The NSAA Board of Directors met May 17, 2018 at the Association Office in Lincoln with the following members present:
Meeting was called to order at 8:00 a.m.
1. Moved to approve the Consent Agenda as presented. Items on the Consent Agenda included: the meeting Agenda as amended; approval of the Minutes of the April 5, 2018 regular Board of Directors meeting; approval of the Minutes of the April 6, 2018 Representative Assembly; approval of the Minutes of the April 10, 2018 Play Production Advisory Committee; approval of the Financial Statements; approval of cooperative sponsorship renewals for Fillmore Central and Exeter-Milligan High Schools for softball; Pender and Emerson-Hubbard High Schools for boys track and girls track; Norfolk, Lutheran High Northeast and Norfolk Catholic High Schools for baseball and boys swimming; Norfolk, Lutheran High Northeast, Norfolk Catholic and Wisner-Pilger High Schools for girls swimming; and approval of dissolution of cooperative sponsorship for Omaha Roncalli and Omaha Concordia High Schools for girls golf. Motion Carried: 8-0
2. Moved to revise Approved Ruling 2.14.1 regarding adding emerging sports as follows:
3. Moved to award the State Duals Wrestling Championships to Kearney for a three-year period. Motion Carried: 8-0
4. Moved to approve the approved ruling proposals from the classification caucus process: Class A Golf, Class A Soccer, Softball, Football, Volleyball, Basketball and Baseball. Motion Carried: 8-0
5. Moved to revise the action of the Board on April 5, 2018 with regard to the December Moratorium for the Girls Basketball programs for Omaha Northwest, Fremont and South Sioux City High Schools to maintain 5 consecutive days from December 23-27, provided that if any of those schools are scheduled to play in a conference basketball tournament on December 27, 2018, the school requesting the waiver may play the game with no practice on such date, and must observe two additional moratorium dates on January 1 and 2, 2019. Motion Carried: 7-1 (For: Norvell, Wieskamp, Reznicek, Beyer, Bellar, Keyser, Garey | Against: Unzicker)
6. Moved to approve the addition to Approved Ruling 3.1.2 that waivers of the December Moratorium may be considered by the NSAA Board of Directors on a case-by-case basis; however, if competition or travel infringes on the designated December Moratorium dates, the Moratorium for such teams shall be readjusted to include five consecutive days to include December 24 and 25. Schools must submit a timely waiver request to the executive director , and the wavier request will be placed on a subsequent NSAA Board meeting agenda. Motion Carried: 8-0. NSAA staff will notify schools of this policy change so that previous actions will no longer be considered precedence.
7. The Board discussed the hosting agreements for girls and boys state basketball.
8. Moved to approve an increase in daily admission rates at the State Volleyball Championships to $9 for adults and $6 for students. Motion Carried: 8-0
9. Moved to approve the statewide, sixteen team brackets for Class D1 and D2 volleyball district finals. Motion Carried: 5-3 (For: Norvell, Wieskamp, Reznicek, Beyer, Bellar | Against: Keyser, Garey, Unzicker)
10. Moved to permit schools to opt up one classification in any activity without having to opt up in all [Approved Ruling 2.13.2 (B)]. Motion Carried: 8-0
11. Moved to approve the transfer request from Grand Island Central Catholic High School.
12. Moved to approve the policy on comments and negative actions against officials and judges for all NSAA activities. Motion Carried: 8-0
13. Moved to approve the due process procedures for officials and judges to be included in the updated officials manual. Motion Carried: 8-0
14. Moved to have the Executive Director select a committee to review District boundaries and student transfer concerns and possible solutions. Motion Carried: 8-0
15. Moved to move the deadline for submission of fall cooperative sponsorships to July 1. Motion Carried: 8-0
16. Moved to go into Executive Session at 10:56 a.m. for purposes of deliberations on Fremont's waiver request for the December Moratorium and on the Grand Island Central Catholic transfer situation, to discuss revision to the Executive Director's contract and transition needs, and for purposes of preventing needless injury to the reputation of an individual or individuals, and for protection of the public interest. Motion Carried: 8-0
17. Moved to exit Executive Session at 11:39 a.m. Motion Carried: 8-0
18. Moved to make the recommended revisions to the Executive Director's contract. Motion Carried: 7-0 (Abstain: Bellar)
19. Nolan Beyer and Jay Bellar were recognized and thanked for their years of service as Board members. Tom Lee and Jon Cerny were also recognized as they begin their service to the NSAA Board of Directors.
20. Dr. Tenopir reported on the reprimand report; the Administrative Outreach Seminars; May 1 transfers; hotel accommodations for 2018-19; the NFHS Summer Meeting; wrestler domicile update; and the parental inquiry about SafeSport legislation.
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 11:57 a.m.
The next meeting of the NSAA Board of Directors will be a Retreat/Work Session and will be held on June 19 and 20, 2018.
