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Originally posted by Grail
To be registered in the first place you must pass Part I. If you don't attend a clinic once every 3 years, you are on probation. If your assigner doesn't care, and you don't care about working in the post season, it really doesn't matter. I'm pretty sure we have to pass Part I every year. If you don't pass the test, they don't send a new card.
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You only have to pass the Part 1 if you are not on probation, which will lead to suspension of your license for a year. Or if you want to work playoff games you must pass the Part 1 every year.
The question was about renewal, not getting playoff games or getting any kind of game. All an IHSA official has to do to renew their license is to send in their money by June 30 of each year (or pay a $30 late fee after that date) and you will get a license to work for that coming season. If you are in good standing with the IHSA you can work games if you pass the Part 1 Exam or not. You can only work playoff games if you attend a rules meeting, pass the Part 1 Exam or specifically in basketball attend a 6 hour clinic every three years (classroom and court time). If an official is on probation that year for not fulfilling their normal obligations the previous year like I stated before, then the official can and will be put on suspension. If the official is on suspension, in order to get off of suspension (which means you cannot work any games during that season), that official must pass the Part 1 Exam, attend a rules meeting, pay their dues and attend any kind of clinic. Not doing one of these 4 things can get you put on probation and suspended depending on your current status. You can only work playoff games if you are in good standing. Being able to work playoff games and keeping a license are two different things. You can also lose your license if you are written up with a Special Reports form for doing many things that violate codes of conduct and violating basic IHSA rules (not wearing an IHSA patch is violating rules).
When my dues are paid, I will get a license in the mail this summer telling me I have a license in all the sports I paid dues for and telling me how many years I have been licensed with the IHSA. When the appropriate time comes up, the IHSA will send out NF Rulebooks and Part 1 Tests to complete. IHSA officials can take the Part 1 Exam online if they wish or mail in the scantron (sp??) form to the IHSA office in Bloomington. Part 2 Exams are only used for promotion purposes only. So I will get my Part 1 Exam and rulebooks for Football in July. For Basketball I will get the same type of packet in late September, early October. For Baseball I will get the packet in late January or early February. Each Part 1 Exam has to be due about a week or a few days before the regular season starts of that current season.
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