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69Q. 15-50 May a member School host a team Camp and invite multiple member Schools to participate during the Summer?A. No, a School sponsored Camp is intended for One (1) School only. Team Camps for multiple teams must be sponsored by Non-School entities.Summer - GenerallyQ. 15-51 When is a student athlete no longer eligible to compete on a Non-School Team in a sport during the Summer?A. During the Summer, a student athlete may compete on a Non-School Team in a sport up until the date of the first IHSAA authorized Season Contest in that sport. (rule 15-1)Q. 15-52 Can a student participate in an interscholastic Contest after the student%u2019s regular School Year has ended?A. Yes. Due to the great variation in dates when member Schools close in the spring, students may continue to represent their Schools during the Contest Season and during the Tournament Series in the spring and in the Summer. Also, a senior may continue to participate in a Season Contest and in Tournament Series Contest even though the senior is graduating and may have already received a diploma.Q. 15-53 Can a member School organize and supervise a Conditioning Program during the Summer?A. Yes, however, the program must be designed and limited to activities which promote physical fitness, must be voluntary and may not be limited to athletes of One (1) sport. (Definitions: Conditioning Program) And though a Conditioning session during the School Year Out-of-Season may include throwing a ball by a baseball or softball player (rule 15-2.4; Definitions: Conditioning Program), no similar activities are permitted at a Conditioning session during the Summer.Q.15-54 What is the Summer Camp & Clinic cut-off rule and when is the last date a student can participate in a Camp or Clinic during the Summer.A. The Summer Camp & Clinic cut-off rule applies to School-sponsored Camps and Clinics, and participation in a School-sponsored Camps or Clinics must be terminated prior to Monday, Week 5, under rule 15-3.2(g). There is not a Summer Camp & Clinic cut-off rule for Non-School sponsored Camps and Clinics, although for fall sport athletes, participation in a non-School-sponsored Camps or Clinics must terminate prior to Monday of week 7. For winter and spring sport athletes, participation in non-School-sponsored Camps and Clinics may continue into the new School Year, however attendance must be limited to non-school time. Verified Olympic development camps are exempt from this rule.Q. 15-55 What is a Summer Open Facility Program?A. A Summer Open Facility Program is a voluntary program in which use of a member School%u2019s gymnasiums, playing fields or other school facilities is limited to students who attend the School, to students who attend a Feeder School of the School, to incoming 9th grade students from non-Feeder Schools who have Enrolled at the School, and to transfer students who have Enrolled at the School and who have completed and submitted to the IHSAA an IHSAA Transfer Report. (Section 15-3-3.1(b), Definitions %u2013 Summer Open Facility Program.)Q. 15-56 Can a School have a Summer Open Facility session %u201coff-campus%u201d, or at a location which is not owned by or officially controlled by the School?A. No, like a Limited Contact Program, a Summer Open Facility Program must be conducted on campus or at a site where home Contests are regularly held. For example, a School cannot conduct an Summer Open Facility session at the local batting cage for its students wishing to work on their baseball skills, but could hold Summer Open Facility session at a municipal field if that is where the School regularly held its home Contests.Q. 15-57 May a student from one School participate in a Summer Open Facility session at another School. For example, is a softball player from one School permitted to go to another School%u2019s Summer Open Facility and participate in softball?Rule 15 - Participation