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OHSAA Athletic Discussion Meeting

Join us at the OHSAA Athletic Discussion Meeting with Executive Director Dr. Dan Ross and Senior Director of Compliance and Sports Medicine Dr. Deborah Moore. Get important updates and engage in discussions on athletic regulations and compliance. Visit ohsaa.org for additional information.

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OHSAA Athletic Discussion Meeting

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  1. OHSAAAthletic DiscussionMeeting Welcome To Logan May 1, 2018 Dr. Dan Ross Executive Director Dr. Deborah Moore Senior Director of Compliance and Sports Medicine

  2. Welcome! Please note that all information is contained in your booklet. A copy of this presentation will also appear online at ohsaa.org

  3. Introductions • State Board of Directors and District Athletic Board Members • Special Welcome to School Board Presidents as well as all school and athletic administrators • Any Media members? • State Legislators? • Please don’t forget to sign in on the sheets that are available!

  4. Members of the Southeast District Athletic Board • Tony Deem– A – Supt. –Southern Local Schools • Mark Rose– A – Athletic Admin., Clay HS • Mark Knapp – AA – Supt., Wheelersburg Local Schools • Leonard Steyer – AA – Principal, Southeastern High School • Wayne Horsely – AAA – Teacher, Athens HS • Bo Arnett– AAA – Athletic Admin., Waverly High School • Stephanie Evans– Female Rep – Athletic Admin., Belpre HS • Mark LaFon - Minority Rep – Athletic Admin., Ironton High School • Rick Barrett– 7-8th grade Rep –Athl. Admin. – Dawson Bryant Middle School • Dan Brisker – Secretary • Rick Edwards - Treasurer

  5. OHSAA Staff & Responsibilities Jeff Jordan Senior Director of Finance Dr. Daniel RossExecutive Director Bob Goldring Senior Director of Operations Tim StriedDirector of Communications Jerry Snodgrass Director of Sports Management Steve Neil Director of Corporate Engagement • Coaches Education • Soccer, Baseball • Basketball, Softball • Corp. Agreements • Ball Contracts • Ice Hockey Dr. Deborah Moore Senior Director of Compliance and Sports Medicine -Eligibility -Sports Med -VB, FH, SD, GGYM Beau Rugg Director of Officiating and Sports Management Roxanne Price Director of Compliance and Sporting Behavior • Eligibility • B & G Tennis • B & G Bowling • Officiating • Football • Wrestling • Lacrosse

  6. Organization & Oversight OHSAA Board of Directors OHSAA (Executive Director) District Athletic Boards OHSAA Staff Bylaws & Specific Sport Regulations Sectional & District Tournaments

  7. The Referendum Process • Ballots • mailed to all principals in a first class mailing on April 27, 2018 • High School Principals • Shall return the original ballot with signature no later than Tuesday, May 15, 2018, at 4:00 PM via regular mail. Voting is optional but return of the ballot is required. • 7-8th Grade Principals • There is one issue presented to the Middle School Principals in 2018 • Share • the ballot and accompanying script, which is posted at ohsaa.org, with all interested constituents within the school system

  8. The Referendum Process Referendum Items Approved by Board of Directors for Inclusion on Ballot All items, if approved, become effective August 1, 2018, unless otherwise specified by the Board. There is one issue – 4B – with an alternative date of May 16, 2018. It is so noted on the document and will also appear on the Ballot. Outlined in Constitution Article 8 8

  9. Due to the strong interest in these changes, please consider: • Sharing this information with parents, booster members, others members of your administrative team, coaches, students, etc. • Making information available to the public via your school website and/or directing interested individuals to the OHSAA website • Reminding everyone that the results of the referendum vote will be posted to the OHSAA website on May 16, 2018

  10. Issue for the 7-8th Grade Principals

  11. Issue 1B – Amend Bylaw 1-6-4 – Team Membership Effective Date: August 1, 2018If passed, this amendment would: • Change the exception to permit the combining of schools within the same district (public) or system (non-public) to form more than one team • Require the following information from the superintendent: • Names of all member schools in the combination • Total # of students from each school in the sport • Total # of students in each grade of each school

  12. 1-6-4 - Continued • Rationale for requesting the combination to form more than one team • Name of the principal, name of the school for purposes of registration in MYOHSAA which must be the name of one of the member schools, complete address including email and the name of ONE administrator responsible for the combined teams 3. Note that the OHSAA may create business rules as deemed necessary to manage this process.

  13. WHY? • Some schools have reported difficulty fielding teams due to disparate numbers in their 7-8th grade schools • This change would provide some flexibility when the participation interest is skewed to one school. • When combining in TF and CC, OHSAA will permit competition ONLY with the superintendent’s authorization, OHSAA approval and the issuing of one Hy-tek code in the name supplied by the school which must be one of the members within the combo.

  14. WHY? • Some believe that this provision may be used by large public school districts to gain an unfair advantage. • The OHSAA may, from time to time, need to create business rules for the proper management of this process.

