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Definitions

Private School: An Indiana School maintained by private individuals, a religious organization,
or a corporation, not at public expense. For purposes of these rules, the geographic area
served by a Private School is a ‘Territory.’
Probation: A more severe type of Warning. A School may continue its regular schedule and
participate in a Tournament Series only after fi ling a written report with the Commissioner
listing appropriate disciplinary or corrective action taken.
Public School: A School established under the laws of the State of Indiana, regulated by local
authorities, maintained at the public expense by taxation and open to residents’ children.
For purposes of these By-Laws/Eligibility rules, a Charter School is not considered a Public
School. For purposes of these rules, the geographic area served by a Public School is a
‘District.’
Receiving School: The School at which a transfer student enrolls following a transfer.
Sanctioning: An approval process by the National Federation and all state members of the
National Federation, including the IHSAA, for interstate or international events involving
Two (2) or more Schools which are co-sponsored by or titled in the name of an organization
outside the school community (e.g., a college/university, a theme park, a service organiza-
tion (e.g., Kiwanis, Optimist) or an athletic shoe/apparel company).
School: High Schools including grades 9, 10, 11, 12 or 10, 11, 12; Junior High Schools which
include grade 9.
School Administrator or School Personnel: Any member of a School’s faculty or admin-
istration team.
School of Enrollment: The School of Enrollment is the School at which a student is Enrolled.
If the student is enrolled in more than One (1) School during a Grading Period, the School
of Enrollment is the School where the student attends more than Fifty percent (50%) of the
courses in which the student is Enrolled during the Grading Period.
School which Serves the Student’s Residence: A Public School ‘Serves’ a student’s
residence when the residence is in the Public School’s District. A Private School ‘Serves’
a student’s residence when the residence is in the Private School’s Territory. All Charter
Schools ‘Serve’ all Indiana residences. A Public School does not ‘Serve’ the residence
of a student who Enrolls at a Public School strictly under an open enrollment program or
similar program.
School Year: The period of time between (i) Monday of Week 5 and (ii) the earliest of Monday
of Week 49, or the last day of the actual school year of a School.
School Year Out-of-Season: For each sport, the period of time during the School Year which
is outside the sport’s Contest Season.
Season Contest: A Contest played during the period (i) beginning on the date a Contest
in a sport is authorized to be played and (ii) ending on the day before the first day of the
IHSAA Tournament Series in that sport. Some Season Contests may be played beyond
the last day of the School Year.
Secondary School: A School including any or all of grades 9 through 12.
Semester: In Schools whose schedule is based on semesters, one-half of a School Year
constitutes a semester. Parts of Two (2) semesters or a part of One (1) semester does not
make a semester.
Sending School: The School at which a transfer student previously attended.
Single Gender Athletic Team: A team sponsored by a member School which participates
in a program of interscholastic competition in an IHSAA Recognized Sport off ered only to
members of a single gender. Under IHSAA rule 1-2 the single-gender sports for boys include
boys baseball, boys basketball, boys cross-country, football, boys golf, boys soccer, boys
swimming & diving, boys tennis, boys track & fi eld and wrestling and the single-gender
sports for girls include girls basketball, girls cross country, girls golf, gymnastics, girls soccer,
softball, girls swimming & diving, girls tennis, girls track & fi eld and volleyball.
State Finals: The fi nal competitions and Contests of a Tournament Series.
Sub-Varsity: Any School team in a sport which is other than the School’s highest level team
in a sport.
Summer: That period of time between Tuesday following Memorial Day and the day before
Monday of Week 5.

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