NEBRASKA SCHOOL ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATION

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NEBRASKA SCHOOL ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATION

• Activities Directors Workshop

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Overview of NSAA

• Voluntary, nonprofit 501(c)(3)organization
• Association established in 1910
• 312 member high schools for 2010-11
• Sanctions 19 athletic 5 non-athletic
• Provides level playing field for activities

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Governance of NSAA

• Six geographic, legislative Districts
• Each District elects
• Board of Control member
• District Managing Committee
• District Managing Committee runs
• District meetings
• Administers Music Contest
• Board meets monthly
• NSAA Staff

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NSAA Legislative Process

• District meetingsNovember and January
• Member schools introduce legislative
• proposals electronically by November 1
• Each school has one vote
• Proposals passing in a November District
• Meeting advances to January Districts for vote

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NSAA Constitution and Bylaws

• Body of rules by which member schools
• vote to be governed
• NSAA Board and staff interpret rules
• Member schools adopt Constitution and
• Bylaws Board adopts Approved Rulings

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Eligibility Rules

• 2.2.1 Student must be an undergraduate
• 2.2.2 Eight semesters beginning with enrollment
  in grade nine
• 2.3 Ineligible if 19 before August 1
• 2.4.1 Must be enrolled on or before the 11th day
  of the current semester

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Eligibility Rules

• 2.5.1 Enrolled in 20 hours per week
• 2.5.2 Twenty hours previous semester
• 2.6.2.1 Guardianship does not fulfill the
  definition of a parent.
• 2.6.3 Student entering grade nine for first
  makes initial choice

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Eligibility Rules

• 2.6.9.1 Change of domicile during the school
  year, student may remain at the school.
• 2.6.9.2 Parents move summer prior to senior year
  and student has attended the school for two or
  more years, student may remain eligible
• 2.6.9.3 Student eligible in high school located
  in school district where parents established
  domicile.

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Eligibility Rules

• 2.6.10 Parents change domicile, student
  immediately eligible school located at new
  domicile
• 2.7.7 Transfer students who have Enrollment
  Option applications signed and filed prior to
  March 15 shall be immediately eligible in the
  fall.

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Eligibility Rules

• 2.7.8 Non-enrollment option transfer students
  must finalize enrollment prior to March 15.
• 3.1/3.5 Once the season begins, a student, a
  student shall participate in practices and
  compete in that sport which are scheduled by
  their school.

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Eligibility Rules

• 3.6 A student shall not participate on an
  all-star team while a high school undergraduate.
• A student must maintain their amateur status.

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Cooperative Sponsorships

• 2 or more schools can jointly sponsor
• activity maximum of 4 schools
• Schools enrollments are combined for
  classification in that activity.
• Coops for 2 years
• June 1 deadline for fall activities Sept.
• 1 for winter January 1 for spring

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NSAA Finances

• Membership registration gate receipts
• Ticket prices
• District--4 and 5
• State--5 and 7
• Entry Fees
• NSAA Reimbursement to Schools
• Catastrophic Insurance

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December Moratorium

• 5 days in December
• December 22-26, 2010
• No use of school facilities for in-season
  activities
• No practices or competition
• Non-school facilities requirements

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Rules Meetings Required!

• Head coaches required to attend Rules
• Meetings annually!
• Online Rules Meetings for 2010-11
• Penalties for missing Rules Meetings

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Coaches Certification

• NDE certification required
• Certification of layperson coaches
• Coaches Aides

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Foreign Exchange Students

• Eligibility may be waived for 2 semesters
• Member of recognized Foreign Exchange
• Program J-1 Visa
• Appropriate age not a graduate
• APPLICATION REQUIRED!!!

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Home School Eligibility

• Must be bona fide student, enrolled in
• member school for 20 credit hours
• Cannot participate if not a bona fide student
• Previous semester academic rule -
• schools must enforce!

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Sportsmanship Expectations

• Sportsmanship ejections, suspensions
• Crowd control expectations
• Administrators or other designates in
• attendance at all contests
• Handling game officials

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Article 9 Middle Level Activities

• 9.2.3 Membership of schools involving grades
  seven and/or eight shall be termed associate
  memberships.
• 9.8 Contest Limits
• Governed by NDE Rule 10

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Questions?

• Thank you for your attendance!