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Rule 100 - Unified Sports® Rules
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?
A. A student with a physical disability, but no intellectual disability, can qualify as a
Unified Partner Athlete.
Q. 100-2 Can a student athlete participate in a varsity or sub-varsity Season Contest in boys’
or girls’ Track and Field and also qualify to be eligible to be listed on the entry list
for the Unified Track and Field Tournament Series?
A. Yes, as long as they were not listed on the entry list for the Boys’ or Girls’ Track and
Field Tournament Series.
Q. 100-3 Can a student that was listed on the Boys’ or Girls’ Track and Field Tournament
Series entry list act as an assistant coach or manager for Unified Track and Field?
A. Yes.
Q. 100-4 Can a Unified Sports team be made up of all boys and compete against a team that
is made up of all girls?
A. Yes. Unified Sports teams are completely co-ed and can consist of all boys, all girls
or any combination of boys and girls as both Unified Student Athletes and Unified
Student Partners.
Q. 100-5 Can a Unified Student Athlete compete when they are 22 years old?
A. Yes, if the student’s IEP calls for the student to still be enrolled in a member School.
Q. 100-6 Can a Unified Student Athlete compete for a 5th year in Unified Sports?
A. Yes.
Q. 100-7 Do Unified Student Athletes have to complete the IIHSAA Athletic Physical, Consent,
Acknowledgement of Risks and Release Form?
A. Yes.
Q. 100-8 If a student is receiving special education services through a school district
cooperative, may that student participate as a Unified Student Athlete in a member
School other than the member School of enrollment?
A. Yes. That student may either compete for their member School of enrollment OR
home member School.
Q. 100-9 Must a coach have successfully completed the NFHS course on Unified Sports prior
to the first interscholastic competition?
A. Yes.

RULE 101 – UNIFIED SPORTS® SEASONS

AUTHORIZED AUTHORIZED SEASON
PRACTICES CONTESTS
Sport First Last Min. First Last Max. No.
Req. Scheduled
and
Played
Unified Flag M-W 5 DTE 8 M-Wk 6 SDST 10
Football
Unifi ed Track & M-Wk 36 DTE 8 M-Wk 38 SDST 16
Field

KEY: F-Wk 5 – Friday of IHSAA Calendar Week #5
SDST – Starting Date of Sectional of Tournament Series
DTE – Date Team Eliminated from Tournament Series

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