Virginia High School League

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Virginia High School League

• Area Eligibility Meetings 2009-10

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Announcements

• Attendance/Sign-in Sheets
• Summary New Legislation
• Eligibility Issues
• Appendix 6
• Appeals Overview
• Sportsmanship

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12-1-1, 12-1-2 thru 8

• Modified the composition of the Executive
  Committee and specified a plan of succession for
  the League Chairperson

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27-2-5, 27-2-6, 27-2-7

• Coaches Education Requirement and penalty for
  non-compliance

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27-8-3

• Authorizes the Executive Director to Impose
  penalties for Out-of-Season Practice violations.

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27-13-6

• Sportsmanship Violations (player/coach ejections)
  and penalties are applicable in pre-season
  activites

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27-13-12 (7)

• Discretionary forfeits in Academic Activities are
  considered Sportsmanship Violations

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Transfer Rule 28-6-2 (4)

• Modified the Transfer Rule Exceptions related to
  student transferring from a non-member school.

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28-14-1

• Extended the timeline for Due Process from three
  to five days.

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30-5-1

• Includes Scholastic Bowl on the list for required
  clinics.

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30-5-1 (13)

• Specifies the penalty of a Warning for
  schools/programs when bench personnel enter the
  field/court.

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30-5-1 (17)

• Specifies a fine of 50 for coaches that do not
  complete the coachs education requirement.

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54-5-1

• Permits review of state tournaments for
  activities that no longer meet the specified
  criteria.

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54-5-3

• Modified the language so that weather is not the
  only reason for postponing/rescheduling state
  tournaments.

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Baseball - 56-8-1

• Group A will begin divisional play in baseball in
  2010-11

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Basketball 58-7-2

• State basketball pairings will be posted on the
  VHSL website and modified so that representatives
  from the same region will not meet prior to the
  Championship Game.

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Field Hockey 66-3-1

• Clarified procedures for resumption of
  interrupted Field Hockey Tournament games.

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Golf 70-6-1

• Golf - Modified the parameters when coaches may
  advise their players.

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Golf 70-8-1,2

• Use of matching cards when golf playoffs (team or
  individual) cannot be completed.

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Lacrosse 70-8-2, 77-3-3

• Procedures to be followed when Girls and Boys
  Lacrosse contests are suspended.

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Lacrosse 77-5-1

• Specifies what constitutes an official lacrosse
  contest.

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Soccer 78-5-2

• Outlines procedures for suspended soccer contests.

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Swim/Dive 80-3-1

• Reduced the number of teams/individuals advancing
  to the State Swim and Dive Meet.

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Volleyball 86-3-1

• Beginning in 2010-11 Group A will begin
  divisional play in Volleyball.

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Wrestling 88-5-2

• Outlines the procedure for setting state
  tournament pairings in wrestling.

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101-2-2 Theatre

• Established procedures with less than four judges.

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Forensics 111-8-3,4

• Forfeiture guidelines and challenges to published
  works.

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Extemp. Speaking 112-5-3

• Prohibits consulting during preparation.

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Original Oratory 113-3-2

• Prohibits any time signals during delivery.

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Storytelling 115-2-1

• Prohibits time signals during delivery.

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Oral Interpretation 116-3-1thru 116-7-1

• Prohibits time signals during various
  competitions.

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Debate 117-7-2, 9-1,9-4, 10-3,10-4

• Outlines procedures and penalties during Debate.

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Appendix 6 Policy Manual

• Pages were accidentally omitted from the 09-10
  Handbook. Available on the VHSL website version.

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• VHSL OUT-OF-SEASON PRACTICE RULE INTERPRETATION
• VHSL Catastrophic Insurance does not cover any
  out-of-season activities.
• Practice is defi ned as any organized activity
  scheduled and/or supervised by a coach.
• Out-of-season activities may not be required of
  any student athlete or potential student
• athlete.
• Attendance or non-attendance in out-of-season
  activities may not be utilized for team
• selection/evaluation.
• "Open gym" or "Open field" activities are
  defined as general recreational, free-play
  opportunities
• for students. They must be open to all students.
  If only team members or
• potential team members from a specific sport
  attend, the activity must be cancelled.
• If a sport team coach is present, he/she may only
  be engaged as the designee of the
• principal for school facility supervision
  purposes. He/she may not organize or direct
• activities, participate with students, coach in
  any manner whatsoever, evaluate students
• or use the opportunity for team selection. Sports
  specific equipment such as rebounders,
• pitching machines, batting cages, hurdles,
  blocking sleds/dummies, starting blocks, or

