RESULTS OF THE 2018 ANNUAL MSHSAA ELECTION
SEVENTEEN OF EIGHTEEN AMENDMENTS PASS MAY, 2018
Following are the results of the balloting on the amendments to the MSHSAA Constitution and By-Laws in the 2018 Annual MSHSAA Election. Amendments to By-Laws require a simple majority of those voting for passage, while amendments to the Constitution require a 2/3 majority for passage. Proposals which passed will become effective July 1, 2018, with the exception of Proposal Numbers 2 and 7 which will become effective IMMEDIATELY.
PROPOSAL 1 - (Cooperative Sponsorship Due Date) - (PASSED) - 436 FOR, 25 AGAINST
Amends By-Law 1.4 by changing the December 1 deadline for cooperative sponsorship agreements in football and basketball, to May 1 annually.
PROPOSAL 2 - (High School Summer School Online Course Deadline) - (PASSED) - 429 FOR, 32 AGAINST
Amends items e and f in By-Law 2.3.5 regarding summer school online courses.
PROPOSAL 3 - (Junior High Academic Standard for Non-Traditional Students) - (FAILED) - 147 FOR, 153 AGAINST
Would have amended By-Law 2.3.7 for junior high academic requirements to allow participation in all activities by non-traditional students who are not full-time students at the school.
PROPOSAL 4 - (Undue Influence – Definition of Immediate Family) - (PASSED) - 454 FOR, 54 AGAINST
Amends By-Laws 2.6 to add definition of immediate family of a student.
PROPOSAL 5 - (Athletic Coaching Requirements – Limits on Contact) - (PASSED) - 455 FOR, 53 AGAINST
Amends By-Law 3.1 by clarifying the coaching contact allowances and restrictions that are in place for contracted interscholastic sport coaches.
PROPOSAL 6 - (Transfer of Enrollment Exceptions – Transfer from a Non-Member School) - (PASSED) - 435 FOR, 73 AGAINST
Amends By-Law 3.10.4.c, regarding a Transfer from a Non-Member School.
PROPOSAL 7 - (Summer Football Heat Acclimatization) - (PASSED) - 331 FOR, 22 AGAINST
Amends By-law 3.15.6.a.3 regarding football summertime heat acclimatization to further define that the first five days must include two days of helmets only and three days of helmets/shoulder pads prior to any full-pad tackle football activities.
PROPOSAL 8 - (Pre-Season Interschool Scrimmages/Jamborees) - (PASSED) - 429 FOR, 32 AGAINST
Amends By-Law 3.16.6 by re-naming “Preseason Interschool Scrimmages” as “Preseason Jamborees,” and clarifying the requirements and allowances for “In-Season Jamborees” in By-Law 3.16.7.
PROPOSAL 9 - (Removal of References to All-Star Contests from the By-Laws) - (PASSED) - 425 FOR, 83 AGAINST
Amends By-Law 3.16.8 and various others by removing the specific restrictions on “All-Star Contests.”
PROPOSAL 10 - (Definition of High School Football Week) - (PASSED) - 296 FOR, 18 AGAINST
Amends By-Law 3.23.1 by changing the definition of a HIGH SCHOOL football week for the purpose of tracking the six allowable quarters from the current definition of “Friday to Thursday” to a new definition of “Thursday to Wednesday.”
PROPOSAL 11 - (Definition of Junior High Football Week) - (PASSED) - 146 FOR, 65 AGAINST
Amends By-Law 3.23.1 by changing the definition of a JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL football week for the purpose of tracking the six allowable quarters from the current definition of “Friday to Thursday” to a new definition of “Thursday to Wednesday.”
PROPOSAL 12 - (Junior High Team Contest Limits) - (PASSED) - 273 FOR, 26 AGAINST
Amends By-Law 3.30.3, Junior High Team Contest Limits, to allow an additional option of 12 games and 1 tournament to the current option of 10 games and 2 tournaments (does not include wrestling).
PROPOSAL 13 - (Directors/Coaches Requirements for Interscholastic Activities) - (PASSED) - 397 FOR, 108 AGAINST
Amends By-Laws in Section 4, regarding MSHSAA activities, to set minimum standards for activity Directors/Coaches.
PROPOSAL 14 - (Removal of Winter Guard from MSHSAA Jurisdiction) - (PASSED) - 396 FOR, 74 AGAINST
Amends By-Law 4.2.1 by removing Winter Guard from MSHSAA jurisdiction.
PROPOSAL 15 - (Standardized Calendar Start Date for Speech/Debate/Theatre Events) - (PASSED) - 202 FOR, 9 AGAINST
Amends By-Law 4.3.2 by utilizing the standardized calendar date of the Friday of Week Number 14 (which is consistent with the current start date of the second Friday in October) for the first date for high school speech/debate/theatre events.
PROPOSAL 16 - (Standardized Calendar Start Date for Scholar Bowl Events) - (PASSED) - 368 FOR, 20 AGAINST
Amends By-Law 4.4.3 by utilizing the standardized calendar date of the Friday of Week Number 14 (which is consistent with the current start date of the second Friday in October) for the first date for Scholar Bowl events (junior high and high school).
PROPOSAL 17 - (Scholar Bowl Contest Limits) - (PASSED) - 362 FOR, 26 AGAINST
Amends By-Law 4.4.2 by allowing three combination options of dual and tournament limits at the high school level and two combination options at the junior high school level.
PROPOSAL 18 - (Girls Wrestling) - (PASSED) - 202 FOR, 41 AGAINST
Amends By-Laws 5.1, 3.29.6, and 3.30.3.l to separate the currently co-educational sport of wrestling into sex-separated wrestling for both boys and girls.