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About IHSAA Memllershin
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As stated in Article Ill of the IHSAA By-Laws & Articles of Incorporation
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All Memberships Are Voluntary. An Indiana-based secondary school may become a member
of this Corporation by meeting the requirements for membership, by subscribing to all rules and
regulations of the Corporation, and by completing and submitting a membership application form
to the Commissioner, accompanied by a Two Thousand dollar ($2,000.00) initiation fee, on or
before August 1.
Section 2.
Full membership in this Corporation shall be open to all public, private, parochial, boarding, and
institutional high schools of the state offering and maintaining two or more years of high school
work, provided they meet the requirements of the Corporation and also subscribe to its rules and
regulations. A school to be eligible for membership in the IHSAA must (a) have Full Accreditation
or Freeway Accreditation from the Indiana Department of Education or be fully accredited by the
Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement or by another national or regional ac-
crediting agency recognized by the Indiana Department of Education for purposes of the School
Scholarship Program under Ind. Code §20-51 and approved by the IHSAA, provided the school
meets the graduation qualifying requirements of the state of Indiana and (b) must have previously
provided and continue to maintain at least one team in an IHSAA sponsored sport for each gender
during each sports season. A school shall neither become a member nor remain a member in the
IHSAA whose detailed financial (athletic or otherwise), scholastic and attendance records are not
readily made available, as requested, to the IHSAA during an investigation.
Section 3.
Any school upon being granted membership in the Association shall not be permitted to par-
ticipate in IHSAA tournaments for a period of four years from the date of admittance.
NOTE: Existing IHSAA member schools that consolidate or divide into multiple schools shall
be excluded from said rule.
Section 4.
Junior membership may be extended to a school which is accredited by the Department of
Education, which offers ninth grade, but which is not eligible for full membership.
Section 5.
Each full member school shall have one vote.
Section 6.
The Committee shall determine the status of all memberships.
Section 7.
As a condition of membership, all members and their administrators, faculty, and students
consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of courts in Marion County, Indiana for all claims
and disputes between and among the IHSAA and a member school, its administrators, its faculty,
and its students, including, but not limited to, any claims or disputes involving membership,
eligibility, rule violation or injury.

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