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. 3

5.     Article 5 -  Executive Board. 4

6.     Article 6 - Classification of Schools. 7

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 Sports/Activities. 22

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

8.     Rule 8 - Individual Eligibility. 25

                        8.1.     Academic Eligibility. 25

                        8.2.     Duration of Eligibility / Graduation. 29

                                    8.2.4.   Fifth Year Hardship Appeals Procedure. 29

                        8.3.     Age. 31

                                    8.3.1.   Age Hardship Appeals Procedure 32

                        8.4.     Awards. 33

                        8.5.     School Representation. 34

                        8.6.     Transfer. 37

                                    8.6.1.  Fundamental Rule. 37

                                    8.6.2.  Eligible Student Transfer Certificate. 37

                                    8.6.3.  Exceptions to Fundamental Rule. 37

                                    8.6.4.   Continuity Requirement 40

                                    8.6.5.  Transfers to a school with which a non-school team is affiliated or with which an instructor is affiliated40

                                    8.6.6.  Mid-Year Transfers. 41

                                    8.6.7.  Definitions. 41

                                    8.6.8.  Period of Ineligibility42

                                    8.6.9.  Transfer Hardship Appeals Procedure. 42

 

                        8.7.     Undue Influence. 43

                        8.8.     Misrepresentation. 44

                        8.9.     Hardship 45

                                    8.9.1.  Transfer.  SEE Rule 8.6.9  Transfer Hardship Appeals Procedure. 45

                                    8.9.2.  Fifth Year.  SEE Rule 8.2.4  Fifth Year Hardship Appeals Procedure. 45

                                    8.9.3.  Age.   SEE Rule 8.3.1  Age Hardship Appeals Procedure. 45

                                    8.9.4.  All Other Requests (Except Transfer, Fifth Year and Age Requests) 45

OSAA ELIGIBILITY FLOW CHART. 46

MUSIC RULES. 47

SPEECH RULES. 48

EXECUTIVE BOARD POLICIES. 50

1.     Ad Hoc Committee Procedures. 50

2.     Adding A New Sport 50

3.     Administrator Workshop Attendance Requirement 51

4.     Band Festivals, Band Days and Performances. 51

5.     Camps - Athletic Camps and Team Meals. 51

6.     Camps - Commercial Summer Camps. 51

7.     Cheerleading Safety Clinics. 52

8.     Cheerleading - Squad Size Limitations. 52

9.     Chemical Health Position. 52

10.  Classification - Emergency Transfer. 52

11.  Classification - Playing Up. 52

12.  Club and Unattached Competition. 53

13.  Coed Teams. 53

14.  Concussion Management 53

15.  Cooperative Sponsorship. 53

16.  Dance/Drill - Pre-Competition Practice. 54

17.  Dance/Drill - Safety Rules. 54

18.  District and Special District Committees. 54

19.  Donations to Schools. 55

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

21.  Ejection Policies - Ejected Player or Coach. 55

22.  Ejection Policies - Fines. 58

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 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. 64

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 Policy. 66

43.  Football - Video Exchange. 66

44.  Forfeits and Additional Contests. 66

45.  Home Team Designation. 67

46.  Inclement Weather. 67

47.  Independent Status in a Sport 67

48.  Interrupted Contests. 67

49.  Lightning Safety Guidelines. 69

50.  Membership in the OSAA.. 69

51.  Moratorium Week. 69

52.  New Schools. 70

53.  Non-Discrimination Policy. 71

54.  Officials - Background Checks. 71

55.  Officials - Certified Requirement 71

56.  Officials - Host School Responsibilities. 72

57.  Practice - Fifth Year  /  Age. 72

58.  Practice Limitation Rule. 72

59.  Records Retention. 75

60.  Reporting Schedules and Scores. 75

61.  Sanctioning of Contests 76

62.  School Closure - Strike. 76

63.  School Delayed Opening or Early Closure - Financial 77

64.  Special Athletic Districts - Inclusion of All Member Schools in Schedule. 78

65.  Special Athletic Districts - Placement 78

66.  Spectator Conduct at OSAA Sanctioned Events. 78

67.  Sportsmanship - Criticism of School Representatives or Officials. 79

68.  State Championships - Adopted Ball 79

69.  State Championships - Baseball Tiebreaker. 80

70.  State Championships - Basketball Halftime Entertainment 80

71.  State Championships - Furlough Days

72.  State Championships - Individual Sport Substitutions. 80

73.  State Championships - Modifications to Address Conflicts with Religious Beliefs. 82

74.  State Championships - Pep Band Expectations. 82

75.  State Championships - Radio, Television and Internet Broadcasts. 83

76.  State Championships - Rankings. 83

77.  State Championships - Softball Tiebreaker. 84

78.  State Championships - Support Group Policies. 85

79.  State Championships - Team Size. 85

80.  State Championships - Team Unable to Compete. 86

81.  State Championships - Videotaping. 86

82.  State Championships - Yearly Executive Board Review.. 86

83.  Summer Activities. 86

84.  Taunting Policy. 86

85.  Tobacco Use By Coaches and Officials. 86

86.  Withdrawal During a Competition. 87

87.  Withdrawal from State Championships. 87

FOREIGN EXCHANGE PROGRAMS. 87  (CSIET Advisory List) 87

PARTICIPATION LIMITATIONS. 88

1.     General 88

2.     Baseball 89

3.     Basketball 89

4.     Cheerleading (Competitive) 90

5.     Cross Country. 90

6.     Football 90

7.     Golf 91

8.     Soccer. 91

9.     Softball 91

10.  Swimming. 91

11.  Tennis. 91

12.  Track and Field. 92

13.  Volleyball 92

14.  Wrestling. 93

OFFICIALS FEE SCHEDULE. 94

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