About The Association
The Third District Officials Association, Inc. is a non-profit organization comprised of approximately 400 individuals dedicated to enriching the athletic and academic experience of high school students in Idaho’s Third District.
This association prides itself on the intensive classroom and on-court training we provide to our officials. New officials begin at the freshman and junior varsity levels with the opportunity to move up to the varsity level as skills improve and experience grows.
Officiating is a great way to stay in shape and provide a highly valued service to high school student-athletes.
How to Become a Member
Becoming a member of the Third District Official is easy using the registration and add a sport forms under the FORMS tab on this web site.
Registration is a two step process. For returning or new members, step one is to complete the Registration Form. Fill in the personal information requested, enter payment information, accept the terms and conditions, and submit the form. Step two is to print a copy of the background request, fill in the information, sign it and provide the copy to your sports director.
If at a later date, you wish to officiate in another sport, and did not include that sport in your initial registration, you may use the Add-a-Sport Form to make that request. The process is the same as the initial registration process. Fill in the personal information requested, enter payment information, accept the terms and conditions, and submit the form. Make sure you print a copy of the background request, fill in the information, sign it and provide the copy to your sports director as this is required for each sport you officiate.
Please remember that you will need to register with the Idaho High School Activities Association in addition to becoming a member of the Third District Officials Association before you will be assigned any games at the high school level.
For the 2009-2010 sports season, we will be using the following fee schedule.
Association fees are used to cover expenses of the organization. These include paying evaluators, communications, administrative fees, insurance, background checks and similar items. Association fees for returning members or officials who have refereed elsewhere are $25.00 if paid between July 1 and July 31. If fees are paid after July 31, they are $30.00.
Association fees are waived for new officials who have never refereed a high school sport before to help offset the cost of equipment and uniforms.
Each sport also assesses a fee. This fee is applied to each official working that sport. This fee is used for training and other sport specific objectives.
Football–$15.00
Soccer–$10.00
Volleyball–$10.00
Basketball–$15.00
Wrestling–$10.00
Baseball–$10.00
Softball–$10.00