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Rule 15 - Participation

*Denotes: No more than Three (3) times per week.

c. Exception: Students in Sports who participate in a Limited Contact Program which
immediately precedes that Sports’ season may continue to participate in the Limited
Contact Program until that Sports’ first official practice date, i.e. a girls basketball player
participating in the Fall Season Limited Contact Program may continue participation in the
Limited Contact Program until the first official practice day for girls basketball.
d. Exception: During times when public health requires there be less crowding and more
social distancing, the Commissioner is authorized to issue an order modifying the number,
length and character of Limited Contact Program Sessions.
15-2.5 During Summer
a. During the Summer a student may participate in athletic activities and in a Conditioning
Program sponsored by a member School or by a Non-School organization, provided that
the student’s participation is voluntary.
b. Except for football (see below), if a member School sponsors athletic activities for its student
athletes at the School during the Summer, such athletic activities may only be conducted
in a Summer Open Facility Program, except for Summer athletic competitions, which may
be conducted outside of a Summer Open Facility Program. A School’s Summer Open
Facility Program is only open to (i) students who attend the School, (ii) to students who
attend a Feeder School of the School, (iii) to incoming 9th grade students from nonFeeder
Schools who have Enrolled at the School, and (iv) to transfer students who have Enrolled
at the School and who have completed and submitted to the IHSAA the first section of an
IHSAA Transfer Report.
c. See definitions of Summer Open Facility Program, Conditioning Program and Summer
for beginning and ending times. The foregoing notwithstanding, Summer Conditioning
Programs may extend through Saturday of Week 4.
d. Students may participate in non-school sponsored Camps/Clinics provided the following
standards are met.
(1.) Attendance is limited to non-school time.
(2.) Fees, if charged, must be provided solely by the student, parent or Guardian except
for underprivileged students. No School or athletic funds shall be used for such.
(3.) No School-owned uniforms (jerseys, shirts, shorts, pants, etc.) shall be worn by the
student.
(4.) Merchandise and awards, other than those of symbolic value, may NOT be accepted
for athletic proficiency. Student must remain an amateur.
(5.) Length of attendance is unlimited.
(6.) Seniors or graduates who plan to attend should check with appropriate college rules
and regulations regarding recruiting before participating.
(7.) For all School sponsored Camps/Clinics, attendance must be terminated prior to
Monday, Week 5.
e. Each member School shall observe a moratorium week starting on Monday of the
Corresponding Week which includes July 4th. During this Seven (7) day moratorium week
there shall be no contact between athletes and coaches, and no athletic activities, including
conditioning, conducted. Note: All Corresponding Weeks begin on Monday.
15-2.6 Competition Days
a. all sports teams, with the exception of football, may participate in up to Ten (10)
Competition Days (a day when a School’s coaching staff takes Two (2) or more players
from a School’s team to either participate with or compete against One (1) or more
players from another member School or Non-School Team). See rule 15-2.7 regarding
football.
b. Prior to the first day of Summer, a School’s coaching staff must designate to the
School’s principal or athletic director the specific Competition Days in which the School’s
team plans to participate.

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