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Rule 100 - Unified Sports® Rules

100-1.2 Restriction of Participation – Unified Student Partner.
A student athlete who participates in a varsity or sub-varsity competition or scrimmage,
in a non-Unified Sports© sport, is prohibited from competing as a Unified Partner in a
Unified Sports© Tournament Series in that same sport for the remainder of the School Year.
Appropriate participation for such a Student Athlete Partner may take place as an assistant
coach or manager. Schools with limited enrollment or special circumstances may apply to
the Commissioner for a waiver of this rule.
100-1.3 Participation by Gender.
Unified Sports teams shall be organized as co-educational teams.
100-2 Participant Age Requirement.
a. Unified Student Athlete: A Unified Student Athlete may participate in Unified Sports as long
as the Unified Student Athlete is Enrolled in the School.
b. Unified Student Partner: A Unified Student Partner must comply with General Eligibility
rule 4.
100-3 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.
100-4 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.
100-5 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.
100-5.1 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.
100-6 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.
100-8 Classification of Schools.
Unified Sports teams shall be aligned in single class Tournament Series.
100-9 Recognized Unified Sports
The following sport(s) are recognized and regulated as Unified Sports: track and field (Unified
Sport) and flag football (Unified Sport).
100-9.1 Championship Tournament Series.
A championship Tournament Series will be conducted, annually, for each recognized Unified
Sport.

Q&A
Unified Sports
Q. 100-1 Is a student with a physical disability, but no intellectual disability considered a
Unified Student Athlete or a Unified Partner Athlete?
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