2025-2026 WVSSAC RULES & REGS FINAL

TITLE 127 LEGISLATIVE RULE WEST VIRGINIA SECONDARY SCHOOL ACTIVITIES COMMISSION SERIES 6 VIOLATIONS OF THE RULES

§127-6-1. General. 1.1. Scope. -- These rules govern the procedures for protests, contested cases and waiver of rules. 1.2. Authority. -- W. Va. Constitution, Article XII, §2 and W. Va. Code §18-2-25. 1.3. Filing Date. -- July 13, 2007. 1.4. Effective Date. -- September 11, 2007. 1.5. Repeal of Former Rule. -- This legislative rule amends W. Va. 127CSR6, West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission Series 6, Violations of the Rules, filed June 7, 2002 and effective August 6, 2002. §127-6-2. Powers of the Board of Directors to Impose Penalties. 2.1. All violations of rules and questions of dispute are within the power of the Board of Directors to investigate, through the Executive Director, or other authorized person or persons, and to impose such penalties as are prescribed elsewhere in this Constitution and Bylaws and as listed below. 2.2. If the Board of Directors finds a school guilty of violating the provisions of this Constitution and Bylaws, said Board of Directors has the power to: 2.2.1. Declare the school ineligible for championship honors or other activities for the current year in the activity in which the offense occurred. 2.2.2. Place the school on probation for a period of time not to exceed 365 days from date of such finding. Such probation may include the loss of voting rights for the member and/or the loss of the privilege of the member school to participate in any or all interscholastic events which are sanctioned, controlled or sponsored by this Commission, and/or the imposition of other restrictive measures as the Board of Directors may deem advisable. 2.2.3. Assess such fines as are deemed necessary and just. 2.2.4. Impose such other additional penalties as may seem justifiable in the particular case considered. §127-6-3. Method for Protests - Deputies. 3.1. If charges against any member of the Commission cannot be satisfactorily resolved by the Deputy Board Member in the region in which such charges originate, then the charges shall be submitted in writing to the Executive Director of the West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission (WVSSAC). 3.2. If the Executive Director is unable to resolve the charges in a manner satisfactory to the schools concerned, he shall submit the protest to the Board of Directors and the decision of said Board shall be final except as provided in Section 127-1-13.3.1 of the Constitution.

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