HANDBOOK - Kansas State High School Activities Association

2024-25 Edition

KSHSAA HANDBOOK

Kansas State High School Activities Association

601 SW Commerce Place; Topeka, KS 66615

Phone: 785-273-5329; kshsaa@



Kansas State High School Activities Association

Mission Statement

Adopted September 2009

The Kansas State High School Activities Association (KSHSAA) serves students by

providing leadership for the administration of education based interscholastic

activities.

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Belief Statements

We believe...

? Member schools are the Kansas State High School Activities Association (KSHSAA).

? The KSHSAA is a student-centered organization.

? The KSHSAA is the recognized state authority on interscholastic activity programs.

? Our Association is strengthened by equity and diversity.

? Each school choosing membership in the KSHSAA is equally important and has a direct voice in governing the

organization.

? KSHSAA is best governed by representatives of the member schools and its affiliated organizations.

? Each KSHSAA sponsored activity is equally important.

? Student participation in interscholastic activity programs and competitions is a privilege.

? Participation in interscholastic programs promotes student academic achievement.

? Interscholastic activity programs promote positive school/community relations.

? Safety, quality and fairness in interscholastic activity programs are essential.

? Fiscal responsibility by the KSHSAA benefits member schools.

? Participation in interscholastic programs promotes good citizenship, improves life skills and builds character.

? Honesty, integrity and sportsmanship are the fundamentals upon which all interscholastic programs are built.

? All professionals that are in contact with students should be knowledgeable and properly trained.

NOTICE OF NON-DISCRIMINATION

The Kansas State High School Activities Association does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex,

disability or age in its programs and activities. Questions regarding this policy should be directed to the Association¡¯s Executive

Director, Bill Faflick, at 601 Commerce Place, Topeka, KS 66601; phone number 785-273-5329.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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PAGE

MISSION STATEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . Inside Front Cover

ACTIVITY PARTICIPATION

MAJOR HANDBOOK REVISIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7

Rule 27 Forfeiture and Restitution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

KSHSAA STAFF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Rule 28 Music Festivals and Athletics . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

EXECUTIVE BOARD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Rule 29 Cooperative Agreement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

APPEAL BOARD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Rule 30 Seasons of Activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44-46

BOARD OF DIRECTORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-12

Rule 31 Other Sports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

STATE OF KANSAS IDENTIFYING STATUTES. . . . . . . 13-14

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-16

BYLAWS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17-25

ATHLETIC EVENTS

Rule 32 Baseball (Boys) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46-47

Rule 33 Basketball (Girls and Boys) . . . . . . . . . . . . 47-49

RULES and REGULATIONS GOVERNING

GRADES 7 - 12

AMENDMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Rule 1 National Federation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Rule 2 Dates and Location of Sites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Rule 3 Entry Fees, Tickets, Accounting. . . . . . . . . . 26-27

Rule 4 U.S. Olympic Trials and Competition . . . . . . . . 27

Rule 5 Senior High Classifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27-28

Rule 6 Annual Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Rule 7 Physical Examination, Consent. . . . . . . . . . 28-29

Rule 8 Middle/Junior High Participation. . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Rule 9 Moratoriums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

QUALIFICATIONS of COACHES and

MUSIC DIRECTORS

Rule 10 Qualifications of Coaches, Directors . . . . . . . 31

Rule 11 Athletic Officials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

INDIVIDUAL ELIGIBILITY

Rule 12 Eligibility Lists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Rule 13 Scholarship Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . 32-33

Rule 14 Bona Fide Student. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33-34

Rule 15 Enrollment Attendance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34-35

Rule 16 Semester Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Rule 17 Age Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35-36

Rule 18 Transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36-39

Rule 19 Undue Influence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39-40

Rule 20 Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Rule 21 Amateur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40-41

Rule 22 Outside Competition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Rule 23 Mixed Teams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Rule 24 All-Star Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Rule 25 Anti-Fraternity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Rule 26 Anti-Tryout and Private Instruction . . . . . 42-43

Rule 34 Cross Country (Girls and Boys) . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Rule 35 Football (Boys). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49-51

Rule 36 Golf (Girls and Boys). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51-52

Rule 37 Gymnastics (Girls and Boys) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Rule 38 Soccer (Girls and Boys) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52-53

Rule 39 Softball (Girls). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53-54

Rule 40 Swimming & Diving (Girls and Boys). . . . . . . . 54

Rule 41 Tennis (Girls and Boys). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Rule 42 Track and Field (Girls and Boys) . . . . . . . . 55-56

Rule 43 Volleyball (Girls). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56-57

Rule 44 Wrestling (Girls and Boys) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57-58

Rule 45 Bowling (Girls and Boys). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

