Ninth FHSAA Representative Assembly
How the delegates voted

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


How the delegates to the Ninth FHSAA Representative Assembly voted on the eight proposals presented for its consideration. A two-thirds majority vote of the 52 delegates attending the Assembly, or 35 votes, was required for passage of each proposal.

Proposal 1. 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.
Yes (52) – Ball, Barquin, Belger, Blasewitz, Brandhuber, Clements, Colby, Collins, Crocco, Currier, Davis, Donivan, Dowdy, Dusek, Emerson, Ethridge, Figueredo, Furnari, Greene, Grier, Guandolo, Hampton, Harrison, Hinson, Irvin, Jacobs, Kemper, Kormann, LaBounty, Lambert, Lopez, Lord, McCarthy, McQuade, Miller, Moses, Newberry, O’Reilly, Paschal, Quarles, Richards, Robinson, Salerno, Sherman, Shiffrin, Shirley, Siler-Dobbs, Stewart, Summers, Talley, Todd, West.
No (0) – None.
Proposal 1 is adopted (35 yes votes of 52 total votes was required).

Proposal 2. 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.
Yes (46) – Ball, Barquin, Belger, Blasewitz, Brandhuber, Clements, Colby, Collins, Crocco, Currier, Davis, Dowdy, Dusek, Emerson, Ethridge, Figueredo, Furnari, Greene, Guandolo, Hampton, Harrison, Hinson, Irvin, Jacobs, Kemper, Kormann, LaBounty, Lambert, Lopez, Lord, McCarthy, McQuade, Miller, Moses, O’Reilly, Paschal, Quarles, Robinson, Salerno, Sherman, Shiffrin, Shirley, Siler-Dobbs, Stewart, Summers, Todd.
No (6) – Donivan, Grier, Newberry, Richards, Talley, West.
Proposal 2 is adopted (35 yes votes of 52 total votes was required).

Proposal 3. 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.
Yes (45) – Ball, Barquin, Belger, Blasewitz, Brandhuber, Clements, Colby, Collins, Davis, Donivan, Dowdy, Dusek, Emerson, Ethridge, Figueredo, Furnari, Greene, Grier, Guandolo, Hampton, Harrison, Irvin, Jacobs, Kemper, Kormann, Lambert, Lopez, Lord, McQuade, Miller, Moses, Newberry, O’Reilly, Quarles, Richards, Robinson, Salerno, Sherman, Shirley, Siler-Dobbs, Stewart, Summers, Talley, Todd, West.
No (7) – Crocco, Currier, Hinson, LaBounty, McCarthy, Paschal, Shiffrin.
Proposal 3 is adopted (35 yes votes of 52 total votes was required).

Proposal 4. 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).
Yes (12) – Davis, Donivan, Hampton, Hinson, Jacobs, LaBounty, Lopez, Lord, Miller, Shiffrin, Summers, Talley.
No (40) – Ball, Barquin, Belger, Blasewitz, Brandhuber, Clements, Colby, Collins, Crocco, Currier, Dowdy, Dusek, Emerson, Ethridge, Figueredo, Furnari, Greene, Grier, Guandolo, Harrison, Irvin, Kemper, Kormann, Lambert, McCarthy, McQuade, Moses, Newberry, O’Reilly, Paschal, Quarles, Richards, Robinson, Salerno, Sherman, Shirley, Siler-Dobbs, Stewart, Todd, West.
Proposal 4 is not adopted (35 yes votes of 52 total votes was required).

Proposal 5. 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).
Yes (1) – Hinson.
No (51) – Ball, Barquin, Belger, Blasewitz, Brandhuber, Clements, Colby, Collins, Crocco, Currier, Davis, Donivan, Dowdy, Dusek, Emerson, Ethridge, Figueredo, Furnari, Greene, Grier, Guandolo, Hampton, Harrison, Irvin, Jacobs, Kemper, Kormann, LaBounty, Lambert, Lopez, Lord, McCarthy, McQuade, Miller, Moses, Newberry, O’Reilly, Paschal, Quarles, Richards, Robinson, Salerno, Sherman, Shiffrin, Shirley, Siler-Dobbs, Stewart, Summers, Talley, Todd, West.
Proposal 5 is not adopted (35 yes votes of 52 total votes was required).

Proposal 6. 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.
Yes (44) – Barquin, Belger, Blasewitz, Brandhuber, Clements, Colby, Collins, Crocco, Currier, Davis, Donivan, Dowdy, Dusek, Emerson, Ethridge, Figueredo, Furnari, Greene, Grier, Guandolo, Hampton, Harrison, Hinson, Irvin, Jacobs, Kemper, LaBounty, Lambert, Lopez, Lord, McCarthy, McQuade, Miller, Moses, O’Reilly, Quarles, Robinson, Shiffrin, Shirley, Siler-Dobbs, Stewart, Summers, Talley, West.
No (8) – Ball, Kormann, Newberry, Paschal, Richards, Salerno, Sherman, Todd.
Proposal 6 is adopted (35 yes votes of 52 total votes was required).

Proposal 7. 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).
Yes (17) – Barquin, Donivan, Dowdy, Ethridge, Figueredo, Furnari, Hampton, Harrison, Hinson, Lopez, Miller, Moses, O’Reilly, Robinson, Shiffrin, Talley, West.
No (35) – Ball, Belger, Blasewitz, Brandhuber, Clements, Colby, Collins, Crocco, Currier, Davis, Dusek, Emerson, Greene, Grier, Guandolo, Irvin, Jacobs, Kemper, Kormann, LaBounty, Lambert, Lord, McCarthy, McQuade, Newberry, Paschal, Quarles, Richards, Salerno, Sherman, Shirley, Siler-Dobbs, Stewart, Summers, Todd.
Proposal 7 is not adopted (35 yes votes of 52 total votes was required).

Proposal 8. 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.
Yes (37) – Ball, Barquin, Belger, Clements, Colby, Collins, Currier, Davis, Donivan, Dowdy, Dusek, Emerson, Figueredo, Furnari, Greene, Guandolo, Hampton, Irvin, Jacobs, Kemper, LaBounty, Lopez, Lord, McCarthy, McQuade, Moses, Newberry, O’Reilly, Quarles, Robinson, Salerno, Shiffrin, Siler-Dobbs, Stewart, Summers, Talley, Todd.
No (15) – Blasewitz, Brandhuber, Crocco, Ethridge, Grier, Harrison, Hinson, Kormann, Lambert, Miller, Paschal, Richards, Sherman, Shirley, West.
Proposal 8 is adopted (35 yes votes of 52 total votes was required).