  15. ISSUES FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPALS

  16. Issue 1B – Bylaws 2-1-4 and 2-1-5Classification of Schools Effective Date: August 1, 2018If passed, this amendment would: • Count students in grades 10, 11 and 12 when high schools in schools districts consolidate effective as of September 10 of the year of consolidation. • When there is a merger, opening or closing of a high school in a public multiple high school district or non-public system, classification for ALL high schools in the district/system shall be based on the actual number of boys and girls in grades 10-12 as of Sept 10 of the current year.

  17. WHY? • These changes provide for clarity in terms of counting students for classification. • Bylaw 2-1-4 refers only to consolidation and the opening of a new school in a single high school district. • Bylaw 2-1-5 refers to openings, closings and mergers in multiple high school districts/systems and describes how students are to be counted. • If the merger or closing is a single gender school in a multi-high school system, will only recount those schools in that gender.

  18. Issue 2B – Bylaw 4-6-3 - Residence Effective Date: August 1, 2018 If passed, this amendment would revise to: Clarify that a student whose parents (biological or adoptive) reside outside the state of Ohio will be ineligible for interscholastic athletics in a member school.

  19. WHY? • To reduce any confusion, this amendment makes it very clear that a student has no eligibility unless the student has a parent as defined in this bylaw living in Ohio. • Keep in mind that there are currently 10 exceptions to this bylaw with another one proposed in Issue 3B.

  20. Issue 3B – New Exception 4 – Bylaw 4-6-3 - Residence Effective Date: August 1, 2018 If passed, this amendment would: Permit a student, whose parent(s) has been continuously employed for a minimum of three years as a fulltime, licensed or classified employee in an Ohio school district or system, to be eligible in the district or system where the parent is employed. Once eligibility is established at the member school, the student shall remain eligible under this exception for as long as he or she maintains continuous enrollment.

  21. WHY? • This is an example of an amendment that was proposed by a member public school district on our border due to a desire to extend athletics to the children of long-term employees who live outside Ohio. • The stipulation in the exception requires three years of fulltime continuous employment to waive the residence requirement. • The student would remain eligible for as long as enrollment is maintained.

  22. Issue 4B – Bylaw 4-7-2 – Transfer NOTE: Effective Date: May 16, 2018 If passed, this amendment would permit: • A major change in the transfer consequence when a student does not meet an exception and has played one or more of the 26 recognized sports in the 12 months immediately preceding the transfer. • A student who does not meet an exception shall be eligible to commence participation immediately (insofar as transfer is concerned) and shall be eligible up through the FIRST 50% of the maximum allowable regular season contests.

  23. Issue 4B - Continued • After the first 50% of the maximum allowable regular season contests have been competed, the student shall be INELIGIBLE for the remainder of the regular season contests and SHALL ALSO REMAIN INELIGIBLE for the OHSAA tournaments. • If 4-7-3 (midseason transfer) is activated, the student shall finish fulfilling the transfer consequence (if necessary) at the beginning of the sport season in the next school year.

  24. WHY? • Debate has raged about the 50% consequence for the five years the OHSAA has had this bylaw change. • Many argue that sitting out the first half of the season does nothing to deter “stacking” of teams and recruiting. • Feedback from members both formally and informally, and from constituent groups indicates a desire for a change that will curb this trend.

  25. WHY? • This change if adopted would become effective for anyone who changes high schools – actually enrolls and attends a new school – on or after May 16, 2018, provided the student played a sport and does not meet an exception. • For those students who transferred prior to May 16, the current transfer consequence remains applicable. • The final paragraph in this bylaw addresses 4-7-3 – mid-season transfers.

  26. QUESTIONS???? • We have had a number of inquiries about this change. • Please take this opportunity to ask us any questions to assist in understanding this item. • REMINDER – Should this pass, please remove any reference to the current consequence (1st 50% sit out) from any materials and any reference on your websites. The OHSAA website will be updated immediately, and all communications will reflect this change.

  27. Issue 5B – Amend Exception 2 – Bylaw 4-7-2 - Transfer Effective Date: August 1, 2018 If passed, this amendment would: • Permit the Executive Director’s Office to waive the transfer consequence ONE TIME ONLY when a Shared Parenting Plan remains in effect but the parents have made a change in the designation of the “residential parent” for school purposes with the Court. • The student who must change schools due to this re-designation my apply one time for an exception to this transfer bylaw.

  28. WHY? • There are circumstances where a student is compelled to transfer to the school located in the district where one parent lives from the school district where the other parent lives. • When the Shared Parenting Plan remains in effect, this modification would allow a one time waiver of the sit out consequence when the Court recognizes the re-designation for school purposes.

  29. Issue 6B – Amend Exception 1- Bylaw 4-8-1 - International and Exchange Students Effective Date: August 1, 2017 If passed, this amendment would: • Require that only one parent (biological or adoptive) reside in Ohio to use this exception. • Reiterate that the transfer bylaw is applicable to all transfers involving international students.

  30. WHY? • The purpose of this change is to clarify eligibility for international students who live in Ohio with their parents. • The revision to the former note simply identifies that the transfer bylaw must also be considered for high school students who change schools despite their international status.

