2. Soccorro ISD Athletics  Athletic Director – A. Hernandez  Assistant Athletic Director – J. Nunn  Assistant Athletic Director – R. Gray

3. Athletic Dept. Dr. Susan Elza Brian Polk Darryl Beasley Traci Neely UIL Athletic Director Volleyball Asst. Football Wrestling Soccer Golf Softball Team Tennis Basketball Ind. Tennis Baseball Cross Country Cheer Swim/Dive Track

4. AGENDA  UIL Information  Coaching Requirements  Student Required forms  Practice and Contest Regulations  Eligibility  Non-School Participation  Amateur Status  Resources

5. Coach   To the Coach: Work with students to set personal and teams goals and achieve them. Goals should include  studies and sportsmanship, as well as the skills for the game. Care about students even more than the sport.  Know the players and help them handle pressure. Use your tremendous influence to help athletes set and attain  high scholastic and behavior goals appropriate for individuals in the limelight of public attention.  Teach the value of fitness, exercise, nutrition, and self-awareness.  Give student athletes thorough physical examinations and proper equipment.  Cultivate good attitudes: "Give 100% no matter what the outcome."  Recognize students' accomplishments in academics, athletics, and other activities.  Encourage the media to recognize the academic as well as athletic progress of players.

6. PURPOSES AND PHILOSOPHY  To assist, advise, and aid schools in organizing and conducting interschool athletics.  To reinforce the concept that athletics is an integral part of the educational program.  To preserve the game for the benefit of the contestant.  To promote the spirit of good sportsmanship.  To promote among the players, schools, and communities a spirit of friendly rivalry and respect for the rules.  To forward the concept of accepting decisions of sports officials without protest and treating officials as co-partners in the educational process of competition.  To ensure the health and safety of participants.

7. RULE CHANGES 2016 - 2017  Regular Attendance (Section 404) – Provides an exception for the 15 day rule for dependents of active duty military personnel.  Eligibility (Section 440) – The start date of the “one-year of consecutive enrollment” will start once the student is placed on a waiting list for a Charter School.  Amateur Athletic Status (Section 441) – Students may receive reasonable fees for teaching, coaching, and officiating. Meals – the local district determines when and from whom athletes can receive meals and snacks.  Limitation of Awards (Section 480, 482) – Allows schools to contribute to a second major Award in honor of winning a UIL State Championship.  Transportation – Language prohibiting coaches to transport kids to tryouts and college visits removed

8. LEAGUE GOVERNANCE  Legislative Council – Rule making body composed of 32 public school administrators including all 6 classifications  State Executive Committee (SEC) – Composed of 8 school administrators appointed by the Commissioner of Education.  Waiver Review Board – 10 person committee that reviews the decisions of the UIL Waiver Officer when an appeal is filed.  District Executive Committee (DEC) – Consists of ONE school administrator per school in a given UIL District.

9. Yearly Coaching Requirements and Training (State Law)  CPR and First Aid Training  AED Training  Safety Training  Concussion Training (2 hours every other year/1 hour annually)

10. RULES COMPLIANCE PROGRAM (RCP) Available ONLY online – www.uil-texas.net www.uil-texas.net  Constitution & Contest Rules (HS/JH)  Ethics & sportsmanship  UIL steroid education video  Safety training  Sport-specific module for each sport

11. STUDENT PARTICIPATION “REQUIRED FORMS”  Pre Participation Physical Examination Form  Medical History Form  Rules Acknowledgment Form  Parent or Guardian Permit  Parent/Student Anabolic Steroid Use and Random Steroid Testing Form  Concussion Acknowledgement Form  Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Form

12. PRACTICE REGULATIONS ~Prior to School Starting~ ~Prior to School Starting~  1 Practice – Cannot exceed 3 hours  2 Practices – Cannot exceed 5 hours  3 hours is maximum length of a single practice  More than 1 practice scheduled, must have minimum of 2 hour rest break  Cannot schedule more than one practice on Consecutive days. Exception: Volleyball

13. PRACTICE REGULATIONS ~School is in Session ~ ~School is in Session ~  Eight Hour Rule -  Eight Hour Rule - Practice outside the school day, from the beginning of the school week through the end of the school week (excluding holidays), is limiting to a maximum of eight hours per school week per activity.

14. CONTEST REGULATIONS  Calendar Week : 12:01 am Sunday to midnight Saturday 12:01 am Sunday to midnight Saturday  School Week: 12:01 on 1 st instructional day to close of 12:01 on 1 st instructional day to close of last instructional day of the calendar last instructional day of the calendar week week  One Contest per School Week : Per activity-Per Student Per activity-Per Student Exceptions: Tournaments, Post-Season, Postponed District Varsity Games Exceptions: Tournaments, Post-Season, Postponed District Varsity Games **Junior High – 1 Contest Per CALENDAR WEEK!!!! **Junior High – 1 Contest Per CALENDAR WEEK!!!! Know Your Sport Game Limitations

15. 1st Six-Weeks  Grades nine and below - promoted  Second Year of High School – five accumulated credits  Third Year of High School - ten accumulated credits or five credits within the last twelve months  Fourth Year or High School - fifteen accumulated credits or five credits within the last twelve months ELIGIBILITY ~NO PASS NO PLAY~

16.  Meets all requirements of Section 400  Is an amateur (See Section 441)  Meets Parent Residence Rule (See Section 442)  Meets the Age Rule (See Section 446)  Has not changed schools for athletic purposes **Previous Athletic Participation Form (See Section 443) See Section 440 of the Constitution and Contest Rules (UIL C&CR) ELIGIBILITY ~VARSITY ATHLETICS~

17. Sub Varsity Full Time Student Academically Eligible Junior High Eligibility Full Time Student Academically Eligible Age Appropriate for JH athletic competition ELIGIBILITY ~Sub-Varsity and Junior High~

18. Section 1400/1478: STUDENT’S ELIGIBILITY Junior High Eligibility Age Rule for junior high athletics - 7th grade - cannot turn 14 on or before September 1 of the school year 8th grade - cannot turn 15 on or before September 1 of the school year A Physical is required the first year in junior high athletics prior to a student’s practice or competition. Schools may opt to use medical screening for the second year a student is in junior high.

