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The Board approved the list of schools that renewed their membership with the OHSAA for the 2021-22 school year. There are currently 817 member high schools and 747 member 7th-8th grade schools. The OHSAA remains the fourth-largest state association in the country for member schools. 

Please meet the 2021-22 OHSAA Board of Directors at: https://www.ohsaa.org/about/BOD and read a Q&A with Board President Scott Kaufman at: https://www.ohsaa.org/news-media/articles/ohsaa-qa-with-board-of-directors-president-scott-kaufman 

The Board approved the tournament regulations for the upcoming fall sports tournaments and received other updates from the OHSAA sport administrators. Fall sports include:   

The Board was provided the OHSAA financial reports and the overall OHSAA financial outlook. Of note, 80-percent of the OHSAA’s profit for the entire 2020-21 school year came from the spring tournaments, as attendance restrictions were lifted at that time.

The Board approved the tournament broadcast rates for the 2021-22 school year. The rate card is posted at: https://ohsaaweb.blob.core.windows.net/files/News/Media/TournamentBroadcastRates.pdf  

The Board reviewed and discussed tournament proposed ticket prices for the 2021-22 school year and is expected to approve a final recommendation on ticket prices from the Executive Director’s Office at an upcoming meeting.   

The Board was updated on the upcoming annual OHSAA Student Leadership Conference, which will be held virtually this year on Tuesday, October 5. There is no cost for schools to participate in the conference and it will be available for viewing afterwards. Previously, the in-person conference has been the largest one-day student leadership conference in the country with 1,500 students gathering at The Ohio State University. The OHSAA anticipates an even larger number of participants online and welcomes entire classrooms to watch the conference together. Registration will begin the week of September 13.

In accordance with Constitution Article 8-1-1, the Board approved an emergency referendum item for a vote by member school principals to take place between September 1-15, 2021. The referendum item, if approved, will restore the bylaws/exceptions that were previously removed due to legislative action in August 2019 and are currently shown as “strike-throughs” in the current OHSAA Handbook under the Transfer Bylaws. More information about this emergency vote will be forthcoming to schools in the near future. A complete text of the bylaws/exceptions which are being presented for restoration are outlined at: https://ohsaaweb.blob.core.windows.net/files/SchoolResources/refvote/EmergencyReferendum-FINAL.pdf

The Board reviewed the list of recent infractions by OHSAA member schools. Since the Board’s last meeting, consequences were issued to five schools for violations of OHSAA bylaws or sports regulations. The list of infractions will be included in the complete Board meeting minutes posted at OHSAA.org.

The OHSAA staff conducted two in-person school administrator workshops in August and will conduct a third workshop virtually on August 31 to provide updates and reminders in several areas and answer commonly asked questions.