November results from District meetings around the state
DISTRICT 1
Public Comment: Melissa Whaley (guest) discussed inquired about the NSAA sanctioning the sport of lacrosse. She noted that Nebraska has 1,000 youth athletes playing the sport and previous meetings with NSAA staff have occurred. Native American schools are very interested in the sport. 24 states currently sanction lacrosse.
Legislative Proposals
1. Class C1 and C2 Girls and Boys Basketball Sub-District/District Assignments.
Passed (20 For, 5 Against, 20 Abstain)
Classes C1 and C2 schools are divided into four regions (Western, Central, Northeast and Southeast as examples). The westernmost region will be made of the 5-6 furthest western schools. The remaining three regions will be composed of 15-18 teams based on geographical area. Those three regions will then serpentine into 3 districts of 4-6 teams based on wildcard points set on our current date. The highest-seeded team will host the sub-district. The winning team in each sub-district will qualify for the district final. The next 6 non-sub-district winners with the highest wild card point averages will also qualify for the district final.
2. Class C1 and C2 Volleyball Sub-District/District Assignments.
Passed (20 For, 6 Against 24 Abstain)
Class C1 and C2 schools are divided into four regions (Western, Central, Northeast and Southeast as examples.) The westernmost region will be made of the 5-6 furthest western schools. The remaining three regions will be composed of 15-18 schools based on geographical area. Those three regions will then serpentine into three districts of 4-6 teams based on wildcard points set on our current date. The highest-seeded team will host the sub-district. The winning team in each sub-district will qualify for the district final, and the next six non-sub-district winners with the highest wild card point averages will qualify for the district final.
3. Utilization of 35-Second Shot Clock for Varsity Contests Class C only (C1 and C2).
Passed (21 For, 7 Against, 22 Abstain)
Implementation of the 35-Second Shot Clock Rule for State Association implementation as allowed for by the NFHS 2022-23 Basketball Rule 2-14 for NSAA Boys and Girls Varsity Basketball Contests in Class C1 & C2 Basketball Only, beginning with the 2024-25 school year/season.
4. NSAA Girls Wrestling Classification Proposal - Adding Class B.
Passed (18 For, 14 Against, 18 Abstain)
The girls wrestling classifications will be determined by the following method: Girls wrestling teams will be divided into two (2) classes based on girls enrollment. Class A would be for the largest 56 schools based on girl enrollment, and the remaining schools would be placed in Class B.
5. New Bylaw 1.5.3.9 - Law Compliance.
Passed (49 For, 1 Against, 0 Abstain)
The Board of Directors may amend the Constitution and Bylaws of the NSAA outside of the Legislative Procedure and Authority process contained in Paragraph 1.5 by action taken at a regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors, when those changes are required by law. Any amendment made by the Board of Directors will take effect immediately upon its passage or at such time as designated by the Board of Directors, and the Executive Director will notify all member schools of the amendment and will update the official copy of the Constitution and Bylaws of the NSAA to reflect the action of the Board of Directors.
6. Home School Transfer Bylaws.
Passed (50 For, 0 Against, 0 Abstain)
New 2.7.6.8 Transfer from a Member School to a Home School. Students who were regular member school students and transfer to a home school in grades 9 through 12 remain eligible to participate for the member school under the following conditions: 1) The student must have received twenty (20) credit hours for the immediate preceding semester; 2) the student must be continuously enrolled in at least twenty (20) credit hours of instruction, and a minimum of five (5) credit hours must be from the member school the student represents in interscholastic competition; 3) the student's part-time enrollment must be in the school in which the student's home school is located. For example, an option student who elects to home school and enroll as a part-time student in the student's resident school is considered a transfer student who must meet all transfer student eligibility requirements.
7. Play Production Outstanding Actor Awards.
Passed (40 For, 6 Against, 4 Abstain)
Change wording from Outstanding Male and Female Performer Awards at districts and state to two Outstanding Performer Awards at districts and state.
8. Speech Final Round Tie-Breaker Determination.
Passed (48 For, 1 Against, 1 Abstain)
Determining Final Rounds: The final round shall consist of six (6) contestants. The following procedures will be used to determine which students advance out of the preliminary rounds:
1 - Lowest Cumulative Speaker Rank if ties in cumulative score bring the number to more than six (6), the following priority system shall be used to break ties:
2 - Opponent's Average Rank (Strength of Schedule) - comparison of which students had more competitive rounds, based on the opponent's average rank.
3 - Head-to-Head Competition: a) if the tied speakers met in only one preliminary round, the speaker that ranked higher in that round advances. b) if the speakers met in both preliminary rounds, and the same speaker ranked higher in both rounds, that speaker advances.
4 - Reciprocals: Rank 1-2-3-4-5-6-7 Reciprocal 1 - 1/2 - 1/3 - 1/4 - 1/5 - 1/6 - 1/7 as a Decimal 1 - 0.5 - 0.33 - 0.25 - 0.20 - 0.17 - 0.14. Then add these numbers and the contestant with the highest score is the best of the three and the next, highest score receives the next rank, etc.
5 - Cumulative Speaker Points
9. Weekly Participation in Interscholastic Play Production.
Passed (30 For, 11 Against, 9 Abstain)
Participation in interscholastic Play Production by any high school student is limited to three contests per calendar week, Monday through Saturday. There shall be no interscholastic Play Production competition on Sunday. This proposal will only increase costs to schools if schools choose to participate in three contests per week.
10. District Final Host in Girls Basketball in C1 and C2. Passed (24 For, 2 Against, 24 Abstain)
a) In Classes C1 and C2, the girls team winning the championship in each sub-district will advance to the District Final
b) The sixteen (16) teams qualifying for the District Final will be matched up using a serpentine method and placed on a 16-team bracket based on wild card point averages through sub-districts. The higher-seeded team will host the District Final game. The girls teams winning the District Finals will advance to the State Tournament.
11. District Final Host in Boys Basketball in C1 and C2
Passed (25 for, 2 Against, 23 Abstain)
a) In Classes C1 and C2, the boys team winning the championship in each sub-district will advance to the District Final
b) The sixteen (16) teams qualifying for the District Final will be matched up using a serpentine method and placed on a 16-team bracket based on wild card point averages through sub-districts. The higher-seeded team will host the District Final game. The boys teams winning the District Finals will advance to the State Tournament.
c) If teams are more than 180 miles apart, the District Final game will be played on the Saturday following sub-district play.
12. District Final Host in Volleyball in C1 and C2.
Passed (25 For, 2 Against, 23 Abstain)
a) In Classes C1 and C2, the girls team winning the championship in each sub-district will advance to the District Final
b) The sixteen (16) teams qualifying for the District Final will be matched up using a serpentine method and placed on a 16-team bracket based on wild card point averages through sub-districts. The higher-seeded team will host the District Final game. The girls teams winning the District Finals will advance to the State Tournament.
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