South Texas Soccer Referees, Inc.

STSR Referee Handbook

STSR REFEREE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
1.1 POLICIES AND PROCEDURES:

1.1.4 Registration

1.1.4.1 Registration and Testing

1. The administration of registration and testing of referees, instructors, assessors and assignors (up to the state level) shall be coordinated by the responsible state directors.
2. Referee, instructor, assessor and assignor testing will be done at applicable clinics as determined by the responsible technical director.
3. The District and Area Administrators shall conduct the registration of referees in their respective areas and submit completed registration packages to the SRA.
4. Candidates that fail any written state test must wait thirty (30) calendar days before re-testing unless special circumstances approved by the SRA.
5. Instructors approved by the appropriate technical directors will do testing.

1.1.4.2 Referee Registration

1. State Referees, State Emeritus and National Emeritus Referees and below are considered registered when the State Referee Administrator has received and accepted (via signature) their completed registration materials and form(s), including all fees.
2. All requests for Up-Grade are to be sent to the SRA, with the appropriate fees for administration.
3. All 07 Referees are to send their registration to the District Representative, with "Clinic Test Results" for processing.

1.1.4.2.1 Registration Deadline

1. State Referees, State Emeritus and National Emeritus Referees and below must be registered before they begin working games in a calendar year.

1.1.4.2.2 Referee Requirements for Re-Registration at All Levels

1. Each referee must have officiated in at least fifteen (15) STYSA/TSSAS affiliated games using the diagonal system of control in the year prior to registration.
2. At least five (5) of the fifteen games must be on female or COED games. (Grade 7 and above referees)
3. Each referee must have a minimum of five (5) hours of continuing training at the appropriate level.
4. Registered USSF instructors and assessors must conduct all training, testing and assessments.
5. The referee must provide documentation supporting their training, testing, and assessments and the documentation must accompany the referee's registration forms.
6. All grade 07 Referees are required to have successfully completed the USSF required physical and one (1) field evaluation.

1.1.4.2.3 Re-Registration as a State Referee (grade 05 or 06)

1. The referee must be currently registered as a State Referee with the USSF and STSR.
2. Attend an STSR-, Region III-, or National-sponsored State Referee Recertification clinic. Partial attendance of instruction modules at State Referee Recertification clinics is not acceptable.
3. Have met the STSR game requirements.
4. Attain a score of seventy-five (75) percent for grade 06 and eighty-five (85) percent for grade 05, on the current USSF State Referee recertification.
5. Successfully completed the USSF State Referee Physical.
6. Must have satisfied the current assessment criteria for recertification (one (1) successful assessment as referee and one (1) as an assistant referee).
7. The SDA/SDI will publish the dates and sites of State Referee testing. This is to include re-testing date(s) and site(s).

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