09/18/25 Annual meeting of the KHSAA Delegate Assembly

September 18, 2025 2025-2026 News Releases

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: SEPT. 18, 2025

The annual meeting of the KHSAA was held on Thursday afternoon at the Central Bank Center in Lexington. The KHSAA Delegate Assembly voted 168-52 in favor of Bylaw 6 allowing athletes who have participated in 20% or less of games played to transfer to another school with no penalty. The delegate assembly is composed of one representative of the 291 member schools.

Additionally, the Delegate Assembly voted 204-13 on Bylaw 7 which keeps foreign exchange and other foreign students, to clarify eligibility for F-1 VISA students staying multiple years, effective with those placed initially during the 2026-27 school year

KHSAA Commissioner Julian Tackett said, “We are always pleased when our membership actively is involved in the management of what they do everyday. This gives them valuable continuing education in the morning sessions and conduct their business meeting in the afternoon.

Proposals passing today will now start through the regulatory approval process, the first step of which is the November Board of Control meeting.

 

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About the Kentucky High School Athletic Association 

The Kentucky High School Athletic Association was organized in 1917 and is the agency designated by the Kentucky Department of Education to manage high school athletics in the Commonwealth. The Association is a voluntary nonprofit 501(c)3 organization made up of 290 member schools, both public and non-public. The KHSAA awards 229 state championships to 59 teams and 178 individuals in 13 sports and six sport-activities, funds catastrophic insurance coverage for its more than 109,000 rostered member school student-athletes, provides coaching education and sports safety programs for more than 12,000 coaches and licenses and facilitates the distribution of training material for over 4,000 contest officials.

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