IHSA Announcements

December 1, 2003

Legislative Commission Votes To Place 9 of 14 Proposals On Annual Referendum Ballot

Nine of 14 proposals submitted to change the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) Constitution and/or by-laws were placed on the annual referendum ballot by the Legislative Commission at its second meeting Monday (Dec. 1) in the IHSA Office.

The ballot containing the nine proposals will be mailed to each IHSA member school Wednesday (Dec. 5). Deadline for return of the ballots is Monday, Dec. 22. The ballots will be counted and the results posted on www.ihsa.org Jan. 8, 2004. A simple majority of votes cast on each proposal will determine whether it passes.

Following are the proposals on the 2003 IHSA annual referendum: Nos. 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13 and 14. Proposals that will not be on the ballot are Nos. 3, 4, 5, a revised No. 6 and 11. A total of 30 of the 35 elected commissioners attended Monday's meeting.

The complete listing of proposals can be found by clicking here.  The text of the revised No. 6 amendment, which was defeated, is shown below.

Revise By-law 3.043.3 to read:

3.043.3 The student changes attendance from a private school or a public one IHSA member school with no boundaries to a public high school to another member school in the school district in which which is located within a 30 mile radius of his or her residence; the student resides full time with his or her parents, custodial parent, surviving parent, or guardian; the student is changing high school attendance for the first time; enrolling for the first time in a public member high school with boundaries; and the principals of both of the high schools involved accept the transfer, concurring that there is no evidence of a) any violation or avoidance of, or noncompliance with, any by-law, b) any recruiting in connection with the transfer; or c) athletics is not a motivating factor for the transfer; d) the sending school must provide specific documentation of the reasons necessitating the transfer; and, e) the transfer must be reviewed and approved by the Executive Director based on criteria established by the IHSA Board of Directors.