February 6, 2017 - OHSAA member schools that believe the ODE has miscalculated their enrollment figures from October 31, 2016 can file an appeal with the OHSAA no later than Friday, February 24, 2017. Appeal procedures were sent to all school principals and can also be found below. Complete the Appeal Form and attach as the cover to your appeals report.
View/Print the Appeal Form
Instruction for Appeal of Ohio Department of Education Enrollment Numbers
- Submit a report/written correspondence that supports the enrollment number you are presenting to the OHSAA as a more accurate reflection of your enrollment as of October 31, 2016, and meets the business rule requirements adopted by the OHSAA Board of Directors. Your correspondence should include a detailed explanation of how the school determined that ODE made an error in pulling the data.
- Submit the report and appeal correspondence no later than 4:00 PM on Friday, February 24, 2017. After the posting of the final enrollment numbers by the OHSAA on its website, no further inquiries or appeals will be accepted. The report must be postmarked by the deadline date if mailed, or received by fax or electronic mail by the deadline date. Submit all materials to Roxanne M. Price, OHSAA Assistant Commissioner ([email protected]). Please no phone calls!
- The report and appeal correspondence must be submitted by the school principal and/or superintendent of the school district. No requests for review will be accepted that are not authorized and signed by either the principal or superintendent. No requests for review may be submitted directly to ODE.