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Definitions

Part I: Definitions
As used in the By-Laws, including the Boys Interschool Sports rules, the Girls Interschool
Sports rules, the Unifi ed Sports® rules and the Junior High School Interschool rules, the
following shall apply:
Accredited School: An accredited Indiana School is one (i) which has Full Accreditation
or Freeway Accreditation from the Indiana Department of Education or (ii) which is fully
accredited by the Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement or by another
national or regional accrediting agency recognized by the Indiana Department of Education
for purposes of the School Scholarship Program under Ind. Code §20-51. An accredited
non-Indiana School is one which is recognized as being accredited by the department of
education of the state in which that School is domiciled.

Assigner: One who schedules Offi cials for Contests.
Association: Indiana High School Athletic Association, Inc.
Birth Gender: The Gender of a student at birth.
Boarding School: A School providing housing and meals.
Boarding School Student: A student who both attends and receives housing and meals
from a Boarding School.
Bona Fide: Genuine, without fraud or deceit, with permanent intent.
Bona Fide Change of Residences: A Bona Fide Change of Residence depends upon the
facts in each case, however, to be considered, the following facts must exist:
a. the original residence must be abandoned as a residence; that is, sold, rented or disposed
of, or in the process of being disposed of as a residence and must not be used as a
residence by any member of the student’s immediate family; and
b. the student’s entire immediate family must make the change and take with them the
household goods and furniture appropriate to the circumstances. For eligibility purposes,
a single family unit may not maintain Two (2) or more residences.
c. the change of residence must be genuine, without fraud or deceit, and with permanent
intent.
Calendar Week: Monday through Saturday.
Camp/Clinic: an organized group instruction or practice involving a sport.
Class: Grouping of Schools which participate in a Tournament Series based on the School’s
enrollment in grades 9 through 12, and the Schools’ previous Tournament Series success.
Coaching Accreditation: Accredited Coach: The status of a coach (i) who has met the
educational requirements for coaching IHSAA Recognized Sports at a Member School, (ii)
who has not violated certain state licensure and disciplinary statutes and (iii) whose conduct
conforms to the rules, regulations, purposes and goals of the IHSAA.

Commissioner: Chief Administrative Offi cer of the IHSAA.
Committee: Executive Committee of the IHSAA Board of Directors.
Competition Days: A day when a School’s coaching staff takes Two (2) or more players
from a School’s team to either practice or compete against One (1) or more players from
another School or program.
Conditioning Program: A program conducted only in a School’s facility, designed for and
limited to activities which promote physical fi tness such as weight lifting, running and aerobic
exercising, and excludes game drills. Specifi c equipment related to a particular sport, i.e.
balls, goals, nets, etc. generally cannot be used in a Conditioning Program. However, during
the School Year Out-of-Season, beginning M - WK26, a student involved in baseball may
throw a baseball as a part of the student’s Conditioning Program and a student involved
in softball may throw a softball as a part of the student’s Conditioning Program; the throws
should be part of a game of catch between Two (2) students using gloves and should not
involve a pitching mound or a pitching circle, an actual or simulated batter or any type of
pitching instruction.
Contest: An organized assembling of persons for athletic competition, with or against indi-
viduals not presently attending a student’s School. The following is a non-exclusive list of
indicia that an assembly is a Contest: pre-arrangement; direct or indirect involvement of a
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