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3. Classification Enrollment
The enrollment figure used to classify a high school may vary based on the sport and activity, depending on whether the 1.65 multiplier is applied or a waiver has been granted. The figure used for classification is known as a school’s “classification enrollment.”
Non-boundaried school multiplier
IHSA By-Law 3.170 directs that a 1.65 multiplier be applied to the enrollment of all non-boundaried schools. As defined by the by-law, a non-boundaried school is any private school, charter school, lab school, magnet school, residential school, any public school in a multi-high school district that does not accept students from a fixed portion of the district, or any public school that charges less than the full tuition rate authorized by the Illinois School Code.
Waivers of the multiplier are granted automatically, as described in the next section.
Waivers
By-Law 3.170 provides for waivers of the 1.65 multiplier on non-boundaried schools. Waivers are granted to individual sport and activity programs on a two-year basis. Waivers are granted only in sports and activities that are conducted in more than one class. All waivers and success advancements for non-boundaried schools will be determined on the individual sport and activity program’s performance for the previous two (2) school terms. Programs at non-boundaried schools that qualify for a waiver prior to the beginning of a two-year classification cycle will maintain the waiver during the entire two-year period.
Non-boundaried school programs not eligible for a waiver
A sport or activity program at a particular non-boundaried school is not eligible for an automatic waiver during a two-year classification cycle if, over the course of the previous two (2) school terms, the program (as a team) has accomplished any of the following:
1. Wins a trophy at the state finals. OR,
2. In Girls’ Volleyball, Boys’ Basketball, Girls’ Basketball, Boys’ Soccer, Girls’ Soccer, Baseball, Softball, Wrestling, or Scholastic Bowl accomplishes at least three (3) of the following:
a. Wins an IHSA Regional Tournament
b. Wins an IHSA Sectional Tournament
3. In Boys’ Track and Field, Girls’ Track and Field, Boys’ Tennis, Girls’ Tennis, Competitive Cheerleading, or Competitive Dance accomplishes at least three (3) of the following:
4. In a. b. c.
Boys’ Cross Country, Girls’ Cross Country, Boys’ Golf, and Girls’ Golf, accomplishes at least four (4) of the following: Wins an IHSA Regional Tournament
Wins an IHSA Sectional Tournament
Finishes in the Top 10 as team at the IHSA State Finals.
5. In a.
Football, accomplishes the following: Wins at least three playoff games
a. b.
Wins an IHSA Sectional Tournament
Finishes in the Top 10 as team at the IHSA State Finals.
For the purposes of determining eligibility for a waiver, any trophy, title, place, win, or state final appearance that was earned and subsequently forfeited is counted.
Non-boundaried school programs eligible for a waiver
All sport and activity programs that are subject to the 1.65 multiplier and do not fall under the criteria listed above are eligible for a waiver and are granted a waiver automatically.
No waivers other than automatic waivers are granted.
Boundaried school programs
For boundaried school programs, the “classification enrollment” is always equal to the “official enrollment.”
B. Classifications
Beginning with the 2019-20 school year, a school’s classification enrollment will remain the same for a two-year period. Every two years after that, the classification enrollments will be recalculated.
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