District I - Mark Norvell, Fillmore Central
District I - Kathi Wieskamp, Lincoln Public Schools
District II - Dr. Bob Reznicek, Boys Town
District II - Nolan Beyer, Millard Public Schools
District III - Jay Bellar, Battle Creek
District IV - Dan Keyser, Sutherland
District V - Alan Garey, Medicine Valley
District VI - Dr. Troy Unzicker, Alliance
Also in attendance were Rex Schultze, NSAA Legal Counsel; Dr. Jon Cerny, Bancroft-Rosalie High School; Kelly Classen, NHSOA Executive Director; Mark Shepard, Superintendent, Fremont Public Schools; Scott Anderson, Activities Director, Fremont Public Schools.District I - Kathi Wieskamp, Lincoln Public Schools
District II - Dr. Bob Reznicek, Boys Town
District II - Nolan Beyer, Millard Public Schools
District III - Jay Bellar, Battle Creek
District IV - Dan Keyser, Sutherland
District V - Alan Garey, Medicine Valley
District VI - Dr. Troy Unzicker, Alliance
Meeting was called to order at 8:00 a.m.
1. Moved to approve the Consent Agenda as presented. Items on the Consent Agenda included: the meeting Agenda as amended; approval of the Minutes of the April 5, 2018 regular Board of Directors meeting; approval of the Minutes of the April 6, 2018 Representative Assembly; approval of the Minutes of the April 10, 2018 Play Production Advisory Committee; approval of the Financial Statements; approval of cooperative sponsorship renewals for Fillmore Central and Exeter-Milligan High Schools for softball; Pender and Emerson-Hubbard High Schools for boys track and girls track; Norfolk, Lutheran High Northeast and Norfolk Catholic High Schools for baseball and boys swimming; Norfolk, Lutheran High Northeast, Norfolk Catholic and Wisner-Pilger High Schools for girls swimming; and approval of dissolution of cooperative sponsorship for Omaha Roncalli and Omaha Concordia High Schools for girls golf. Motion Carried: 8-0
2. Moved to revise Approved Ruling 2.14.1 regarding adding emerging sports as follows:
Emerging sport means there is statewide interest for the activity to become sanctioned under the NSAA. The membership shall consider the following criteria when recommending a new or emerging activity for NSAA sanction:
(1) Results from a formal survey submitted by the requesting parties that provides data regarding number of schools participating, student participation numbers, coaches availability (salary cost estimate), funding (equipment, uniforms, etc.), site availability, season of sport preferred, etc. The school administrator(s) submitting the proposal to add an emerging sport or activity should submit the separate disaggregated survey results of athletic/activities directors AND school superintendents. In addition to the information requested above, such survey to member schools should determine whether the respective schools would participate in the activity, if implemented. The name of each school participating in the survey should be attached to such survey results in order that it might help determine whether there is a sufficient number of schools within a geographical area to warrant implementation.
(2) Data regarding the positive/negative impact of the addition to the proportionality ranges and sport offerings to the membership and the NSAA. Title IX compliance needs to be a factor in considering whether to implement the activity. Implementation of a single gender activity generally should not adversely impact participation proportionality or Title IX compliance, if implemented.
(3) Adequate number of schools in geographical area to complete a schedule (Statewide programs or Metro centered).
(4) Travel
(5) Practice and competition site availability. If the proposed sport or activity requires a practice or competition facility not currently offered by most schools, details should be provided to specify how such facility consideration would be handled.
(6) Cost estimates per school for start and maintenance for the activity.
(7) Officials' availability, training/certification, fees.
(8) Cost estimates for NSAA Championships (awards, officials, site rental, administration, etc.). Generally, post-season competition would not be considered for the three years as an emerging sport or activity; rather, post-season competition would generally be reserved until after the three-year emerging sport or activity.
(9) Safety and liability issues with the new activity.
(10) Emerging sport or activity proposals, including the surveys and other required information, must be submitted by an authorized school administrator(s) of a member school or schools to the NSAA executive director by November 1 in the year immediately preceding the desired year of implementation. The Board shall study and act on the proposal in a timely manner.
(11) The NSAA Board of Directors reserves the right to designate a different starting date and season of the activity proposed for the emerging sport or activity.
(12) The proposal to add an emerging sport or activity should list the pros and cons of such implementation. Emerging sport or activity implementation determinations would be made by the NSAA Board of Directors. The NSAA Board of Directors may approve emerging sport status for up to three years as a non-sanctioned school-sponsored activity.
Motion Carried: 8-0(1) Results from a formal survey submitted by the requesting parties that provides data regarding number of schools participating, student participation numbers, coaches availability (salary cost estimate), funding (equipment, uniforms, etc.), site availability, season of sport preferred, etc. The school administrator(s) submitting the proposal to add an emerging sport or activity should submit the separate disaggregated survey results of athletic/activities directors AND school superintendents. In addition to the information requested above, such survey to member schools should determine whether the respective schools would participate in the activity, if implemented. The name of each school participating in the survey should be attached to such survey results in order that it might help determine whether there is a sufficient number of schools within a geographical area to warrant implementation.
(2) Data regarding the positive/negative impact of the addition to the proportionality ranges and sport offerings to the membership and the NSAA. Title IX compliance needs to be a factor in considering whether to implement the activity. Implementation of a single gender activity generally should not adversely impact participation proportionality or Title IX compliance, if implemented.
