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LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MINUTES

 

December 8, 2010

 

Hermitage, Tennessee

 

 

  1. Introduction and Welcome

 

  1. Roll Call

 

  1. Approved Minutes of the Previous Meeting

 

  1. Voted to elect Dan Black as President and Mike Henson as Vice-President

 

  1. Reviewed the 2010 Regional Meetings

 

  1. Old Business

 

    1. Approved a re-write of Article I, Section 9 regarding the definition of classified employees.

 

Classified Employee – Any individual employed by a member school or school system in a position that does not require a teaching license or the equivalent.  The use of classified employees as coaches is subject to the following restrictions:

 

(a)  The classified employee must be employed full-time (30 hours or more per week) in a non-coaching position and may not be an independent contractor or an employee of an independent contractor;

(b)  Although not counted as a non-faculty coach, he/she must be submitted to the state office annually and meet all the requirements listed below.

 

Use of a classified employee coach who does not meet all the requirements listed below or who has not been submitted to the state office shall result in a fine of $500.00

 

  1. New Business

 

    1. Approved the proposed addition to Article V, Section 4 (Disciplinary Action) of the TSSAA Constitution:

 

(6)  No awards shall be given to a member school recognizing their finish in the regular season in any TSSAA sponsored sport if that school has been placed on restrictive probation for that sport.

 

    1. Denied the proposed amendment to Article IV, Section 8 (Sports   

Calendar) in football:  

 

·         First Practice Date – Monday, Week of August 1

·         Date of First Contest – Wednesday, Week of September 8

 

c.    Denied the proposed change to Article I, Section 9 (Coaches)                         

 

Currently, it is required that head coaches in football, baseball, basketball, softball, and track and field be faculty members and carry a state teaching license or the equivalent.

 

The proposed change would have allowed head coaches in football, baseball, basketball, softball, and track and field to have a state teaching license or the equivalent, but not be faculty members.

 

d.   Approved the proposed Change in Article IV, Section 8 (Sports Calendar) of the TSSAA Bylaws

 

·         To reduce all sports’ dead period from three separate dead periods to two dead periods during one calendar year (keep the two-week July 4 dead period intact).

·         To reduce all sports’ dead periods from eight weeks to five weeks (keep the two-week July 4 dead period intact).

·         To eliminate the three-week dead period at the official start date of all sports-seasons preceding another sports season (see below for details).

 

                       Fall sports:  (5 total weeks)

    *   Proposal will eliminate the three-week dead period from mid-February     to the beginning of March (Sunday, February 13, 2011 to Saturday, March 5, 2011)

*   Proposal will keep the three-week dead period immediately following   the end of the season.

*   Proposal will keep the two-week dead period from the week before July 4 and the week of July 4.  (Sunday, June 27, 2010 to Saturday, July 10, 2010 AND Sunday, June 26, 2011 to Saturday, July 9, 2011).

 

           Winter sports:  (5 total weeks)

    *   Proposal will eliminate the three-week dead period from the end of July to middle of August.  (Sunday, August 1, 2010 to Saturday, August 21, 2010)

*   Proposal will keep the three-week dead period immediately following the end of the season.

*   Proposal will keep the two-week dead period from the week before July 4 and the   week of July 4.  (Sunday, June 27, 2010 to Saturday, July 10, 2010 AND Sunday, June 26, 2011 to Saturday, July 9, 2011).

 

                       Spring sports:  (5 total weeks)

  *   Proposal will eliminate the three-week dead period from the end of   October to mid-November.  (Sunday, October 31, 2010 to Saturday, November 20, 2010).

*   Proposal will keep the three-week dead period from end of July to middle of August.  (Sunday, August 1, 2010 to Saturday, August 21, 2010)

*   Proposal will keep the two-week dead period from the week before July 4 and the   week of July 4.  (Sunday, June 27, 2010 to Saturday, July 10, 2010 AND Sunday, June 26, 2011 to Saturday, July 9, 2011).

 

** All proposed eliminated dead periods would be times to continue established weight lifting and conditioning programs with concurrent TSSAA rules and restrictions.

 

e.  Approved the proposed TSSAA Bylaw Concerning Home Schooled Students’ Participation.  The rule passed can be found here.