NON-ATHLETIC EVENTS

Rule 46 Music. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59-60

Rule 47 Debate and Speech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60-61

Rule 48 Spirit and Spirit Competition Groups . . . 61-62

Rule 49 Kansas Association for Youth . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Rule 50 Student Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Rule 51 Scholars Bowl. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Rule 53 Interscholastic Activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

CITIZENSHIP/SPORTSMANSHIP

Rule 52 Citizenship/Sportsmanship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Historical Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64-65

Affiliated Associations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Athletic Assoc. Board of Control Members . . . . . . . . . 65

Activities Assoc. Board of Control Members. . . . . . . . 66

Executive Board Members (following reorganization) . . . . . 66-70

Administrative Staff History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71-73

NFHS History and Philosophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74-75

INDEX. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76-80

KSHSAA Projected Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81-82

MAJOR HANDBOOK REVISIONS

for the 2024-25 school year

BYLAW

Bylaw XIV ¨C Approval of Events, Section 3

Temporarily suspended while a replacement for the discontinuing NASSP list is found.

RULES

18-1-4, Transfer

Added two exemptions for situations arising from new state law regarding non-public students to allow for full varsity

eligibility in certain situations.

26-1-4, Anti-Tryout and Private Instruction

Allows for group training or tryouts to be held by colleges during season of sport.

32-2-4, Baseball??

Increase number of games for varsity teams to 26 during the regular season.

36-2-3, Golf (Girls & Boys) ??

Allows for state competition to be a two-day tournament.

36-2-6, Golf (Girls & Boys) ??

Removed inaccurate language about summer tournaments.

36-2-6, Golf (Girls & Boys) ??

Adjusts language to allow for competition to begin earlier during school days.??

39-2-4, Softball

Increase number of games for varsity teams to 26 during the regular season.

41-2-4, Tennis (Girls & Boys)

Updated language.

41-3-2, Tennis (Girls & Boys)

Match competition criteria with high schools.

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2024-2025 KSHSAA Handbook

KANSAS LEGISLATURE CHANGES AFFECTING KSHSAA RULES

HOUSE SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 387

During the 2024 legislative session, language to state statue was updated to allow virtual school students (specifically

public virtual school enrolled students) to participate in KSHSAA sponsored activities without enrollment in the local public school. The updated language from House Substitute for Senate Bill 387 is written below:

K.S.A. 72-7121

(a) Any student who meets the requirements of this section shall be permitted to participate in any activities offered

by a school district that are regulated, supervised, promoted and developed by the activities association referred

to in K.S.A. 72-7114, and amendments thereto. A student shall be permitted to participate in any such activities if

such student:

(1) Is a resident of the school district;

(2) is enrolled and attending a virtual school as defined in K.S.A. 72-3712, and amendments thereto, or a nonpublic

elementary or secondary school;

(3) complies with the requirements of K.S.A. 72-6262, and amendments thereto, prior to participation in any such

activity;

(4) meets any applicable age and eligibility requirements set forth by the activities association referred to in K.S.A.

72-7114, and amendments thereto, that are not otherwise in conflict with this section;

(5) pays any fees required by the school district for participation in such activity if such fees are generally imposed

upon all other students who participate in such activity; and

(6) seeks participation at the appropriate school of the school district that corresponds to where such student

resides within the school district¡¯s respective school attendance boundaries established by the board of education of the school district.

(b)

(1) Any student attending a home school who seeks to participate in an activity in the student¡¯s resident school

district shall be deemed to meet any academic eligibility requirements established by the activities association

for participation in an activity if:

(A) The student is maintaining satisfactory progress towards achievement or promotion to the next grade

level; and

(B) the parent, teacher or organization that provides instruction to the student submits an affidavit or transcript to the activities association indicating the student meets the academic eligibility requirements of

subparagraph (A).

(2) Upon submission of an affidavit, the student attending a home school shall be deemed to meet any academic

eligibility requirements established by the activities association and shall retain such academic eligibility during

the activity season for which such affidavit is submitted.

(c) Except as provided in subsection (d), a student attending a virtual school as defined in K.S.A. 72-3712, and amendments

thereto, who seeks to participate in an activity in the student¡¯s resident school district shall not be required to enroll in or

attend a minimum number of courses at such school district.

(d) The board of education of a school district may require a student who participates in an activity pursuant to this

section to enroll in a particular course or complete a particular course as a condition of participation, if such requirement is imposed upon all other students who participate in such activity.

(d) (e) Except as provided in subsection (b), any student who seeks to participate in an activity pursuant to this section

shall be subject to any tryout or other participation requirements that are otherwise applicable to all other students

for participation in the activity.

(e)

This section shall take effect on and after July 1, 2023.

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