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Rule 200 - Unified Sports® Rules
200-3.0 Participant Scholarship Requirement.
a. Unified Student Athlete: A Unified Student Athlete must be making satisfactory progress
toward the goals, objectives and benchmarks contained in any progress report and/or any
case conference committee, and such facts must be certified by the building principal.
b. Unified Student Partner: A Unified Student Partner must comply with General Eligibility
rule 18.
200-4.0 Consecutive Semester/Consecutive Years rule.
a. Unified Student Athlete: A Unified Student Athlete, who (i) is receiving special education
and related services pursuant to an individual education program and (ii) based on the
Unified Student Athlete’s individual education plan (IEP) the Unified Student Athlete is
required to remain in school up to the school year in which the Unified Student Athlete
turns 21 may continue to participate as long as the Unified Student Athlete is Enrolled in
the School.
b. Unified Student Partner: A Unified Student Athlete must comply with General Eligibility
rule 12.
c. Participants. Except as modified by this rule series, all participants in Unified Sports must
abide by General Eligibility rule 12, Enrollment and Attendance.
200-5.0 Completion of Athletic Physical, Consent, Acknowledgement of Risks and
Release Form.
All participants in Unified Sports must comply with General Eligibility rules 3-10, 3-11.
200-5.1 Data for Special Olympics Indiana Federal Grant.
Schools participating in an IHSAA Tournament Series in Unified Sports must, when requested,
supply the IHSAA information including complete rosters, scheduled contests and other non-
confidential data required of Special Olympics Indiana in order to qualify for or receive federally
funded grants which support IHSAA Unified Sports tournaments.
200-6.0 Coaches Eligibility.
In addition to the training referred to in the General Eligibility rule 3: Coaches, a coach must
have successfully completed the NFHS course on Unified Sports.
200-8.0 Classification of Schools.
Unified Sports teams shall be aligned in single class Tournament Series.
200-9.0 Recognized Unified Sports
The following sport(s) are recognized and regulated as Unified Sports: track and field (Unified
Sport) and flag football (Unified Sport).
200-9.1 Championship Tournament Series.
A championship Tournament Series will be conducted, annually, for each recognized Unified
Sport.
Q&A
Unified Sports
Q. 200-1 Is a student with a physical disability, but no intellectual disability considered a
Unified Student Athlete or a Unified Partner Athlete?
A. A student with a physical disability, but no intellectual disability, can qualify as a
Unified Partner Athlete.
Q. 200-2 Can a student athlete participate in a varsity or sub-varsity Season Contest in boys’
or girls’ Track and Field and also qualify to be eligible to be listed on the entry list
for the Unified Track and Field Tournament Series.
A. Yes, as long as they were not listed on the entry list for the Boys’ or Girls’ Track and
Field Tournament Series.
Q. 200-3 Can a student that was listed on the Boys’ or Girls’ Track and Field Tournament
Series entry list act as an assistant coach or manager for Unified Track and Field.
A. Yes
Q. 200-4 Can a Unified Sports team be made up of all boys and compete against a team that
is made up of all girls?
A. Yes. Unified Sports teams are completely co-ed and can consist of all boys, all girls

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