Contact:  John Johnson or Andy Frushour 
517.332.5046 or [email protected]
 

EAST LANSING, Mich.  – June 23 – The Michigan High School Athletic Association is now accepting registrations by mail and online for game officials for the 2010-11 school year.

Online registrants for the upcoming year will receive a $5.00 discount off their processing fees.  MHSAA registration fees are among the lowest in the nation.  A $12 fee is charged for each sport in which an official wishes to register, and the online processing fee is $25.  Officials submitting registration forms by mail or on a walk-up basis will incur a $30 processing fee.  Officials registered in 2009-10 will be assessed a late fee of $30 for registration after July 15.  The processing fee includes liability insurance coverage of up to $1 million for officials while working contests involving MHSAA schools.

There is an officials' registration test, which is for first-time officials and officials not registered in the past year.  The test consists of 45 questions derived from the MHSAA Officials Guidebook, which is available on the Officials page of the MHSAA Website, and may be used during the open-book test.

Online registration can be accessed by clicking “Officials” on the Home Page of the MHSAA Website.  Forms are also available online which can be printed out and submitted by traditional mail or hand delivery to the MHSAA Office.  More information about officials registration may be obtained by contacting the MHSAA at 1661 Ramblewood Drive, East Lansing, MI  48823.  Telephone:  517-332-5046.  E-Mail:  [email protected].

The MHSAA is a private, not-for-profit corporation of voluntary membership by over 1,600 public and private senior high schools and junior high/middle schools which exists to develop common rules for athletic eligibility and competition.  No government funds or tax dollars support the MHSAA, which was the first such association nationally to not accept membership dues or tournament entry fees from schools.  Member schools which enforce these rules are permitted to participate in MHSAA tournaments, which attract approximately 1.6 million spectators each year.

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