Safety Guidelines for Secondary Interschool Athletics in Alberta

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The ASAA Executive Committee shall issue a written decision within ten (10) clear days of the
conclusion of the hearing. The decision of the ASAA Executive Committee shall be final and binding
and shall not be subject to judicial review.
ATHLETIC RECRUITMENT AND UNDUE INFLUENCE
To maintain the proper relationship between the academic purposes of schools and their athletic
activities, all member schools of the ASAA and anyone directly connected to the school (including
alumni associations, booster clubs and parent groups) must refrain from recruitment, inducement or
other forms of undue influence that would encourage a student to enroll in or transfer to a school
primarily for athletic purposes after the student has entered grade 10.
A. The possible existence of undue influence or recruitment shall be decided on a case by case basis.
B. Undue influence or recruitment may include:
1. any offer of monetary or transportation assistance to a student, parent or guardian (including
fees, tuition, bus passes or other allowances or waivers). Provided however, that for the
purposes of these Bylaws, waiver of any fee ordinarily charged to an international student by
a school, school board, or school division, shall not necessarily be considered undue
influence or recruitment. Provided further that, when determining whether undue influence or
recruitment exists, the ASAA Executive shall be entitled to consider whether such fees are
waived for students not involved in athletic activities;
2. the offer or acceptance of school privileges or considerations not normally granted to other
students;
3. any inducement or attempted inducement of parents, guardians or students to change their
location of residence for athletic reasons;
4. the contacting of a student or parent or guardian of a student who attends another school in an
attempt to persuade that student, primarily for athletic purposes, to attend the inducer’s
school;
5. the attempt to persuade or induce a student, primarily for athletic purposes, to remain in the
inducer’s school, when the student had otherwise decided to transfer to another school.
C. If a person has knowledge of undue influence or recruitment, as defined herein and allegedly
committed by any other student, coach, teacher, school staff, or administrative personnel connected
with an ASAA member school, he/she shall provide written notice of the allegation of undue
influence or recruitment to the principal of the school involved, the secretary of the Executive of the
ASAA zone in which the school is located and the Executive Director of the ASAA.
D. Within three clear days (see SECTION VI - APPEAL PROCEDURE, Definition of Clear Days, page
64) of receipt of the written notice referred to in paragraph C herein, the Executive of the ASAA
Zone within which the undue influence and/or recruitment is alleged to have occurred shall
commence an investigation of the allegations contained in the written notice. Investigations of
allegations of athletic recruitment and undue influence shall be conducted as follows:
1. The allegations of athletic recruitment and undue influence shall be fully disclosed by the
investigating zone executive to the party against whom they are made and to any member
school which that party attends, or to any member school at which that party is employed, or
at any member school to which that party is otherwise associated (also see ATA Code of
Professional Conduct, page 154).
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