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MINUTES
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
Murfressboro, Tennessee
March 15, 2002

• Re-elected Billy Joe Evans as President. Re-elected Pete Stafford as Vice President
• Approved editorial revision of TSSAA Constitution.
• Changed Article II, Section 31 (Physical Examination and Parental Consent) to permit preparticipation medical evaluation forms to be signed by certified nurse practitioners, osteopathic physicians, and physician assistants, in addition to properly licensed doctors of medicine.
• Added the following to Article II, Section 13 (Transfer Rule): "A student with an athletic record may transfer without loss of eligibility at the beginning of the school year from a boarding school (where he/she was a boarding student) to the school serving the district or territory where his/her parents live or may transfer at the beginning of the school year from the school serving the district or territory where his/her parents live to a boarding school as a boarding student, provided the principal of the student's former school indicates in writing that the move is not for athletic or disciplinary reasons. (The school must be outside the day school territory of the boarding school.)"
• Approved the following revision of Article II, Section 17 (Foreign Exchange Students):
  1. A foreign exchange student is an international student who attends high school in the U. S. To be eligible for interscholastic athletics in the U.S., such student must be under the auspices of and be placed with a U. S. host family by an international student exchange program that has been accepted for listing by the Council on Standards for International Education Travel (CSIET) and be recognized by the U. S. Department of State. The foreign exchange program must assign students to host families by a method that ensures that no student, or his/her parents, school or other interested party may influence the assignment for athletic or other purposes. The foreign exchange student may not be selected or placed on any basis related to his/her athletic interests or abilities.
  2. A foreign exchange student is considered to be placed with a host family when written notice of placement is provided by the exchange organization to the student and his/her parents, and to the host family.
     • Neither the school the student attends nor any person associated with the school shall have input into the selection of the student.
     • No member of the school's coaching staff, paid or voluntary, shall serve as the host family.
  3. The foreign exchange student must possess a current J-1 visa, issued by the U. S. State Department.
  4. The foreign exchange student must comply with all eligibility requirements, with the exception of Article II, Section 18 (Residence Rule).
  5. The foreign exchange student may participate a maximum of one school year.