IHSA BY-LAW COACHING CERTIFICATION EXAM
The administrative authority of this association shall be vested in a Board of Directors of
ten (10) members elected, each for a term of three years, as hereinafter provided.
The office of the Association shall be the office of the Board of Directors. - Answers-
1.310
They shall be doing passing work in at least twenty five (25) credit hours of high school
work per week.
Physical Education can be used as a .50 credit class to meet the 25 credit hour
requirement, even if the member school is giving academic credit less than .50 or no
credit at all. Students must be passing Physical Education in order to use the class
towards academic eligibility.
Schools that offer only five classes per day may request a waiver annually from the
IHSA Board of Directors to require the passing of at least twenty (20) credit hours of
high school work per week to be eligible for participation.
They shall, unless they are entering high school for the first time, have credit on the
school records for twenty five (25) credit hours of high school work for the previous
semester. Such work shall have been completed in the semester for which credit is
granted or in a recognized summer school program which has - Answers- c. 3.022
d. 3.021
A student must attend a member school and may only represent in interscholastic
competition the member school the student attends. For purposes of this by-law, the
term "attend" shall mean that the student is enrolled at the member school, and is taking
at, or under arrangements approved by the member school, a minimum of twenty five
(25) credit hours of work for which credit toward high school graduation will be granted
by the member school upon the student's completing and passing the courses. The
school which enrolls the student shall be exclusively responsible to verify the student's
compliance with all of the eligibility requirements of all IHSA by-laws.
The Board of Directors shall have the discretion to waive the requirement of this by-law
for the Illinois schools for the deaf or blind. In unit systems having a 6-3-3 or 6-4-2 type
of organization, ninth grade students may participate on senior high school athl -
Answers- 3.011 4.011
Name and Objectives
In the performance of these functions, the objectives of the Association shall be:
a.) to stress the educational importance, the cultural values, the appreciations and skills
involved in all interscholastic activities and to promote cooperation and friendship;
b.) to regulate interscholastic programs in both character and quantity in regard to the
generally accepted objectives of secondary education and so they shall not unduly
interfere with nor abridge the regular program of teachers and students in the
performance of their regular day-to-day school duties;
c.) to encourage economy in the time of the student and teacher personnel devoted to
interscholastic activities;
d.) to encourage economy in expenses of interscholastic activities; and
, e.) to promote only those activities which enhance the accomplishment of desired
educational goals. - Answers- 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 and transfer for a maximum period of one calendar year,
commencing with the date of their 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 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 athletic or
other purposes. The Board of Directors shall establish additional criteria by which it shall
approve foreign exchange student programs. International students attending school in
Illinois who are not participating in an approved student - Answers- 3.034.3
Special Education Students
Special Education and Special Vocational Education Students: Students attending a
Special Education or Special Vocational Educational Cooperative Center, shall be
eligible under the following conditions:
Students taking part of their work at the Special Center and part at their home high
school shall be eligible at their home high school only;
Students taking all of their work at the Special Center shall be eligible at either their
home high school or the school housing the Special Center. However, once the students
elect the school at which they will participate, they may not change their decision
without the loss of a period of eligibility not to exceed 365 days. - Answers- b. 3.034.4
c. 3.034.41
d. 3.034.42
Classification
Guidelines and regulations for classification of non-boundaried schools are applied to all
non-boundaried schools. A non-boundaried school is defined as any private school,
charter school, lab school, magnet school, residential school, and any public school in a
multi-high school district that does not accept students from a fixed portion of the
district. - Answers- 2.160
Recruitment of Athletes
It shall be a violation of this rule for any student athlete to receive or be offered any
remunerations of any kind or to receive or be offered any special inducement of any
kind which is not made available to all applicants who enroll in the school or apply to the
school.
Special inducement shall include, but not be limited to:
1) Offer or acceptance of money or other valuable consideration such as free or
reduced tuition during the regular year or summer school by anyone connected with the
school. (Exception - private schools may waive tuition for children of faculty members,
The administrative authority of this association shall be vested in a Board of Directors of
ten (10) members elected, each for a term of three years, as hereinafter provided.
