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Originally Posted by SE Minnestoa Re
Minnesota--Only varsity requires a registered official
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And, as far as I can tell, it's not entirely uncommon for officials at the 7th, 8th, and sometimes 9th grade levels to be teachers or employees of the home team's school district. Depends on the school, of course, but I can see how it makes sense for some schools considering the game times and amount of travel that would be required for officials to get to the game site.
Of course, that would not fly at the JV/Varsity level for all kinds of reasons.