Colorado High School Activities Association 14855 E. 2nd Avenue Aurora, CO 80011 303-344-5050 Fax: 303-367-4101 LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MINUTES 2011-2012 TABLE OF CONTENTS CONSTITUTIONAL PROPSOALS APPROVED ........................................................................... 1-2 ADMINISTRATIVE PROPOSALS APPROVED ........................................................................... 3-5 SPORT PROPOSALS APPROVED ................................................................................................. 6 ACTIVITY PROPOSALS APPROVED ...................................................................................... None POLICY PROPOSALS APPROVED ......................................................................................... None COMMITTEE REPORTS BASEBALL ................................................................................................................. 7-29 BASKETBALL ........................................................................................................... 30-49 BUDGET/PROPERTY ADMINISTRATION ................................................................ 50-55 CLASSIFICATION AND LEAGUE ORGANIZATION ................................................... 56-64 COACHING EDUCATION ................................................................................................65 CROSS COUNTRY .................................................................................................... 66-70 EQUITY .........................................................................................................................71 FIELD HOCKEY ........................................................................................................ 72-74 FOOTBALL ............................................................................................................. 75-103 GOLF ................................................................................................................... 104-111 GYMNASTICS ...................................................................................................... 112-114 ICE HOCKEY ........................................................................................................ 115-116 LACROSSE ........................................................................................................... 117-123 MUSIC ................................................................................................................. 124-127 OFFICIALS' FEES ................................................................................................. 128-133 SKIING ....................................................................................................................... 134 SOCCER ............................................................................................................... 135-152 SOFTBALL............................................................................................................ 153-163 SPEECH ............................................................................................................... 164-166 SPIRIT ................................................................................................................ 167-170 SPORTSMANSHIP ............................................................................................... 171-174 STUDENT LEADERSHIP .............................................................................................. 175 SWIMMING ......................................................................................................... 176-179 TENNIS ............................................................................................................... 180-191 TOURNAMENT & PLAYOFF FINANCE .................................................................. 192-198 TRACK & FIELD ................................................................................................... 199-201 VOLLEYBALL ....................................................................................................... 202-215 WRESTLING ........................................................................................................ 216-219 2 SUMMARIZED MINUTES OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF THE COLORADO HIGH SCHOOL ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATION 2011-2012 FORWARD Two Legislative Council meetings were held during the 2011-2012 school year on January 19, 2012 and April 19, 2012. Complete minutes of each meeting were posted on the website and are also available from the CHSAA office. This combined set of minutes is an attempt to provide the basic information regarding rule and policy changes approved by the Board of Control, without detailing each motion and the discussion that surrounded each issue. All proposals are effective beginning with the Fall of 2011 unless otherwise stated. Please note that all reports appear as amended. * * * * * CONSTITUTIONAL PROPOSALS APPROVED CONSTITUTIONAL PROPOSALS (Requires a 2/3 vote of those voting) TUITION/FINANCIAL AID REPORTING (Board of Directors) Page 25 600.51 Any school that is tuition-based and offers any form of financial aid or assistance, is required, as a condition of membership, to provide documentation to be on file with the Commissioner prior to the start of competition each school year that delineates: how financial assistance is determined, what agency is used to determine need, total number of students receiving financial aid, total number of student athletes by sport and total number of student athletes by sport receiving financial aid. ELIGIBILITY TO SERVE ON THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (Board of Directors) Page 29 800.5 QUALIFICATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP -- School representatives eligible to serve on the Legislative Council are limited to superintendents, district athletic directors, principals, athletic directors, activities directors or other designated administrative personnel, including members of Boards of Education and members of private school governing boards. 1 BOARD OF DIRECTORS DISTRICTS (Board of Directors) Page 32 810.43 The selection of representatives from the different districts shall be made on the following designated years and at regular four-year intervals thereafter: District 1 2014-18-22-26-30 District 8 2014-18-22-26-30 District 2 2016-20-24-28-32 District 9 2013-17-21-25-29 District 3 2015-19-23-27-31 CASB Four calendar years District 4 2013-17-21-25-29 CASE Four calendar years District 5 2014-18-22-26-30 CDE Four calendar years District 6 2016-20-24-28-32 State Legislator Two calendar years District 7 2015-19-23-27-31 See note below The term of each member who serves through appointment by CASB, CDE and CASE shall be at the discretion of the appointing entity, but in no case shall an appointed member of the Board of Directors serve more than four consecutive calendar years. The eligibility term of the member of the Colorado State Legislature shall be limited by state term limit statutes. He/She must be an active legislator in order to remain on the Board of Directors and be reappointed annually at the discretion of the Board of Directors. BOARD OF DIRECTORS REPRESENTATION (Board of Directors) Page 32 810.44 The membership is represented by the following districts: DISTRICT 1 - San Juan, Southwestern, Western Slope DISTRICT 2 - Centennial, Frontier, Northern, Tri-Valley DISTRICT 3 - High Plains, Lower Platte, Mile High, North Central, Patriot, Union Pacific, YWKC DISTRICT 4 - Colorado 7, East Metro, Jefferson County DISTRICT 5 - Confluence, Denver, Metropolitan DISTRICT 6 - Continental, Front Range, 5280 DISTRICT 7 - CS 4A Metro, CS 5A Metro, Pikes’ Peak, Tri-Peaks, West Central DISTRICT 8 - Black Forest, Fisher's Peak, Intermountain, Southern Peaks DISTRICT 9 - Arkansas Valley, Santa Fe, South Central, Southeastern COMMITTEES – ELIGIBLE MEMBERS (CS Metro) Page 34 1000.2 ELIGIBLE MEMBERS – No more than 25% of a sports committee may be made up of coaches and the committee chairperson may not be a coach. The remainder of the committee shall be made up of any of the following: superintendents, district athletic directors, principals, athletic directors, activities directors, or other designated administrative personnel, including members of Boards of Education and members of private school governing boards. This restriction is not applied to CHSAA administrative and non-athletic activities committees. 2 ADMINISTRATIVE PROPOSALS (Require majority vote of those voting) FOUR CLASSIFICATIONS FOR GIRLS SOCCER (Board of Directors) Page 38 1500.1 2012-2014 classifications: CHSAA classification enrollment ranges for each activity are established for a two-year cycle by the Legislative Council in the odd years preceding the beginning of the even-year classification cycle. Schools added during the two-year cycle shall be placed by their enrollment. Additional schools shall not cause any school to change its classification as approved by the Legislative Council for that cycle. FOUR CLASSIFICATIONS Cross Country (boys & girls) 2A (1-240) 3A (241-600) 4A (601-1410) 5A (1411-up) Soccer (girls) 2A (1-240) 3A (241-600) 4A (601-1410) 5A (1411-up) CLASSIFICATION OF SCHOOLS (Centennial, Lower Platte, Metro) Page 40 1500.27 Classification enrollment ranges for the upcoming declaration cycle in all sports will be determined by the enrollment count reported to the CDE for state funding. The Legislative Council, at the January meeting (even numbered years), will consider the enrollment ranges as recommended by the Classification and League Organizing Committee. CLASSIFICATION OF SCHOOLS (CS Metro