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Article IV - Administration

r. To approve expenditures in excess of the budget.
s. To establish a pension retirement plan for regular employees of the Corporation.
t. To provide for the annual audit of the books of the Corporation and for the proper bonding
of the Commissioners and office personnel.
u. To make rule adjustments deemed necessary for the Indiana School For The Blind and
the Indiana School For The Deaf.
v. To employ legal assistance when deemed necessary.
Section 5. Commissioner
The duties of the Commissioner shall be to:
a. prepare and present to the Committee, prior to June 30 of each year, a budget for the
ensuing year. Such shall be subject to approval by the Committee and effective on July
1 for the fiscal year;
b. collect all receipts and funds and report same to the Committee at the next regular
meeting following their collection;
c. license officials as provided in By-Laws;
d. collect and compile materials for the yearbook;
e. issue all necessary bulletins;
f. prepare all official forms for the use of the Corporation;
g. recommend new standards, regulations and policies for the good of the Corporation;
h. initiate investigations, conduct hearings, collect information, render decisions and fix
penalties based on the evidence, and in accordance with the rules and regulations of the
Corporation. Such decisions shall be subject to review by the Committee on appeal by
the Principal/s of the member school/s involved;
i. conduct correspondence for the Corporation;
j. furnish all proper information requested by the National Federation of State High School
Associations and other State High School Associations;
k. maintain contacts and relations between the Corporation and – Department of
Education, colleges, universities, high schools, service clubs, teachers’ associations,
athletic directors’ association, officials’ associations, press, physical education groups,
coaches’ groups, junior high schools, city superintendents, county superintendents, fans,
American Legion and similar organizations and principals of member schools;
l. assist Corporation committees in their work by furnishing data and information requested
by them;
m. make detailed arrangements for all interschool meets, tourneys and events as directed by
the Committee;
n. check all tourney reports and other financial statements, to reconcile discrepancies, if
possible;
o. prepare and present at each Committee meeting a complete report of office activities
since the last meeting;
p. arrange all details for Corporation meetings;
q. have charge of the property and records of the Corporation;
r. attend meetings of the Committee and serve as Secretary-Treasurer;
s. include the rules, amendments and regulations, as they are passed, in the By-Laws of the
Corporation; and
t. employ legal assistance when deemed necessary.
Section 6. Assistant Commissioner/s
It shall be their duties to:
a. assist the Commissioner in any and all such duties as the Commissioner may require;
b. act in the capacity of Commissioner in the absence of the Commissioner;
c. establish and promote such publicity and public relations, as may be required by the
Commissioner and Committee for the well being and the promotion of the Corporation.

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