The National Association of Sports Public Address Announcers (NASPAA), the professional association for sports public address announcers, will conduct a clinic for football public address announcers on Saturday, August 1 from 9:00 a.m.—noon at The Westminster Schools in Atlanta.

Policies and Procedures for filing student eligibility report have been revised beginning with the 2009-2010 school year reports. Please be aware of these changes:

• Only reports submitted on new forms (Revised 4/09) will be accepted. This applies to both Form A and Form B. Please discard your outdated certificates of eligibility.
• Students must pass 2.5 Carnegie units per semester to maintain eligibility. Notations in the "Units Accumulated Previous Semester" column must be reported in this manner; not in courses passed.
• Second year students (those entering in Fall, 2008) must have 5 Carnegie units total to be eligible.

The new forms are available on our Forms page on this website. Additionally, you may refer to the recently posted Eligibility Seminar for more information on eligibility rules and forms processing.

The GHSA is pleased to offer the following eligibility presentations which detail GHSA eligibility rules and forms processing. This seminar will be especially helpful for school adminitrators and athletic department personel that are responsible for processing GHSA eligibility forms.

Session 1 - Academic Eligibility Regulations Running Time - 25:53

Session 2 - Transfer Eligibility Rules Running Time - 30:02

Session 3 - Processing Eligibility Forms Running Time - 33:42

Some questions have arisen about the wording of "practices in shorts" and "days in full pads". The intent of the committee was to keep track of days rather than practices since multiple practices may be held in one day.

During the first five calendar days in August, AT LEAST two days must have practices with players dressed in shorts, helmets, and shoulder pads. The other three days MAY include practices that have players in full pads, but no more than two consecutive days may have full pads in usage. Coaches are not required to have any practices in full pads the first week.

Here is a POSSIBLE option:
Day 1: Shorts
Day 2: Full pads
Day 3: Shorts
Day 4: Full pads
Day 5: Full pads

Lighting athletic fields provides more opportunities for participants and allows increased family and community attendance at evening events while also contributing to better overall safety for participants and spectators alike. These standards incorporate the most current data available regarding the desired performance, lighting electrical and structural issues that apply to installation of a safe, effective lighting system. Lighting technologies currently available vary greatly in efficiency, with the most effective providing life cycle savings equal to or greater than the initial cost of the system, depending on hours of usage.

The standards are divided into recommended minimum standards and desirable features. The minimum standards establish criteria that are important to safe conduct of GHSA activities and include evaluation of operating costs over the expected life of the lighting system. Desirable features are established to give added values (such as durability, energy efficiency, environmental sensitivity to spill and glare issues, and cost-efficiency) where appropriate for a member school’s needs.

Click here to download the GHSA Recommended Lighting Standards. (Revised 6/15/2009)

The GHSA Office will be closed every Friday from May 29 to July 31, 2009.

Questions have arisen from administrators and coaches at member schools and from the general public concerning House Bill 251 that was signed into law by Governor Sonny Perdue recently.

When House Bill 251 was being formulated, an aide from Representative Alisha Morgan’s office engaged the GHSA Executive Director in discussions about the GHSA transfer eligibility rules and the appeal process that is available. Throughout the discussions, there was never any indication that this legislation would circumvent existing GHSA eligibility rules. During the discussions of this bill in committee hearings, it was stated that GHSA transfer eligibility rules were not affected by this piece of legislation.

A student who uses the provisions of this legislation to transfer from one GHSA school to another GHSA school after having begun the ninth grade will be considered a “migrant student”. This means that the student may practice and may compete on the sub-varsity level, but may not compete in the varsity level for one calendar year after transferring to the new school.

Hardship appeal procedures are in place when the transfer under this law was done for reasons that mean the GHSA constitutional definition of a “hardship”. This is the same procedure that is in place for transfers that occur under the federal “No Child Left Behind” legislation.

Here are the results from the 2008-2009 GHSA Girls State Track Meet held May 14-16, 2009 at Hugh Mills Stadium in Albany, GA.

Team Champions

A - Wesleyan
AA - Greater Atlanta Christian
AAA - Monroe
AAAA - Southwest Dekalb
AAAAA - Westlake

Results

Complete Results

Best Performance Per Event

High Point Scores - Overall

High Point Scores - Field Events

High Point Scores - Running Events

Records Tied or Broken

Wheelchair Records Tied or Broken

Click on the links below for the results from the 2008-2009 GHSA Boys State Track Meet held May 7-9, 2009 at Memorial Stadium in Jefferson, GA.

Team Champions

A - Warren County
AA - Westminster
AAA - Monroe
AAAA - Miller Grove
AAAAA - Parkview

Wheelchair - Gordon Central

Results

Complete Results

Best Performance Per Event

High Point Scores

Records Tied or Broken

Wheelchair Records Tied or Broken