STATE CIF CREATES PARENTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE

NOMINATION FORM

> STATE CIF CREATES PARENTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE
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> ALAMEDA - The California Interscholastic Federation
> (CIF), the governing
> body for high school athletics in the state, is
> taking steps to actively
> increase communication with the parents of
> student-athletes through its new
> Parents Advisory Committee.
> 
> "Parent involvement is essential throughout a
> student's educational
> experience," said CIF Executive Director Marie M.
> Ishida. "We want to create
> a forum to solicit feedback from parents on how
> CIF's educational resources
> can best be developed to address the needs our
> student-athlete. From 'Sports
> Medicine Bulletins' to scholarship opportunities,
> the CIF has many resources
> to assist students and parents and we need to find a
> better way to
> communicate these positive programs with them."
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> Nominations will be accepted from all 10 CIF
> Sections. Nominees must
> the parent/legal guardian/caregiver of a
> student-athlete who currently
> attends a CIF-member school and competes, or plans
> to participate, on a
> CIF-approved sports team at that school. Application
> forms must include an
> endorsement by the school principal. All nominations
> will be placed in a
> pool for consideration, but are not guaranteed
> membership on the committee.
> 
> All positions on the committee are voluntary,
> though travel expenses
> to and from meetings will be covered according the
> CIF reimbursement policy.
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> The Parents Advisory Committee will be
> comprised of five or six
> groups, based on geographic location, and including
> approximately 10-12
> members. There will be regional meetings in various
> parts of the state with
> exact locations are still to be determined. The
> first meetings are slated
> for late Fall 2007.
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> The nomination form for the Parents Advisory
> Committee is available on
> the State CIF web site ( 
> www.cifstate.org).
> Applications must be submitted no later than
> Thursday, September 20, 2007.
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> The CIF currently oversees 22 committees which
> range from Federated
> Council to sport-related to sports medicine.
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