19. PREVIOUS ATHLETIC PARTICIPATION FORM (PAPF) All new students in grades 9-12 who have:  Practiced before, during or after school  Participated in any UIL athletic activity in grades 8-12  Approved by the District Executive Committee before they are eligible to participate at the varsity level at the new school

20. DEC H EARING R EQUIRED N EW SCHOOL SENDS PAPF TO D ISTRICT E XECUTIVE C OMMITTEE C HAIR (DEC) DEC C OMMITTEE REVIEWS PAPF TO DETERMINE VARSITY ELIGIBILITY F ORMER SCHOOL COMPLETES AND SENDS BACK TO NEW SCHOOL N EW SCHOOL COMPLETES AND SENDS TO FORMER SCHOOL I F ALL OF S ECT ION 3 IS “N O ” I F ANY OF S ECTION 3 IS “Y ES ” PAPF STARTS WITH SCHOOL AFTER STUDENT HAS ENROLLED IN NEW SCHOOL DEC C HAIR SENDS APPROVED COPIES TO S CHOOL AND UIL O FFICE

21. Parent Residence/Four Year Rule WaiverSection 463 (approved by Waiver Officer) High School Overage WaiverSection 446 (checked by DEC) Foreign Exchange WaiverSection 440/465 (approved by Waiver Officer) Retroactive WaiverSection 469 (approved by Waiver Officer)

22. PRIOR TO FILING A WAIVER FOR THE PARENT RESIDENCY RULE ASK YOURSELF:  Does this student’s situation show choice?  Is this situation governed by a local district policy that is more restrictive than UIL policy?  Is this a subsequent transfer?  Is the situation based on provisions for family members other than the student?  Will there be enough documentation to substantiate filing?  Did the DEC rule the transfer move was for athletic reasons?

23. NON-SCHOOL PARTICIPATION ~Team Sport~ ~Team Sport~  Shall not instruct any student in 7th – 12th grade from his/her own attendance zone unless the student is his/her own biological or adopted child.  Shall not schedule matched games/scrimmages, practices, or contests.  Shall not transport students.  Shall not use school athletic equipment  Shall not use school or booster funds for any expenses associated with the activity. *See Off-Season & Non-School Participation*

24. NON-SCHOOL PARTICIPATION ~Team Sport~ ~Team Sport~  Can supervise facilities.  Can assist with organization (officials, registration process, securing equipment)  Can assist the PRIMARY Coordinator with selection of coaches  Can assist the PRIMARY Coordinator with selection of players, but cannot assign players to teams  Shall not use school or booster funds for any expenses associated with the activity.  Can collect fees, but no funds shall be made payable to the school or deposited into school account *See Off-Season & Non-School Participation*

25. NON-SCHOOL PARTICIPATION ~Individual Sport~ ~Individual Sport~  Outside of the school year, the restrictions are somewhat reduced. Coaches are allowed to coach student-athletes from their own attendance zone  The use of school funds, school equipment, school uniforms or school transportation is prohibited.  School coaches can work with students from his/her own attendance zone in summer recreational programs  Coaches should abstain from any practice which would bring financial gain to the coach *See Off-Season & Non-School Participation*

26. AMATEUR STATUS AMATEUR ATHLETIC STATUS CHANGES 1. Parents/Guardians have not been allowed to receive tickets or free admission into activities to which their athletes are participating. REMOVED 2. Students may now accept reasonable fees for teaching or coaching in activities they are involved in. Also officiating… 3. Meals – The local district now determines how, when, and from whom athletes can receive meals

27. AMATEUR STATUS LIMITATION ON AWARDS  Awards Schools May Give - an award not exceed $70 in value to a student during that student’s high school enrollment at the same school for participation in UIL inter- school competition.  Awards Students May Receive - A certificate, medal, trophy or other symbolic award for participating in any UIL activity which counts on League standing, if it is given by the school, school district, the district executive committee, or the entity that organized the competition.

28. AMATEUR STATUS Amateur Rule Valuable consideration that school teams and athletes CAN accept-  Examples of additional items deemed allowable under this interpretation if approved by the school, include but are not limited to: 1. meals, snacks or snack foods during or after practices 2. parties provided by parents or other students strictly for an athletic team SEE ALSO EXCEPTIONS - C&CR Section 441 (b)

29. RESOURCES (UIL Website)  Constitution & Contest Rules  Sport Manuals  TEA-UIL Side by Side Manual  Booster Club Guidelines  Parent Information Manual  Junior High Manual

30. Responsibilities  Hired to TEACH and COACH – Excel in both  Empower yourself – Information/Knowledge  Be a CHANGE AGENT – Lead from any level  90% of your job is about “everything else”  Create climate of CONSTANT communication with standardized protocol, parents included

31. Questions?  Contact us at the UIL:  Emails on website  Speak to your Head Coach/Cord./ Ath. Director  UIL Office (512) 471-5883 Images provided by Google