Part I Constitution of the North Dakota High School Activities Association

Article IV: Dues¶

SECTION I:¶

Dues shall be based on the rate of 20 cents per student enrolled in grades 7-12, the enrollment being the official enrollment as of October 1^st of the previous year. The amount of the dues shall not be less than $25.00 or more than $350.00 annually

INTERPRETATIONS - SECTION I of Article IV -- Dues¶

Art IV -- Sec I. a. Also schools are required to pay a $35.00 participation fee for each activity they participate in on their own or as part of a co-op.  (January 2004)

Art IV -- Sec. I. b. If a member of the Association brings a legal action against the Association and the Association prevails, the member shall reimburse the Association for all costs and reasonable attorney's fees incurred by the Association in connection with the legal action. (June 2016)

SECTION II:¶

Special assessments may be levied by a two-thirds vote of the Representative Assembly.

SECTION III:¶

Dues for the ensuing year are payable to the Executive Secretary-Treasurer on September 1^st. All Dues must be paid by November 1^st and a penalty of one-half the amount of the original dues shall be added to the dues of each school which fails to pay by that date. Any school failing to remit its dues by December 1^st is thereby automatically denied membership and may be reinstated only by Board action.