Grievances
A grievance is a formal complaint or allegation regarding a decision, action, or condition that a competitor, advisor, or team believes to be unfair, unjust, or in violation of TPSA rules and guidelines.
Reporting Process
- Submission: All grievances must be submitted through the myTPSA portal. No grievances will be accepted through any other means.
- Initial Review: Upon receipt of a grievance, the Competition Governance Team will initiate a preliminary review to determine the validity of the complaint.
Hearing and Investigation
- Notification: The Competition Governance Team will notify the party against whom the grievance has been filed, outlining the nature of the complaint and requesting a written response by a specified deadline.
- Hearing: A formal hearing will be conducted where the Competition Governance Team will review all submitted materials and any additional evidence.
- Decision: After thorough review, the Competition Governance Team will make a final decision and notify all parties involved.
Time-Sensitive Nature
Due to the time-sensitive nature of grievances, especially during regional and state competitions, specific deadlines for filing and resolving grievances will be posted at each event.
Non-Compliance
Grievances that do not follow this prescribed process and any posted time limits will not be considered.
How to Submit a Grievance
- Login to myTPSA
- Go to Conferences > Grievances
- This will list all the grievances made by your chapter.
- You will be able to review the response from TPSA Staff in myTPSA
- Create a Grievance
- Fill out the Grievance information
- Submitter: Who is making the complaint?
- Conference: What conference is this taking place?
- Description: Complete narrative of the dispute
- Relevant Parties: Members in your chapter involved in this grievance
- Submit the Grievance
- You can view the grievance status by opening it from the list. A Board
Member should contact you soon after submitting the grievance.