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• 7 on 7 passing leagues are permitted
  out-of-season provided there is a specific
  instruction
• period in which a coach interacts with students
  from other teams as well as his/her
• own team. 7 on 7 leagues may not occur in the
  14-day period prior to the beginning
• of the fall season. Practices may not be
  conducted in preparation for 7 on 7 passing
• leagues.
• School team coaches may coach his/her players
  on non-school teams provided the
• team is composed of students representing at
  least two member schools.
• Potential violations of the Out-of Season Rule
  may include but are not limited to
• o Meeting with team members to discuss strategies
  or view tape.
• o Conducting an open gym/fi eld activity with the
  coach organizing the teams and
• directing the activity.
• o During a weight training activity,
  organizing/conducting sport specifi c drills.
• o Informing athletes formally or informally that
  attendance at out-of-season
• activities is required or using attendance as a
  pre-requisite for making the team.
• o Conducting baseball hitting and throwing drills
  for the baseball team at an offschool
• site.
• o During a basketball conditioning session,
  allowing participants to use a rebounding

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27-4-1 State Sanction Rule

• Member school must host any sanctioned event even
  if sponsored by an outside agency.
• Sanctioned events are posted on the VHSL website.
  Participating schools are responsible for insure
  the event is sanctioned.
• Participating schools responsibility to insure
  scheduled events are properly sanctioned.
  Participation in unsanctioned events 75 fine -
  150 if Boys and Girls teams.
• Adhere to the timelines if hosting a sanctioned
  event.

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District Committee Appeals

• Timelines
• Committee
• Criteria
• Next step

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Does the District Committee have the authority to
waive the Transfer Rule as it applies to changes
in custody? What else is required?
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May member school athletic teams exceed permitted
practice dates prior to their first contest date?
If so, by how many?
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Are member schools required to follow the Fall
Practice Guidelines?
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A student resides in School As attendance zone
but attends School B for a specialized program at
school B. Eligible?
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A student receives credit for courses taken at a
non-member school. He/she enrolls at a member
school one month prior to the end of the first
semester and audits classes. When is this
student eligible?
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What is required for eligibility of a student who
claims to be homeless?
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Which of the following are recognized to
administer a VHSL required physical?

• Nurse practitioner
• Physician
• Chiropracter
• Physicians assistant

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• Member School athletic teams are permitted to
  schedule scrimmages involving four teams?

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• Student attends school A. At the beginning of
  the next school year, he/she enrolls at a
  non-member school. After two months the parents
  can no longer afford the tuition and the student
  returns to School A. Eligible?

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• Student attends school A. Student transfers to
  school B (in another city) as a parent is a
  school B employee. The parent commutes to work
  but the student lives with another family member
  in the school B attendance area. Eligible? The
  student participates at school B. After one
  year, the student transfers back to school A.
  Eligible?

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• At the end of the second semester a students
  transcript is as follows
• Eng 11 A(1st sem) D(2nd sem) D(Final)
• Geom D(1st sem) C-(2nd sem) F(Final)
• US/VA Hist B(1st sem) C(2nd sem) C(Final)
• Second Sem. elective B
• Second Sem. elective C
  

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• A student transfers to a member school from a
  non-member school on a quarter system using a 4 X
  4 schedule. The transcript is a follows
• 3rd quarter
• Eng. 10 C .5 credits earned
• Geom. C .5 credits earned
• Amer. Hist C .5 credits earned
• 4th Quarter
• Eng. 10 F 0 credits earned
• Geom. F 0 credits earned
• Amer. Hist F 0 credits earned
• Eligible ?

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• A football player is declared ineligible for the
  fall of his 11th grade year due to the
  Scholarship Rule. He may not be placed upon the
  Football MEL but participates in all practices
  during his season of ineligibility. Is this
  permissible? Any implications?

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• A student through an approved CSIET Foreign
  Exchange program enrolls in a member school too
  late in the semester to receive credit for the
  first semester. Eligible for the second semester
  if enrolled in five courses for credit?

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• Student attends member school A during the 9th
  through the 11th grade. He/she resides with
  his/her mother who has sole custody. At the
  beginning of his/her senior year, he/she enrolls
  at a non-member private school. After three
  weeks, he/she transfers to member school B
  residing with his/her biological father who
  resides in School Bs attendance area. The
  student is 18 yrs. Old.

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• Student attends member school A as an out of zone
  student. Prior to the end of the school year,
  he/she transfers to a private school to complete
  the school year. At the beginning of the next
  school year he/she enrolls at member school B
  (the parents have always resided in school Bs
  attendance area). Eligible?

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• DSAs, Athletic and Activity Directors Coaches
  calls/emails regarding eligibility, appeals,
  other Handbook issues.

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