Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title VI - Interscholastic Competition › Chapter 36 - Extracurricular Interscholastic Competition › Rule 281-36.1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
"Associate member school"
means a
				  nonaccredited nonpublic school that has been granted associate member status by
				  any corporation, association, or organization registered with the department
				  pursuant to Iowa Code section
				  280.13, upon approval by the
				  department based upon proof of compliance with:
1. Iowa Code section
				279.19B, and rules adopted by
				the department related to the qualifications of the affected teaching staff,
				and
2. The student eligibility
				rules of this chapter.
Associate membership is subject to the requirements, dues, or
				  other obligations established by the organization for which associate
				  membership is sought.
"Coach"
means an individual, with coaching
				  endorsement or authorization as required by Iowa law, employed by a school
				  district under the provisions of an extracurricular athletic contract or
				  employed by a nonpublic school in a position responsible for an extracurricular
				  athletic activity. "Coach" also includes an individual who instructs,
				  diagnoses, prescribes, evaluates, assists, or directs student learning of an
				  interscholastic athletic endeavor on a voluntary basis on behalf of a school or
				  school district.
"Compete"
means participating in an
				  interscholastic contest or competition and includes dressing in full team
				  uniform for the interscholastic contest or competition as well as participating
				  in pregame warm-up exercises with team members. "Compete" does not include any
				  managerial, recordkeeping, or other noncompetitor functions performed by a
				  student on behalf of a member or associate member school.
"Department"
means the Iowa department of
				  education.
"Dropout"
means a student who quit school
				  because of extenuating circumstances over which the student had no control or
				  who voluntarily withdrew from school. This does not include a student who has
				  been expelled or one who was doing failing work when the student voluntarily
				  dropped from school.
"Executive board"
means the governing body
				  authorized under a constitution or bylaws to establish policy for an
				  organization registered under this chapter.
"Executive officer"
means the executive
				  director or secretary of each governing organization.
"Member school,"
for purposes of this
				  chapter, means a public school or accredited nonpublic school that has been
				  granted such status by any corporation, association, or organization registered
				  with the department pursuant to Iowa Code section
				  280.13.
"Parent"
means the natural or adoptive
				  parent having actual bona fide custody of a student.
"Student"
means a person under 20 years of
				  age enrolled in grades 9 through 12. For purposes of these rules, ninth grade
				  begins with the summer immediately following eighth grade. The rules contained
				  herein apply uniformly to all students.
"Superintendent"
means a superintendent of a
				  local school or a duly authorized representative.
"Varsity"
means the highest level of
				  competition offered by one school or school district against the highest level
				  of competition offered by an opposing school or school
				  district.