Feb 6, 2017 - Fax (614) 267-1677 ... Please be advised that OHSAA utilizes only the enrollment numbers that have been ..
OHIO HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION 4080 Roselea Place, Columbus, Ohio 43214 Phone (614) 267-2502 Fax (614) 267-1677 Website: www.ohsaa.org
February 6, 2017 The male and female enrollments of OHSAA member schools are used to determine OHSAA governance classifications (AAA, AA, A) and the OHSAA tournament divisions for each sport. The enrollment figures for your school are listed at the end of this correspondence and are based on the number of students in grades 9, 10 and 11 with athletic participation opportunities at BRYAN as of October 31, 2016. OHSAA Bylaw 2-1-3 indicates that enrollment management information used for classification shall be provided by the Ohio Department of Education’s Educational Management Information System (EMIS) to the OHSAA. All boys and girls in grades, 9, 10, 11 who were enrolled as of October 31, 2016 shall be counted for enrollment purposes with the exception of students who have been identified on your report(s) to ODE as children with disabilities within the multiple-handicapped category, as deaf/blind or identified as having a traumatic brain injury. OHSAA Bylaw 2-1-4 and OHSAA Bylaw 2-1-5 specifically addresses schools that consolidate and schools that open or close in a multi-high school district respectively. Please be advised that OHSAA utilizes only the enrollment numbers that have been reported to ODE by each respective member school pursuant to OHSAA Bylaw 2-1-3 and the OHSAA Board of Director’s adopted business rules. An exception to Bylaw 4-3-1, Enrollment and Attendance, permits students who attend alternative schools and STEM schools sponsored by a school district to have participation opportunities at the member school sponsored by that respective district. These students are added into the enrollment counts of the member schools in that respective district. Students who attend community schools and STEM schools that are sponsored by a separate governing board have participation opportunities at the public school in their “residential district” pursuant to Ohio Revised Code (ORC) 3313.537, these students will NOT be included in member schools’ base enrollment counts. These non-enrolled students will be addresses by competitive balance. There may be a few instances where students may need to be excluded from enrollment counts because the students are in “lock down facilities” and they have no opportunity to participate in interscholastic athletics. The students may be included in a member school’s enrollment count because the school district bears the responsibility for educating the student. Member schools that have such an arrangement may submit written information to the OHSAA that indicates the arrangement and should include in the correspondence the number of students enrolled in grades 9-11, by gender, who should be excluded from the enrollment count. Finally, if the enrollment count indicated for any member school was less than 10 (
