Official Agenda of the
Third FHSAA Representative Assembly

Monday & Tuesday, Apr. 10-11, 2000
Best Western Gateway Grand
Gainesville, Florida


The Representative Assembly of the Florida High School Activities Association will meet at the Best Western Gateway, Gainesville, Florida, on April 10 and 11, 2000, beginning at 1 p.m. Monday, April 10.

Session 1, Monday, April 10, 2000

I. Call to Order. Pledge of Allegiance. Chairman Rigby.

II. Completion of Expense Reimbursement Vouchers. Commissioner Hughes.

III. Roll Call of Delegates. Chairman Rigby.

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

IV. Adoption of Agenda. Chairman Rigby.

V. Review of Assembly Operational Guidelines (Enclosed). Commissioner Hughes.

VI. Election of Chairperson. Chairman Rigby.

Chairman Rigby 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. Chairman Rigby is eligible for reelection.

VII. 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. Vice Chairman David McDonald is eligible for reelection.

VIII. First Reading of Proposals to Amend the Bylaws. Chair.

The Chair will instruct the Clerk of the Assembly to read the summary sentence 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. A proposal to change the sanctioning body for cooperative home education programs that wish to join the FHSAA from the Florida Parent Educators Association to the Home Educated Activities Teams, Inc. Sponsored by Marni Jones, principal, Pinellas Home Educated Activities Teams (Gulfport).

Proposal 2. A proposal to expand the limited voting privileges of the President of the Board of Directors to include the privilege to cast his/her vote on a ballot for President and Vice President of the Board of Directors. Sponsored by Dr. J. Howard Hinesley, superintendent, Pinellas County School District.

Proposal 3. A proposal to delete from the bylaws reference to the Deputy Commissioner as the individual who will act as Commissioner as a result of the Commissioner’s incapacity or inability to do so. Sponsored by Commissioner Robert W. Hughes.

Proposal 4. A proposal to adjust the dates for mailing from and receiving back in to the FHSAA Office “Declaration of Candidacy” forms for seats on the Board of Directors, Sectional Appeals Committees and Representative Assembly. Sponsored by Commissioner Robert W. Hughes.

Proposal 5. A proposal to remove from the Bylaws the requirement that the Commissioner conduct a special election to fill a seat on the Board of Directors when a vacancy occurs prior to the Association’s general election. Sponsored by Commissioner Robert W. Hughes.

Proposal 6. A proposal to remove from the Bylaws the requirement that the FHSAA Office reproduce and mail to all member schools a copy of the Association’s annual financial audit. Sponsored by Commissioner Robert W. Hughes.

Proposal 7. A proposal to remove from the bylaws and place into policy the provisions prohibiting practice games, etc. and practice and/or competition on Sunday. Sponsored by Commissioner Robert W. Hughes.

Proposal 8. A proposal to remove from the bylaws provisions designating sports as either major or minor. Sponsored by Commissioner Robert W. Hughes.

Proposal 9. A proposal to remove from the bylaws and place in policy provisions relating to contests that need approval by the Commissioner and the eligibility of middle schools and junior high schools to participate in high school tournaments or meets. Sponsored by Commissioner Robert W. Hughes.

Proposal 10. A proposal to restrict eligibility to participate in the FHSAA State Series to those member senior high schools that compete in at least two sanctioned sports each season. Sponsored by Toby Harbeck, chairman, FHSAA Golf Advisory Committee.

Proposal 11. A proposal to eliminate the restriction on coaches having contact with an off-season non-school team comprised of more than 50 percent of students from his/her school or feeder school. Sponsored by Ron Balazs, athletic director, Miami Coral Park Senior High School; Louise Crocco, athletic director, Cardinal Gibbons High School (Fort Lauderdale); Clyde Metcalf, chairman, FHSAA Baseball Advisory Committee; Jeff Paris, athletic director, Miami Carol City Senior High School; Norman H. Wein Jr., athletic director, Episcopal High School (Jacksonville).

Proposal 12. A proposal to ease the requirements placed on member schools with regard to whom they may hire as head coaches and assistant coaches. Sponsored by Commissioner Robert W. Hughes.

Proposal 13. A proposal to permit students in public non-member middle schools and junior high schools that have no athletic programs to participate in interscholastic athletics on the junior high/junior varsity level at a member public school. Sponsored by Keith Summers, assistant principal, Blountstown Middle School.

Proposal 14. A proposal to count only those courses taken after entering the ninth grade toward the grade point average used for academic eligibility. Sponsored by Jay Rader, athletic director, Palm Beach Gardens High School.

Proposal 15. A proposal to clarify when grades become official for determining academic eligibility for each semester. Sponsored by Jay Rader, athletic director, Palm Beach Gardens High School.

Proposal 16. A proposal to restrict the eligibility of non-resident boarding school and/or foreign exchange students from another state or country. Sponsored by Kip Cady, athletic director, Princeton Christian School.

Proposal 17. A proposal to clarify that enrolling in a new school at the beginning of a school year does not release a student-athlete who has been declared ineligible at another school for disciplinary reasons from serving the period of ineligibility in the new school. Sponsored by Commissioner Robert W. Hughes.

Proposal 18. A proposal to state that a student from another state or country who has been declared ineligible by the school or state association from which he/she is transferring is not eligible at an FHSAA member school until he/she has been enrolled in that school for one full semester. Sponsored by Commissioner Robert W. Hughes.

Proposal 19. A proposal to eliminate the expired language relative to a three-year limit of eligibility. Sponsored by Commissioner Robert W. Hughes.

Proposal 20. A proposal to rewrite the existing bylaw on parental consent to state that both the student and his/her parents or guardians must sign a consent and release form to the principal before being allowed to participate in interscholastic athletic practice or competition. Sponsored by Commissioner Robert W. Hughes.

Proposal 21. A proposal to move the earliest possible date for physical evaluations from June 1 to May 15, to require the physical evaluation to contain a medical history questionnaire, and to eliminate any reference to any waiver of this requirement. Sponsored by Commissioner Robert W. Hughes.

Proposal 22. A proposal to remove from the bylaws and place in policy regulations relative to official entry lists. Sponsored by Commissioner Robert W. Hughes.

Proposal 23. A proposal to guarantee that eligible students who are omitted from an official entry list due to error are not denied the opportunity to participate in state championship series competition. Sponsored by Jay Rader, athletic director, Palm Beach Gardens High School.

Proposal 24. A proposal to remove the one-year limit on the period of warning in which a school on probation is placed. Sponsored by Commissioner Robert W. Hughes.

Proposal 25. A proposal to clarify that the Representative Assembly may vote on proposals to amend the bylaws by signed ballot. Sponsored by Commissioner Robert W. Hughes.

IX. Adjournment until 9 a.m. Tuesday, April 11. Chair.


Session 2, Tuesday, April 11, 2000

X. Call to Order. Pledge of Allegiance. Chair.

XI. 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.

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XII. Second Reading of Proposals to Amend the Bylaws and Balloting. Chair.

The Chair will instruct the Clerk to read the summary sentence 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.

XIII. Announcement of Results of Balloting. Chair.

The Chair will instruct the Clerk to read the results of the balloting on each proposal. It may be necessary for the Chair to declare a brief recess if staff has not yet completed the counting of all ballots. A two-thirds majority vote in the affirmative of the votes cast is needed to adopt a proposal.

XIV. Comments by Delegates to the Representative Assembly.

XV. Closing Comments by Chair and Commissioner.

XVI. Adjournment.