  31. Issue 7B – Bylaw 4-8-2 – International and Exchange Students Effective Date: August 1, 2018 If passed, this amendment would: • Allow the Office to waive both the scholarship and the semester bylaws for domestic students who are studying outside the USA and intend to receive no credit for their participation in the exchange program. • Allow the Office to consider restoring eligibility ONLY under the following conditions:

  32. Issue 7B - Continued • Anapplicationis filed with the Office prior to the student’s participation in the international exchange program • The student does not participate in any sport in which he or she wishes to retain semesters of eligibility (scholastic or non-interscholastic) while engaged in the program. • The student has completed only the freshman or sophomore year.

  33. WHY? • This is an amendment that was recommended by the Appeals Panel and designed to address an unusual situation involving study abroad by our Ohio students. • The bylaw currently in place changed over 10 years ago to require academic eligibility upon return to the USA and use of semesters while studying abroad. • This change would maintain the integrity of the other bylaws and yet provide flexibility in cases that can comply with the criteria.

  34. OHSAA SPORTS MED UPDATES • Reminder of Sudden Cardiac Arrest Education Component and Parent/Student Information and ALL Coaching Standards – Summary http://education.ohio.gov/Topics/Teaching/Licensure/Audiences/Coaching-Permits • Concussion Management: (Schmitz case) • Please review the regulations and resources in your booklet • Updated PrivIT electronic PPE – Provided an updated shortened electronic version complete with all consent forms (4) • Acclimatization: Review with staff…ALWAYS important!

  35. Sports Med Updates, Cont. and Other Updates • Emergency Action Plans and AED management • “Anyone Can Save a Life” – Recommended EAP • College Credit Plus –Non-Enrolled Student Grade Report http://www.ohsaa.org/Portals/0/Eligibility/EligibilityGuidelinesGuidanceCounselors.pdf • 4-8-1 – International Students http://www.ohsaa.org/Eligibility/International • Maintaining Membership – Constitution 3-3-4 & 5 • Sanctioning

  36. HB 442- F1 Visa Provision • To amend section 3313.5315 of the Revised Code to authorize any student from a country or province outside the United States who attends an elementary or secondary school in Ohio and holds an F-1 visa to participate in interscholastic athletics at that school on the same basis as Ohio residents.

  37. HB 442- F1 Visa Provision • Bill offers students on F-1 visas unlimited opportunities for grades 7-12 sports participation in non-public member schools that are not available in our public member schools • HB 442 is incompatible with the principles of competitive fairness

  38. HB 442- F1 Visa Provision • Our current “exchange student” regulation which was approved by our member schools – both public and non-public – to accommodate holders of J-1 visas has served our member schools well.

  39. 50% Rule • Issue 4-B Bylaw 4-7-2, Transfer • Reverse the sit-out for transfer student-athletes who meet no exceptions. • Student athletes will now become eligible immediately in all sports in which they have competed in the 12 months immediately preceding the transfer.

  40. 50% Rule • Issue 4-B Bylaw 4-7-2, Transfer • These student athletes, who are eligible for the first half of the maximum allowable contests to be scheduled, will now become ineligible for the second half of the season including the OHSAA tournaments.

  41. 50% Rule • Issue 4-B Bylaw 4-7-2, Transfer • Coaches and school personnel believe this provision, especially the removal of participation in the OHSAA tournaments, will help deter the recruiting transfer phenomenon.

  42. Recruiting Summit • Recruiting Bylaw 4-9-1 • A student is considered a prospective athlete after enrolling in the 7th grade or the grade corresponding to the 7th grade for a student from a foreign country. • Any attempt to recruit a prospective student-athlete for athletic purposes shall be strictly prohibited.

  43. Recruiting Summit • Bylaw 4-9-2 • For purposes of this Bylaw Section 9, the term “recruit” shall mean the influence by a person connected or not connected with the school to secure the enrollment of a prospective student-athlete.

  44. Recruiting Summit • Problematic Language • Influence – what does this mean? • Connected or not connected to the school. Is this too broad? • 7th grade – is this the right age group? • For athletic purposes – what does this mean? • Review this with a Different Lens!!

  45. Recruiting Summit • Recruiting always comes down to “He said” – “She said” • Working to design some data constructs that give us a different perspective. For example: • Number of transfers within certain number of months • Number of transfers in their junior/senior year • Ties to open gym • Ties to past links • F-1 Visas • Foreign Trail

  46. Four Division Sports Review • Reduce the disparity in Division I – Boys BK • Division I Top-1367 Bottom-362 • Division II Top-361 Bottom-213 • Division III Top-212 Bottom-129 • Division IV Top-128 Bottom-15

  47. Four Division Sports Review • Reduce the disparity in Division I – Girls BK • Division I Top-1306 Bottom-345 • Division II Top-344 Bottom-198 • Division III Top-197 Bottom-118 • Division IV Top-117 Bottom-26

  48. Four Division Sports Review • Division I Disparity • Options: • Additional Divisions • Restructure Current Four Divisions • Regional Concept • Other Options • Committee met in February and will meet again in May to review options

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