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Tag: “high school sports”

Illinois state appellate court rules high school association not subject to FOIA

News
July 20, 2016December 4, 2018 Evelyn Andrews

An Illinois appellate court has affirmed a circuit court ruling that the Illinois High School Association, which oversees public high school athletics, is exempt from Freedom of Information Act requests.

Tagged "high school sports", FOIA, high-school-athletics, Illinois High School Association, open records, open-meetings, recent-news

Wisconsin high school athletics association tells students to refrain from ‘air ball,’ ‘scoreboard’ chants

Uncategorized
January 19, 2016September 5, 2018 Kaitlin DeWulf

The association has asked students and coaches to refrain from chanting "unsportsmanlike" jeers during school games. A student athlete was suspended for five games for tweeting a criticism of the guidelines. 

Tagged "high school sports", off-campus social-media use, recent-news

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