Official Agenda of the
Fourth FHSAA Representative Assembly

Monday & Tuesday, Apr. 9-10, 2001
Best Western Gateway Grand
Gainesville, Florida


The Fourth Representative Assembly of the Florida High School Activities Association will meet at the Best Western Gateway, Gainesville, Florida, beginning at 1 p.m. Monday, April 9, 2001, and 9 a.m., Tuesday, April 10, 2001.

Session 1, Monday, April 9, 2001

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 eliminate the reference to a specific physical address for the Association office. Source: Robert W. Hughes, Commissioner, FHSAA.

Proposal 2. A proposal to establish August 1 as the deadline for filing an application for membership by a prospective new member school. Source: Robert W. Hughes, Commissioner, FHSAA.

Proposal 3. A proposal to require that member senior high schools that desire to participate in the Association’s state championship series in any sport sponsor a diverse and well-rounded athletic program. Source: Robert W. Hughes, Commissioner, FHSAA.

Proposal 4. A proposal to adjust upward by 50 percent the student populations of private schools and university laboratory schools for the purpose of assigning such schools to classifications. Source: Denise Butler, principal, Apalachicola High School; Kenneth E. Daffin, principal, Cottondale High School; Chris Earley, principal, Port St. Joe High School; Sam Haywood, principal, Hawthorne High School; Richard Kennedy, athletic director, Liberty County High School (Bristol); Rocky Pace, principal, Greensboro High School; Rosalyn Smith, principal, Chattahoochee High School; Drew Stone, principal, Trenton High School; Keith Summers, assistant principal, Blountstown High School; William F. Truby, principal, Wewahitchka High School; Tom Vickers, athletic director, Graceville High School.

Proposal 5(a). A proposal to permit member school coaches to have contact with non-school teams comprised, in whole or in part, of their athletes outside of the sports season during the school year. Source: David F. Lauer, principal, George Jenkins High School (Lakeland).

Proposal 5(b). A proposal to eliminate the “50-percent rule”, thereby allowing member school coaches to have contact with non-school teams comprised, in whole or in part, of their athletes outside of the sports season during the school year. Source: Jeff Paris, athletic director, Miami Carol City High School.

Proposal 6. A proposal to require a student to be enrolled in school within 10 schools of the beginning of each semester in a school year, rather than just at the beginning of the school year. Source: Robert W. Hughes, Commissioner, FHSAA.

Proposal 7. A proposal to permit students who attend non-member public middle schools and junior high schools that do not have athletic programs to participate in interscholastic athletics at a member public school in that same school district on the middle school or junior high school level only. Source: Richard Kennedy, athletic director, Liberty County High School (Bristol); Neva P. Miller, assistant principal, Blountstown Middle School; Keith Summers, assistant principal, Blountstown High School.

Proposal 8. A proposal to define the terms “enrollment” and “attendance” as used in FHSAA bylaws. Source: Robert W. Hughes, Commissioner, FHSAA.

Proposal 9. A proposal to establish that students will be eligible to represent in interscholastic competition only that school which serves the attendance zone in which the student resides with his/her parent(s), guardian(s) or other individual(s) with whom he/she has resided for a full year. Source: Denise Butler, principal, Apalachicola High School; Kenneth E. Daffin, principal, Cottondale High School; Chris Earley, principal, Port St. Joe High School; Sam Haywood, principal, Hawthorne High School; Richard Kennedy, athletic director, Liberty County High School (Bristol); Rocky Pace, principal, Greensboro High School; Rosalyn Smith, principal, Chattahoochee High School; Drew Stone, principal, Trenton High School; Keith Summers, assistant principal, Blountstown High School; William F. Truby, principal, Wewahitchka High School; Tom Vickers, athletic director, Graceville High School.

Proposal 10. A proposal to clarify that enrolling in a new school at the beginning of the ninth grade after completion of the eighth grade is not a transfer between schools. Source: Bobby Reinhart, athletic director, Berkeley Preparatory School (Tampa).

Proposal 11. A proposal to permit students who transfer schools (public to private and vice versa) during a school year to participate in interscholastic athletic competition on the sub-varsity level for the duration of the school year in the new school.Source: Bobby Reinhart, athletic director, Berkeley Preparatory School (Tampa).

Proposal 12. A proposal to permit students who transfer schools (public to public and private to private) during a school year to participate in interscholastic athletic competition on the sub-varsity level for the duration of the school year in the new school.Source: Bobby Reinhart, athletic director, Berkeley Preparatory School (Tampa).

Proposal 13(a). A proposal to clarify that a student who participates in non-school athletics on a team that is affiliated with a school other than the one the student attends or attended in the previous year and subsequently transfers to that school is considered to have done so either because he/she was recruited or for athletic reasons. Source: Robert W. Hughes, Commissioner, FHSAA.

Proposal 13(b). A proposal to exempt a student who participates in individually based summer programs or camps affiliated with a school other than the one the student attends or attended and subsequently transfers to that school from a finding that such a transfer is prima facie evidence that the student was recruited or transferred for athletic reasons. Source: Bobby Reinhart, athletic director, Berkeley Preparatory School (Tampa).

Proposal 14. A proposal to clarify that by filing a request for an undue hardship waiver, the student and his/her school acknowledge that the student is ineligible according to FHSAA rules, and to better establish the criteria for determining the validity of an undue hardship. Source: Robert W. Hughes, Commissioner, FHSAA.

Proposal 15. A proposal to hold in abeyance the effects of a ruling by the Commissioner when a school files an appeal of that ruling until the appeal has been ruled upon by the Sectional Appeals Committee. Source: Gary B. Adams, principal, Westminster Christian School (Miami).

Proposal 16. A proposal to hold in abeyance the effects of a ruling by the Commissioner and the subsequent sustaining of that ruling by the Sectional Appeals Committee when a school files an appeal until the appeal has been ruled upon by the Board of Directors. Source: Gary B. Adams, principal, Westminster Christian School (Miami).

IX. Adjournment until 9 a.m. Tuesday, April 10. Chair.


Session 2, Tuesday, April 10, 2001

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.

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 onall 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.