Central Football Officials Clinic
July 13 - 15, 2007
University Center, Chicago, Illinois
(Formerly held at North Central College, Naperville, Illinois)

The 2007 Central Football Officials clinic will be held at the University Center-Downtown Chicago from Friday, July 13th to Sunday, July 15th. The University Center-Downtown Chicago is the new state-of-the-art campus housing and Convention Center constructed in 2005 for DePaul University. The University Center is located in the heart of Chicago, just minutes from Grant and Millennium Parks, beautiful Lake Michigan, Navy Pier, Soldier Field, museums and cultural institutions, various jazz and blues clubs and numerous restaurants and bars.

Space is limited to the first 120 reservations. Overnight accommodations available on a first come, first served basis. We are currently filling up fast. As in 2006, we expect that there will be no walk-up registrations taken at the door. We recommend that you pre-register by April 1st to ensure a spot.

Please visit their website www.cfoclinic.com for up-to-date information. You can also contact Tim Owens (Tim.Owens@cfoclinic.com) (630)258-9061 or Jim Swider (630)674-4621 (Jim.Swider@cfoclinic.com).

Go to IHSA.org to find a clinic near you.

IHSA Licensed Requirements:

Obtaining a New IHSA Officiating License
To acquired an IHSA Officials License, prospective officials must:
1. Be at least seventeen (17) years of age
2. Properly complete an IHSA application
3. Pay the required $40.00 fee (maybe higher?)
4. Submit the current rules examination by the required deadline and obtain at least an 80% score.
5. Provide character references
6. Not have been convicted of a sexual offense, a crime against a minor, or a crime involving illegal drugs; and
7. Be in compliance with the IHSA conviction policy.

Application fees are non-refundable.

NOTE: An application to become a new official can be requested from the IHSA office or by using the IHSA Web-Site.


It is mandatory that each license official attend a rules meeting every year. You must attend a rules interpretation meeting every year in every sport you are licensed. The penalty for not attending is probation or suspension from the IHSA & your affiliated association. Go to either www.ihsa.org or www.rvofficials.com click on clinics and find the nearest location and dates.

Clinic Requirement

1. Each licensed official is required to attend an IHSA Certified Clinic within three calendar years of the previous clinic (i.e., if the official attended a Certified Clinic on
July 28, 2003, he/she would be required to attend another clinic before July 28, 2006).
2. Certified Clinics can be conducted by the IHSA, local officials associations, or other interested parties, as long as a certified clinician conducts the training program.
3. If the official fails to meet this requirement, the official will be put on probation.
4. Information regarding certified clinics and clinicians can be found:

* on the IHSA Web page;
* by calling the IHSA Officials Department
* by contacting your local RVOA

5. All sports have a Level one and Level two clinic. Check the web-site for clinics and level of clinic that will be offered that day.
6. Level 1 and Level 2 clinics
The IHSA currently has two levels of curriculum in all sports. Your power rating now has a clinic level requirement. Attending a Level two clinic is worth 5 points and a Level one
clinic is worth 2 points towards your power rating.

For an official to meet the mandatory clinic requirement any level one or level two certified clinic will satisfy this requirement, along with the NFHS Online Education Course
that you may take at home and get credit as a Level one clinic. An official must attend a certified clinic once every three years. This is a date to date requirement.

Listed below are up & coming Certified Clinics close to the Rockford area.


Date: August 4, 2007
Starting Time: 8:00 a.m.
Certified Football Clinic
Affiliated Organization: White Pines Officials Assn.
Contact: Roy Snyder
Day Phone: 815-734-8365
Location: Forreston H.S., Forreston
Cost: $25
Targeted Experience Level: All Levels
Mechanics Emphasis: 5- Person


Date: August 11, 2007
Starting Time: 8:00 a.m.
Certified Football Clinic
Affiliated Organization: IACAO
Contact: Jeff Conrad
Day Phone: 312-819-6326
Location: Hinsdale South H.S., Darien
Cost: $35
Targeted Experience Level: All Levels
Mechanics Emphasis: N/A