2004-2005 - Georgia High School Association

GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL ASSOCIATION 59
should monitor its compliance with State Association guidelines.
2.27 Member schools that fail to follow stated procedures and deadlines
will be assessed a minimum fine of $50.00 for each violation.
2.28 Schools that need to cancel appointments scheduled with the
Hardship Committee or the Appeals Board must do so at least 24
hours before the appointment. Failure to cancel properly will result
in a $100.00 fine.
2.30 - ELIGIBILITY REPORTS FILED BY THE SCHOOL
2.31 Eligibility reports are required for all contestants in any GHSA
activity twenty (20) days prior to the date allowed for the first contest
in each activity.
(a) Students are not allowed to participate in academic, athletic,
or literary competitions until their eligibility reports have been
received and processed by the GHSA Office.
(b) Failure to meet the eligibility deadline may lead the GHSA
Executive Director to:
(1) Assess a $25.00 fine to the school that is delinquent.
(2) Suspend the membership of a school that does not file
eligibility reports.
(c) Reports not filed properly will be returned to the school for
resubmission.
2.32 Schools playing interscholastic contests before the filing of an
eligibility report on one or more participating students may be
subject to one or more of the following penalties imposed by the
GHSA Executive Director:
(a) a fine of $25.00 per game or contest in which one or more
participants had no eligibility report filed.
(b) forfeiture of any game in which one or more participants did
not have eligibility report filed.
(c) restriction from competition in any sport if the fines assessed
are not paid within ten (10) days of notification.
2.33 Supplementary eligibility reports may be submitted at any time
on transfer students, students coming out for the team after the
initial report, and/or those students who gain eligibility at the end
of a semester.
2.34 Once a student has been certified eligible by the school and has
been processed by the GHSA, eligibility is assumed to be
continuing, and no further eligibility report is necessary for that
student during the school year.
2.35 If a student loses eligibility and regains it during the school year,
a new eligibility report should be filed for that student.
2.36 Changes of Eligibility Records: When a school discovers that