ASAA is responsible for sanctioning 36 activities ranging from fall, winter and spring sports, to music, art, drama, debate, language and student government. ASAA sets competitive seasons, sponsors state competitions, regulates sports officials and provides eligibility criteria for students. Specifically, ASAA does the following:
• Provides awards, in each state competition, and an academic champion.
• Sponsors the Alaska Association of Student Governments (AASG).
• Tests and certifies officials in various sports.
• Trains and certifies coaches in various sports and trains music adjudicators.
• Enforces standard rules and regulations associated with each competition.
• Supplies rule books and audio-visual training materials.
• Sanctions out-of-state travel for interscholastic competition.
• Promotes sportsmanship and a cooperative spirit among member schools, coaches, student athletes and communities.
• Works to prevent exploitation of student athletes by special interest groups.
• Manages a current website (http://asaa.org) which provides information and services to all its member schools and administrators as well as coaches and officials associations.