The office of the Association shall be the office of the Board of Directors. - Answers-
1.310
They shall be doing passing work in at least twenty five (25) credit hours of high school
work per week.
Physical Education can be used as a .50 credit class to meet the 25 credit hour
requirement, even if the member school is giving academic credit less than .50 or no
credit at all. Students must be passing Physical Education in order to use the class
towards academic eligibility.
Schools that offer only five classes per day may request a waiver annually from the
IHSA Board of Directors to require the passing of at least twenty (20) credit hours of
high school work per week to be eligible for participation.
They shall, unless they are entering high school for the first time, have credit on the
school records for twenty five (25) credit hours of high school work for the previous
semester. Such work shall have been completed in the semester for which credit is
granted or in a recognized summer school program which has - Answers- c. 3.022
d. 3.021
A student must attend a member school and may only represent in interscholastic
competition the member school the student attends. For purposes of this by-law, the
term "attend" shall mean that the student is enrolled at the member school, and is taking
at, or under arrangements approved by the member school, a minimum of twenty five
(25) credit hours of work for which credit toward high school graduation will be granted
by the member school upon the student's completing and passing the courses. The
school which enrolls the student shall be exclusively responsible to verify the student's
compliance with all of the eligibility requirements of all IHSA by-laws.
The Board of Directors shall have the discretion to waive the requirement of this by-law
for the Illinois schools for the deaf or blind. In unit systems having a 6-3-3 or 6-4-2 type
of organization, ninth grade students may participate on senior high school athl -
Answers- 3.011 4.011
Name and Objectives
In the performance of these functions, the objectives of the Association shall be:
a.) to stress the educational importance, the cultural values, the appreciations and skills
involved in all interscholastic activities and to promote cooperation and friendship;
b.) to regulate interscholastic programs in both character and quantity in regard to the
generally accepted objectives of secondary education and so they shall not unduly
interfere with nor abridge the regular program of teachers and students in the
performance of their regular day-to-day school duties;
c.) to encourage economy in the time of the student and teacher personnel devoted to
interscholastic activities;
d.) to encourage economy in expenses of interscholastic activities; and
, e.) to promote only those activities which enhance the accomplishment of desired
educational goals. - Answers- 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 and transfer for a maximum period of one calendar year,
commencing with the date of their 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 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 athletic or
other purposes. The Board of Directors shall establish additional criteria by which it shall
approve foreign exchange student programs. International students attending school in
Illinois who are not participating in an approved student - Answers- 3.034.3
Special Education Students
Special Education and Special Vocational Education Students: Students attending a
Special Education or Special Vocational Educational Cooperative Center, shall be
eligible under the following conditions:
Students taking part of their work at the Special Center and part at their home high
school shall be eligible at their home high school only;
Students taking all of their work at the Special Center shall be eligible at either their
home high school or the school housing the Special Center. However, once the students
elect the school at which they will participate, they may not change their decision
without the loss of a period of eligibility not to exceed 365 days. - Answers- b. 3.034.4
c. 3.034.41
d. 3.034.42
Classification
Guidelines and regulations for classification of non-boundaried schools are applied to all
non-boundaried schools. A non-boundaried school is defined as any private school,
charter school, lab school, magnet school, residential school, and any public school in a
multi-high school district that does not accept students from a fixed portion of the
district. - Answers- 2.160
Recruitment of Athletes
It shall be a violation of this rule for any student athlete to receive or be offered any
remunerations of any kind or to receive or be offered any special inducement of any
kind which is not made available to all applicants who enroll in the school or apply to the
school.
Special inducement shall include, but not be limited to:
1) Offer or acceptance of money or other valuable consideration such as free or
reduced tuition during the regular year or summer school by anyone connected with the
school. (Exception - private schools may waive tuition for children of faculty members,
