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certification question
I am curious if an official can be certified in multiple states. I know that it wouldn't be common but I live in a town on the boarder and it got me thinking if someone would have to pick a state or work both.
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There are separate officials associations, and obviously separate governing bodies. I pay dues to both and attend meetings for both. The insurance policy happens to be the same, so I only buy that once. Also both groups use the same NFHS test. I just take it online twice. |
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Yes you can be licensed (certification means something different here) in two different states. I doubt one state is not going to take your money if you pay them to be licensed. It is just a matter of what another state will require you do do to have a license. Some have reprocity, others have their own process that will not allow reprocity but will allow you to do what others do to get a license. Basically check your local listings.
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I have always been registered by the OhioHSAA. When I attended college in Florida I was also registered by the FloridaHSAA. When I lived in California I was registered by the California Bkb. Off. Assn. And, I have been registered by the MichiganHSAA since I moved back to Ohio from California in 1984.
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I work both Md. and W.Va. The funny thing is our board is based in Md. and we are a West Virginia board.
Much like our airport is named for the Maryland City, but it is located in West Virginia... |
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I'm registered with IAABO in NJ but I work nearly all my games in NYC. All NYC/NYS wants is that I have IAABO membership and I attend all the appropriate pre-season meetings in NY.
We have some guys working in NYC who live in PA. I know of at least one guy who lives in MD.
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Minnesota has reciprocity with ND, SD, WI, IA, MI, and IL... an official registered in one of those states can become registered in MN by filling out a form and paying a $10 licensing fee. This $10 fee will register the official for all sports that they're registered for in their home state.
I've never had to worry about it... I've never worked a game outside of MN. I would love to, someday, work a basketball or football game in my hometown in Iowa, but I don't see that happening anytime soon. |
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A few years ago I was broadcasting a game in MN and the officials were from SD.(I live right on the MN/SD border). It turns out I happened to know the officials that night fairly well. One was the guidance counseler/GBB coach for the school in the SD town I lived in(that was the last year of GBB in the fall in SD) and the other official in the 2 man crew was one of the sales staff at our radio stations I worked at. Only night before a game I ever told the coach to be somewhat nice to the officials becuase if he wasn't I"D hear about it the next day from one and maybe two people.(depeneding on if I ran into the guidance counseler while doing my news beat calls)
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Our members are required to make at least 70% of the meetings to be eligible for post season games.
Does either of your associations have anything similar to that?
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In NV there were four meetings and a preseason clinic. Two of the meetings were preseason and two were during. You needed to attend the clinic to receive assignments in the 1st assigning period. You could miss one of the four meetings without penalty. If you missed 2 or more there was a reduction in future games, but this still did not make you postseason ineligible as I know of a couple of people who missed 2 and still worked in the playoffs. So it is similar to what you have, but there are a few particular (perhaps peculiar) differences. Last edited by Nevadaref; Thu Feb 28, 2013 at 08:56am. |
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