09/09/15 – KHSAA Annual Meeting of Delegates Convenes Tomorrow At Lexington Center

September 9, 2015 2015-2016 News Releases

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 9, 2015

The KHSAA Annual Meeting of Delegates will take place Thursday, Sept. 10 at the Lexington Center. The day’s agenda will include three breakout sessions for athletic directors starting at 8 a.m., followed by the business meeting at 11:15 a.m. Each KHSAA member school is represented by one delegate at the Annual Meeting that can vote on all proposals for change to KHSAA rules and regulations.

This year’s breakout sessions will include a presentation from the compliance staff at the University of Kentucky on the major NCAA initiative entitled “NCAA Eligibility 101 – 2point3”, a segment by the Taylor Hooton Foundation on the education and the dangers of using appearance and performance enhancing drugs, and an update from representatives of the NFHS Network about opportunities to utilize the School Broadcast Program.

An agenda for the Annual Meeting can be found here:
http://khsaa.org/annualmeeting/20152016/delegate_assembly_order.pdf

A breakdown of each proposal by KHSAA Commissioner Julian Tackett is available at the following link:
http://khsaa.org/090515-proposal-by-proposal-analysis-of-2015-annual-meeting-proposals/

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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 277 member schools both public and private. The KHSAA sanctions 43 state championships in 13 sports and 4 sport-activities, licenses and trains over 4,000 officials, provides catastrophic insurance for its more than 70,000 member school student-athletes, as well as overseeing coaching education and sports safety programs.