Online Rules Meeting

Fall Rules Meeting:

August 4 – August 29, 2025

Winter Rules Meeting:

Oct. 27 – Dec. 1, 2025

(Meetings close at midnight on the last day.)

Each year one current National Federation spirit rules book is provided to every high school. This book must be shared by both fall and winter coaches at all levels.
The Iowa High School Athletic Association will have a limited number of books available for purchase at $10 each. If you need a current rules book, please contact Elisa Kahler at ekahler@iahsaa.org.
An E-book for mobile devices may be downloaded for $6.99 from iTunes or Amazon at https://nfhs.org/stories/publications.

The National Federation Spirit Rules Meetings are held ONLINE. All coaches are encouraged to complete this rules meeting as soon as possible, preferably BEFORE your first practice.
As with other sports, rules meetings will continue to be held online to make it easier for ALL coaches and choreographers to obtain needed safety and liability information. The 2025-2026 rules meeting dates are coordinated with the other sports.
Coaches with cheerleaders planning to participate in the All-State tryouts, State Competition, and Honor Squad MUST complete the fall rules meeting – NO EXCEPTIONS! State Competition coaches should ask their choreographers to watch the rules meeting, although coaches are still ultimately responsible for the safety and legality of rules for their squads.
Another rules meeting, which MAY NOT be used for fall ICCA event registration because it occurs after the registration deadline, will be held from October 27 – December 1, 2025.
Please complete the rules meeting before attending a free clinic since time will be made available to answer rule questions.

2025 Online Rules Meeting

Go to NFHSlearn.com.

If you are an experienced coach and have completed the Rules Meeting and/or Concussion In Sports training in the past, you should have an existing account. Log in. The system will take you to your Dashboard. Go to My Courses. Click Self Courses, then Iowa Rules Meeting 2025-2026. Click Order Course. (The 2025-2026 Rules Meeting may not automatically come up. Click on Distribution Courses, then click back on Self Courses. Hopefully it will show up. )
If you are new to this website, you will need to create an account for yourself. (If the 2025-2026 Rules Meeting won’t come up for you, you may want to try this same path.) It will take you to a screen that says “Courses For” in red — Click COACHES.
In the menu off to the left, click Rules Clinic Courses. Scroll down a bit until Iowa shows up. Click on the state, then Start Learning. Click Choose Your Sport, where you will then be able to select Cheer.
Please note the announcement from NFHS: “Every person needs an account. Certificate name changes will not be approved to accommodate multiple people completing courses in the same account.”
Once your account is created or accessed, you will receive an email confirming your “order.” That is simply for your records; it does NOT give you credit for completing the course.
The powerpoint will automatically begin. There is only one section to the video, and it takes about 15 minutes to view. Be sure to watch all three in their entirety.
Upon completion, the next screen will show a Certificate of Completion. You will be able to access your certificate from your account later, if necessary.