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The administrative authority of this association shall be vested in a Board of Directors of ten (10)
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members elected, each for a term of three years, as hereinafter provided.
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The office of the Association shall be the office of the Board of Directors. - ✔✔1.310
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They shall be doing passing work in at least twenty five (25) credit hours of high school work per
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week.
Physical Education can be used as a .50 credit class to meet the 25 credit hour requirement, even
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if the member school is giving academic credit less than .50 or no credit at all. Students must be
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passing Physical Education in order to use the class towards academic eligibility.
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Schools that offer only five classes per day may request a waiver annually from the IHSA Board
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of Directors to require the passing of at least twenty (20) credit hours of high school work per
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week to be eligible for participation.
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They shall, unless they are entering high school for the first time, have credit on the school
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records for twenty five (25) credit hours of high school work for the previous semester. Such
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work shall have been completed in the semester for which credit is granted or in a recognized
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summer school program which has - ✔✔c. 3.022 || || || || || || ||
d. 3.021
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A student must attend a member school and may only represent in interscholastic competition the
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member school the student attends. For purposes of this by-law, the term "attend" shall mean that
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the student is enrolled at the member school, and is taking at, or under arrangements approved by
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the member school, a minimum of twenty five (25) credit hours of work for which credit toward
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high school graduation will be granted by the member school upon the student's completing and
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passing the courses. The school which enrolls the student shall be exclusively responsible to
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verify the student's compliance with all of the eligibility requirements of all IHSA by-laws.
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The Board of Directors shall have the discretion to waive the requirement of this by-law for the
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Illinois schools for the deaf or blind. In unit systems having a 6-3-3 or 6-4-2 type of organization,
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ninth grade students may participate on senior high school athl - ✔✔3.011 4.011
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, Name and Objectives || ||
In the performance of these functions, the objectives of the Association shall be:
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a.) to stress the educational importance, the cultural values, the appreciations and skills involved
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in all interscholastic activities and to promote cooperation and friendship;
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b.) to regulate interscholastic programs in both character and quantity in regard to the generally
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accepted objectives of secondary education and so they shall not unduly interfere with nor abridge
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the regular program of teachers and students in the performance of their regular day-to-day
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school duties; ||
c.) to encourage economy in the time of the student and teacher personnel devoted to
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interscholastic activities; ||
d.) to encourage economy in expenses of interscholastic activities; and
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e.) to promote only those activities which enhance the accomplishment of desired educational
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goals. - ✔✔1.140 || ||
Foreign Exchange Eligibility || ||
International and Foreign Exchange Students: Students attending school in Illinois under the || || || || || || || || || || || ||
auspices of approved student exchange programs shall be considered eligible regarding residence
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and transfer for a maximum period of one calendar year, commencing with the date of their
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enrollment and beginning attendance at an IHSA member school. To be considered for approval, || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
a foreign exchange program must be approved by the IHSA and the Council on Standards for
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International Educational Travel (CSIET). It must also assign students to schools by a method || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
which insures that no student, school, or other interested party may influence the assignment for
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athletic or other purposes. The Board of Directors shall establish additional criteria by which it
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shall approve foreign exchange student programs. International students attending school in
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Illinois who are not participating in an approved student - ✔✔3.034.3
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Special Education Students || ||
Special Education and Special Vocational Education Students: Students attending a Special
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Education or Special Vocational Educational Cooperative Center, shall be eligible under the
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following conditions: ||
Students taking part of their work at the Special Center and part at their home high school shall be
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eligible at their home high school only; || || || || || ||