BOARD OF CONTROL AGENDA August 17, 2015 Hermitage, TN

  1. Roll Call
  2. Approval of Minutes
  3. Sites for Tournaments and Meets It has been the policy of the Board of Control to authorize the Executive Director to select sites and make plans for conducting regional and state tournaments or meets in golf, tennis, cross country, track and field, baseball, softball, volleyball, wrestling, soccer, and bowling
  4. Financial Report for Baseball
  5. Financial Report for Softball
  6. Financial Report for Soccer
  7. Financial Report for Track and Field
  8. Financial Report for Tennis
  9. Spring Fling Report
  10. Auditor's Report If available, we will provide copies of the official audit for the 2014-2015 school year to the Board of Control at the August 17th meeting, along with a complete review of the auditor’s report. We will provide this information in our next meeting if the auditor has not completed the report.
  11. 2015-16 TSSAA Budget If our audit has been completed, we will submit a proposed budget for the 2015-2016 school year. The proposed budget must be approved by the Board of Control.
  12. Cooperative Programs Approved during the 2014-15 School Year
  13. Marketing Program Update
  14. Student Services/The Right Team Update Update about the number of schools as well as the number of students our Right Team Program was involved with during the 2014-2015 school year. This is one of the best programs that our organization has in place. Stephen Bargatze, Paul Griffith, and Courtney Brunetz are in charge of this program.
  15. A.F. Bridges Sportsmanship Awards Program We have begun selecting the 27 member schools that will receive our sportsmanship awards for the 2014-2015 school year. A complete report will be given to Board members. The Board voted to allocate $27,000.00 to provide scholarships for student-athletes in the 27 schools during their June meeting.
  16. NFHS Coaches Award Program
  17. Report on Officials' Basketball Camps
  18. Approval for Financial Aid for the 2015-16 School Year
  19. Update on Regional Basketball Sites for the 2015-16 School Year
  20. Administrators' Meetings Schedule for 2015-16
  21. BlueCross BlueShield Championship Update We have completed the fourth year of this award sponsored by our corporate sponsors, BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee.
  22. Technology Update
  23. Brentwood High School Proposes Changes to Girls' Wrestling/Wrestling Brentwood High School proposes to remove the current option for girls to be allowed to compete against boys in the sport of Wrestling. Currently, girls may choose to compete against boys during the regular season with the understanding that they will not be eligible to qualify for the TSSAA Girls State Championship
  24. Official Appeals Suspension of Registration
  25. Station Camp High School Requests Waiver of Independent Game Participation Rule in Soccer The administration at Station Camp High School is asking the Board to allow one of their girls’ soccer players to continue participating with her elite team and play on their school team during the season.
  26. Post-Season Tournament Admission & Officials' Fees A chart of all post-season tournament admission and officials’ fess that will be posted on the TSSAA website will be provided. This was requested by the Board of Control at their June meeting.
  27. Nolensville High School Requests Membership Nolensville High School is requesting TSSAA membership effective with the 2016-2017 school year. It will be a new school with an expected enrollment of about 550 students in its first year with grades 9 and 10 only. If approved, they plan to participate on the JV level in football during their first year and on the varsity level in the fall of 2017. They will be placed in Region 4, 2A for football. They will participate on the varsity level in all other sports in Division I, Class AA, District 12, Region 6.
  28. Pathways in Education Requests TSSAA Membership Pathways in Education is requesting TSSAA membership effective with the 2015-2016 school year. Pathways in Education is a Category 1 accredited school located in Memphis. If approved, they plan to seek a cooperative agreement with another member school.
  29. TMSAA Soccer Premier League Exception In March 2015, the Board granted an exception allowing TSSAA student-athletes to participate in the league during girls’ soccer season. The same situation is occurring at the middle school level and needs Board consideration.
  30. Role of Sports Medicine Advisory Committee An update of the items our Sports Medicine Advisory Committee will consider during their meeting in October will be provided. The staff will explain their role and how valuable they are to our organization.
  31. Post Season Official Assignments
  32. Christ's Legacy Requests TSSAA Membership Christ’s Legacy Academy is requesting TSSAA membership effective with the 2015-2016 school year. Christ’s Legacy Academy is licensed through the Tennessee Department of Education as a Category 2 school accredited by ACSI. Christ’s Legacy Academy has a current enrollment of twenty-two (22) students in grades 9-12. If approved, the school plans to seek permission to form a cooperative agreement with another member school in the area.
  33. Pathways in Education - Whitehaven Requests TSSAA Membership Pathways in Education - Whitehaven is requesting TSSAA membership effective with the 2015-2016 school year. Pathways in Education - Whitehaven is a Category 1 accredited school located in Memphis. If approved, they plan to seek a cooperative agreement with another member school.
  34. Litigation Report
  35. Hardship Appeals