(3) Adequate number of schools in geographical area to complete a schedule (Statewide programs or Metro centered).
(4) Travel
(5) Practice and competition site availability. If the proposed sport or activity requires a practice or competition facility not currently offered by most schools, details should be provided to specify how such facility consideration would be handled.
(6) Cost estimates per school for start and maintenance for the activity.
(7) Officials' availability, training/certification, fees.
(8) Cost estimates for NSAA Championships (awards, officials, site rental, administration, etc.). Generally, post-season competition would not be considered for the three years as an emerging sport or activity; rather, post-season competition would generally be reserved until after the three-year emerging sport or activity.
(9) Safety and liability issues with the new activity.
(10) Emerging sport or activity proposals, including the surveys and other required information, must be submitted by an authorized school administrator(s) of a member school or schools to the NSAA executive director by November 1 in the year immediately preceding the desired year of implementation. The Board shall study and act on the proposal in a timely manner.
(11) The NSAA Board of Directors reserves the right to designate a different starting date and season of the activity proposed for the emerging sport or activity.
(12) The proposal to add an emerging sport or activity should list the pros and cons of such implementation. Emerging sport or activity implementation determinations would be made by the NSAA Board of Directors. The NSAA Board of Directors may approve emerging sport status for up to three years as a non-sanctioned school-sponsored activity.
3. Moved to award the State Duals Wrestling Championships to Kearney for a three-year period. Motion Carried: 8-0
4. Moved to approve the approved ruling proposals from the classification caucus process: Class A Golf, Class A Soccer, Softball, Football, Volleyball, Basketball and Baseball. Motion Carried: 8-0
5. Moved to revise the action of the Board on April 5, 2018 with regard to the December Moratorium for the Girls Basketball programs for Omaha Northwest, Fremont and South Sioux City High Schools to maintain 5 consecutive days from December 23-27, provided that if any of those schools are scheduled to play in a conference basketball tournament on December 27, 2018, the school requesting the waiver may play the game with no practice on such date, and must observe two additional moratorium dates on January 1 and 2, 2019. Motion Carried: 7-1 (For: Norvell, Wieskamp, Reznicek, Beyer, Bellar, Keyser, Garey | Against: Unzicker)
6. Moved to approve the addition to Approved Ruling 3.1.2 that waivers of the December Moratorium may be considered by the NSAA Board of Directors on a case-by-case basis; however, if competition or travel infringes on the designated December Moratorium dates, the Moratorium for such teams shall be readjusted to include five consecutive days to include December 24 and 25. Schools must submit a timely waiver request to the executive director , and the wavier request will be placed on a subsequent NSAA Board meeting agenda. Motion Carried: 8-0. NSAA staff will notify schools of this policy change so that previous actions will no longer be considered precedence.
7. The Board discussed the hosting agreements for girls and boys state basketball.
8. Moved to approve an increase in daily admission rates at the State Volleyball Championships to $9 for adults and $6 for students. Motion Carried: 8-0
9. Moved to approve the statewide, sixteen team brackets for Class D1 and D2 volleyball district finals. Motion Carried: 5-3 (For: Norvell, Wieskamp, Reznicek, Beyer, Bellar | Against: Keyser, Garey, Unzicker)
10. Moved to permit schools to opt up one classification in any activity without having to opt up in all [Approved Ruling 2.13.2 (B)]. Motion Carried: 8-0
11. Moved to approve the transfer request from Grand Island Central Catholic High School.
12. Moved to approve the policy on comments and negative actions against officials and judges for all NSAA activities. Motion Carried: 8-0
13. Moved to approve the due process procedures for officials and judges to be included in the updated officials manual. Motion Carried: 8-0
14. Moved to have the Executive Director select a committee to review District boundaries and student transfer concerns and possible solutions. Motion Carried: 8-0
15. Moved to move the deadline for submission of fall cooperative sponsorships to July 1. Motion Carried: 8-0
16. Moved to go into Executive Session at 10:56 a.m. for purposes of deliberations on Fremont's waiver request for the December Moratorium and on the Grand Island Central Catholic transfer situation, to discuss revision to the Executive Director's contract and transition needs, and for purposes of preventing needless injury to the reputation of an individual or individuals, and for protection of the public interest. Motion Carried: 8-0
17. Moved to exit Executive Session at 11:39 a.m. Motion Carried: 8-0
18. Moved to make the recommended revisions to the Executive Director's contract. Motion Carried: 7-0 (Abstain: Bellar)
19. Nolan Beyer and Jay Bellar were recognized and thanked for their years of service as Board members. Tom Lee and Jon Cerny were also recognized as they begin their service to the NSAA Board of Directors.
20. Dr. Tenopir reported on the reprimand report; the Administrative Outreach Seminars; May 1 transfers; hotel accommodations for 2018-19; the NFHS Summer Meeting; wrestler domicile update; and the parental inquiry about SafeSport legislation.
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 11:57 a.m.
The next meeting of the NSAA Board of Directors will be a Retreat/Work Session and will be held on June 19 and 20, 2018.