basketball 89

4.    Cross Country. 89

5.    Football  

6.    Golf 90

7.    Soccer 91

8.    Softball 91

9.    Swimming. 91

10.  Tennis

11.  Track and Field. 92

12.  Volleyball 92

13.  Wrestling93

SPORTS SEASONS 94

OFFICIALS FEE SCHEDULE. 95