MIAA Registration & Background Check

Registering with the MIAA (to be done annually)

You may begin Registration on June 15 and must register by July 31.

Officiating boards will no longer be registering their members with the MIAA as a group.  This process will now be done by the individual officials through ArbiterSports.  The process includes the MIAA registration and Background Check.   The cost for a background check and to register in one sport will be $45; each additional sport registration will be $10.  You will continue to register with the MIAA personally each year, but you will only need to have a background check done every 3 years.

Note: High School Assigners (Commissioners) have been instructed by their Leagues/Conferences to only use officials who have successfully completed the Background Check.  If you do not go through this procedure, you will not be able to officiate Middle or High School games at any level (Middle School, Freshman, JV or Varsity).

Step-by-Step Process:  (this should only take 10-15 minutes to complete)

  1. Click on this link:  MIAA Arbiter Page
  2. Sign in with your normal Arbiter Account, the same one you use when you get your games.
  3. Click the Registration Tab
  4. Click on all the sports you will officiate in High School during the 2015-2016 school year.
  5. Click Register.
  6. Welcome Page: Read the Welcome screen and click Next.
  7. Personal Information Page: If you signed in with your Arbiter account, your Personal Information should have been imported into the Personal Information Page.  Check to make sure all information is correct and Click Next.  Note: this is the only information that you have to provide for the background check, the rest of the process is to confirm that you consent to the background check and to make your payment.
  8. Photo Page: Upload a photo if you haven’t already done so.  I believe this is optional, if you haven’t got one, you can do it later under the My Account Tab when you’re logged in.  After you upload the photo or choose not to, Click Next.
  9. Chapter Selection Page:  Choose our chapter “Eastern Mass. – EMAIFO (Football)” and Click Next.
  10. Background Consent Page: Read the Consent information, you’ll need to scroll to the bottom of the consent text  and Select “I Agree” from the drop down list where it says “Please Select” (yellow filled box with red border)
  11. Then more text will be revealed when you select “I agree” from step 10, continue to read and scroll regarding the Disclosure of the Background Investigation.  At the bottom of this new test, you will need to select “Yes” from the drop down list where it says “Please Select” (again yellow filled box with red border).  Click Next.
  12. 2015 Payment Page: Make sure your billing information is correct, enter your credit card information below that and Click Make Payment. It will show up as “ProPay USA” on your statement.
  13. Print the Payment Confirmation for your records.  Click Finish.

You will now have a new Organization on your list, “MIAA State Office”, with you log in, the Central Hub account type means that it acts as a web site where information about the organization can be found.

Checking Status

After you complete the above procedure, you can check on your background check status by Clicking on the Eligibility Tab and clicking on the Sport you’re checking on.

If you have just logged in you can use these steps:

  1. Switch to the MIAA State Office Central Hub
  2. Click on the Eligibility Tab
  3. Click the Sport you want to check.