Breaking News: Major Shift in NCHSAA Classifications
The N.C. High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) has passed a proposed amendment that will change how the organization manages its classifications. According to an email from the association, there will now be a 64-school cap on all classes, bringing the NCHSAA to at least seven classifications starting in the fall of 2025.
The amendment required the approval of 324 of the NCHSAA's 432 principals, and Commissioner Que Tucker informed the membership of the passage via email on Tuesday morning. More details will be released during the NCHSAA's annual meeting next month.
This is the first time the NCHSAA has expanded classifications since the 1969-70 school year, and any change to the number of classifications had to come through a membership vote like this one. To change any bylaw, three-fourths of the entire membership must vote in favor. Schools that fail to respond to the vote are essentially counted as "no" votes. A similar proposal to expand classification failed in 2020, with 68 percent voting yes.
The amendment states that teams will be placed into classifications solely by ADM (average daily membership). The current model takes into account a school's Wells Fargo Cup points and ISP data from the past three years.
However, there is currently a bill in the General Assembly (SB 636) that, among other things, would limit the NCHSAA to four classifications and require the NCHSAA to move all charter and parochial schools up one class regardless of their ADM. If the bill passes with the "four classifications" stipulation still intact, it would nullify the bylaw amendment for more classifications.
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