Official Agenda of the
Ninth FHSAA Representative Assembly

Monday & Tuesday, Jan. 23-24, 2006
Robert W. Hughes FHSAA Building
Gainesville, Florida


Session 1, Monday, January 23, 2006


1. Call to order. Pledge of Allegiance. Colby.


2. Completion of expense reimbursement vouchers. Stewart.


3. Roll call of delegates [Supplement A]. Colby.

The acting chairperson will instruct the Clerk of the Assembly to call the roll. Each delegate will answer present when his/her name is called.


4. Adoption of agenda. Colby.


5. Adoption of operational guidelines [Supplement B]. Colby.


6. Election of chairperson. Colby.

The acting chair will call for nominations for Chairperson from the floor. Pursuant to FHSAA Bylaws and Robert’s Rules of Order, the Chairperson will be elected for one year and will be eligible for reelection each subsequent year that he/she remains a delegate to the Representative Assembly. The Chairperson will have a vote in all matters coming before the Assembly. A majority of delegates casting votes will elect the Chairperson.

7. Election of vice chairperson. Chair.

The Chair will call for nominations for Vice Chairperson from the floor. Pursuant to FHSAA Bylaws and Robert’s Rules of Order, the Vice Chairperson will be elected for one year and will be eligible for reelection each subsequent year that he/she remains a delegate to the Representative Assembly. The Vice Chairperson will serve in the capacity of Chairperson in the absence of the Chairperson. The Vice Chairperson will have a vote in all matters coming before the Assembly. A majority of delegates casting votes will elect the Vice Chairperson.


8. First reading of proposals to amend the bylaws. Chair.

The Chair will instruct the Clerk of the Assembly to read the summary of each proposal. When a proposal is read, the Chair will then recognize those individuals who have registered at the meeting their desire to speak for or against the proposal. Each individual who addresses the Assembly will be allotted three (3) minutes in which to make his/her comments. Following the individual’s presentation, delegates may direct questions to him/her for a period of time to be determined by the Chair.

Proposal 1 [Supplement C]. A proposal relating to governance with regard to the Board of Directors; amending paragraph 4.1.3 to rename the office of Vice President to President-Elect, to establish a presidential term as one year, and to establish a date for the election; creating sub-paragraphs 4.1.3.1, 4.1.3.2 and 4.1.3.3 to establish qualifications for President-Elect and to establish a line of succession to the office of President; providing an effective date. Sponsor: Board of Directors.

Proposal 2 [Supplement D]. A proposal relating to interscholastic contests with regard to season limitations; amending paragraph 9.8.1 to provide that season limitations establish the earliest and latest permissible dates for interscholastic practice and interscholastic competition; amending paragraph 9.8.2 to repeal the "50-percent clause" governing interaction between coaches and their student-athletes during the off-season and to direct the Board of Directors, instead, to establish guidelines governing such interaction; providing an effective date. Sponsor: Board of Directors.

Proposal 3 [Supplement E]. A proposal relating to the eligibility of student-athletes with regard to attendance; creating new paragraph 11.1.4 and sub-paragraphs 11.1.4.1, 11.1.4.2 and 11.1.4.3; reflecting the provisions of s. 1006.15(3)(d), Florida Statutes, for participation in interscholastic athletics by an individual student attending a charter school that does not sponsor interscholastic athletics; renumbering existing paragraph 11.1.4 as sub-paragraph 11.1.3.1; providing an effective date. Sponsor: John A. Stewart, Commissioner.

Proposal 4 [Supplement F]. A proposal relating to the eligibility of student-athletes with regard to attendance; creating paragraph 11.1.6 to prohibit full-time students at sports academies from participating in interscholastic sports; providing an effective date. Sponsor: Tom Roszell, Athletic Director, Riverdale High School (Fort Myers).

Proposal 5 [Supplement G]. A proposal relating to the eligibility of student-athletes with regard to academic standing; creating paragraph 11.2.15 to prohibit any student-athlete from being dismissed from school early to practice a sport; providing an effective date. Sponsor: Tom Roszell, Athletic Director, Riverdale High School (Fort Myers).

Proposal 6 [Supplement H]. A proposal relating to the eligibility of student-athletes with regard to residence and transfer; deleting paragraphs 11.2.6 and 11.2.9 and renumbering subsequent paragraphs; creating section 11.01 to establish general principles relating to eligibility; creating section 11.02 to provide general definitions of terms relating to eligibility; revising section 11.3 to establish a student’s school of residence throughout high school as that school in which he/she first enrolls upon beginning the ninth grade; revising section 11.4 to establish that any student who after having established residence in a school for any reason changes attendance to another school is a transfer student, to establish that a transfer student is restricted to participation on the sub-varsity level until he/she establishes residence in his/her new school by attending that school for one year unless the transfer is conjunction with a joint physical relocation of the student and his/her parents to a new address that makes it necessary for the student to attend a different school, to provide for a process through which waiver of the period of restricted eligibility can be sought and to provide criteria; providing an effective date. Sponsor: John A. Stewart, Commissioner.

Proposal 7 [Supplement I]. A proposal relating to the eligibility of student-athletes with regard to residence; creating sub-paragraph 11.3.1.1 to prohibit home-educated students from transferring participation in interscholastic athletics from one school to another without a corresponding change in residence; providing an effective date. Sponsor: Jim Harwood, Athletic Director, Lake Worth Christian School (Boynton Beach).

Proposal 8 [Supplement J]. A proposal relating to the eligibility of student-athletes with regard to age; creating sub-paragraph 11.6.1.1 to permit any student who reaches the age of 19 years 9 months during the state championship series in any given sport to compete until the conclusion of that state championship series provided the student meets all other eligibility requirements; providing an effective date. Sponsor: Michael Colby, Athletic Director, Hialeah-Miami Lakes High School.


9. Recess until 9 a.m. Tuesday, January 24. Chair.



Session 2, Tuesday, January 24, 2006


10. Call to order. Pledge of Allegiance. Chair.


11. Roll call of delegates. Chair.

The Chair will instruct the Clerk of the Assembly to call the roll. Each delegate will answer present when his/her name is called.

12. Second reading of proposals to amend the bylaws and balloting. Chair.

The Chair will instruct the Clerk to read the summary of each proposal a second time. Following the second reading of a proposal, the Chair will then open the floor to debate on that proposal. Motions to amend the proposal will be addressed at this time. Debate will be concluded by either a call for the question from the floor or by order of the Chair. The Chair will then instruct delegates to mark and sign their ballots as to their preference with regard to the proposal on the floor. As the ballots on a proposal are collected and counted by staff, the second reading, debate and balloting on the next proposal shall proceed. This procedure shall be followed until the second reading, debate and balloting on all proposals are concluded. Results of the balloting on each proposal will be announced as tallied.


13. Proposed comprehensive revision to Article 3, Membership, for consideration by 2007 Representative Assembly [Supplement K].

The Commissioner will share with delegates a first draft of a proposed comprehensive revision to Article 3 which establishes the categories of, qualifications for and method of election to membership in the Association that will be submitted for consideration by the 2007 Representative Assembly.


14. Closing comments by delegates, chair and Commissioner.


15. Adjournment.