An enrollment multiplier is back on the table and a vote will take place in mid-september.
CHSAA sent notice to member schools and voting members of the Legislative Council that a special session will be called on Sept. 16 with two items on the agenda. The first is ADM-3, which will apply a 1.5 multiplier to the three-year average enrollment of schools that meet specific criteria.
The proposal will modify Article 15 of the CHSAA Bylaws which outlines the classification of schools.
The proposal reads:
“1500.22
Enrollment data will be counted using the following policies:
(4) A member school shall have its three-year enrollment average multiplied by a factor of 1.5 if it meets one or more of the following criteria:
(a) The member school is designated as “non-public” by the Colorado Department of Education
(b) The school has a tuition-based enrollment model
(5) Programs in bracketed sports at schools that meet the above definition will be exempt from the 1.5 multiplier if they did not qualify for and win at least one postseason contest during the previous cycle.”
The board of directors had previously put a multiplier on the agent for the April Legislative Council meeting, but it was pulled in the days leading up to the meeting in order to specify the language.
The aim of this proposal is to adjust for a competitive advantage that some schools see because of selective admissions, enrollment controls, and/or tuition-based enrollment. This will allow the CLOC committee to standardize the enrollment data to create a more equitable comparison between schools.
The proposal also states that a 1.5 multiplier is “a common and widely accepted factor used by other state high school associations that have implemented similar models.”
The other agenda item is a request to retain the membership refund of over $180,000 to use on renovations and repairs to the CHSAA building located in Aurora.
