BY-LAWS

The Georgia High School Association recognizes that local boards and/or governing bodies may place more stringent requirements as they deem appropriate. The Association encourages all boards of education and/or governing bodies to extend the same rules and regulations to all extra-curricular activities under their jurisdiction. These rules establish the provisions governing student eligibility to participate in interscholastic activities.

1. The word “student” used in these By-Laws refers either to a boy or girl participant in interscholastic athletics, cheerleading, or literary activities. Therefore, according to correct grammatical usage, since the antecedent “student” can involve persons of both sexes, the masculine pronouns he, his, or him used throughout said By-Laws will refer to either male or female participants.
2. The word “principal” used in these By-Laws refers either to a male or female head of a secondary school. Therefore, according to correct grammatical usage, since the antecedent “principal” can involve or refer to persons of either or both sexes the masculine pronouns, he, him, or his, will refer to a male or female head of a secondary school.
3. The abbreviations GHSA used throughout these By-Laws refers to the Georgia High School Association.
4. Nothing in the By-Laws of the GHSA is intended to give any individual students of GHSA member schools any due process or other rights as only member schools are entitled to any notice or opportunity to be heard in any questions coming before the GHSA. No student of GHSA member schools shall have any rights or benefits under these By-Laws as a third party beneficiary or otherwise.