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OHSAA Membership Approves Seven of Nine Referendum Items
May 16 - Seven of the nine proposed OHSAA constitution and bylaw revisions were passed by member schools. Highlighting the voting was approval of a significant change to the transfer bylaw, but a proposal to change how schools are placed into their tournament divisions for team sports failed.
Click here to read more about the referendum voting results.

This Week in Baseball - Issue Five
May 14 - OHSAA Assistant Commissioner Jerry Snodgrass provides a baseball notebook featuring FAQs and other points of emphasis. Click here to view each notebook.

May 13 - OHSAA Spring Weekly Release #1

May 9 - MEDIA ADVISORY: OHSAA Spring State Tournaments Information

Updated Eligibility Guides for High School and Junior High Athletics
May 1 - The OHSAA's Eligibility Guide for Participation in High School Athletics and Eligibility Guide for Participation in 7th-8th Grade Athletics have been updated for 2013-14. The guides contain basic OHSAA eligibility requirements with key regulations and additional information. Click here for all eligibilty information.

OHSAA Announces Sponsorship with BURGER KINGŪ
April 29 - The Ohio High School Athletic Association has announced that the BURGER KINGŪ brand is now an official sponsor of the state association. Click here to read more.

2013-14 and 2014-15 OHSAA Projected School Enrollments
April 26 - The OHSAA has published the enrollment figures provided by the Ohio Department of Education for each member school for use to determine OHSAA governance representation and OHSAA tournament divisions for the 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 school years. High school principals were emailed these enrollment figures and have until May 6 to appeal. After the May 6 deadline, the OHSAA will publish the final enrollment figures along with each school's representation classification. OHSAA tournament divisions for fall and winter sports will be announced after the June Board of Directors meeting. Click here to view the projected enrollment figures and read the appeals process.

Final Referendum Items Approved for Upcoming Vote
The final list of referendum items approved by the OHSAA Board of Directors for member schools to vote on during the annual referendum voting period May 1-15 has been posted. Click here for listing.

OHSAA, Petition Originator Agree to Alternative Proposal

A petition that would have placed a referendum item on the May ballot that called for all OHSAA tournaments to be conducted separately for public schools and non-public schools has been removed from the ballot. An alternate proposal was approved when the OHSAA and the petition originator, mutually worked to reach a resolution on the issue. Click here for the release and new proposal details.

OHSAA Adopts Updated Concussion Regulations

At its February 2013 monthly meeting, the OHSAA Board of Directors approved a new OHSAA Concussion Policy and Regulations, which brings OHSAA member schools into compliance with the recently passed Ohio House Bill 143. The new regulations go into effect on April 26, 2013. Click here for the details, and see more information posted on the Sports Medicine page.

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• OHSAA Preseason Meeting Video

• Transfer Bylaw Resource Center

• Appeals Process Memo and Schedule

• Student-Athlete Eligibility Guide

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• Pre-Participation Physical Examination Forms

• Concussion Information and Resources