23 IHSA Proposals Published- Recruiting, Transfers, Classifications and more

[sporthog_9er]

Love seeing the proposals out there and the rationale from submitting schools. Full list below that includes the playoffs ones, but quite a few others on recruiting, transfers, residency, and more

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[Snetsrak61]

The tiered multiplier is interesting, but I don't know if it properly considers the relative balance of having multiple competing schools in a private school boundary. Is it that much different being a private school with a ~300k population radius but little to no private schools in that radius versus having perhaps 5 schools in a several mile radius and maybe a dozen+ within 30, but have several million population in that radius?

 

[sporthog_9er]

The tiered multiplier is interesting, but I don't know if it properly considers the relative balance of having multiple competing schools in a private school boundary. Is it that much different being a private school with a ~300k population radius but little to no private schools in that radius versus having perhaps 5 schools in a several mile radius and maybe a dozen+ within 30, but have several million population in that radius?

I agree, it's not going to be equal across the board with the differences you bring up. Maybe they don't care?

 

[Anon1760269333]

The tiered multiplier is interesting, but I don't know if it properly considers the relative balance of having multiple competing schools in a private school boundary. Is it that much different being a private school with a ~300k population radius but little to no private schools in that radius versus having perhaps 5 schools in a several mile radius and maybe a dozen+ within 30, but have several million population in that radius?

Don’t get what it solves and how it’s fair.

You can multiply LA, MC, Montini, Naz by however much you’d like and they will still win.

SHG should be multiplied less than Montini? Head scratcher there.

 

[sporthog_9er]

Don’t get what it solves and how it’s fair.

You can multiply LA, MC, Montini, Naz by however much you’d like and they will still win.

SHG should be multiplied less than Montini? Head scratcher there.

I don't see how that proposal has any chance of passing

 

[jha618]

I don't see how that proposal has any chance of passing

Has there ever been any consideration for including some type of roster limits based on class?

 

[SiuCubFan8]

Interesting one is: “1 time free transfer for first time transfers”. Applying to any type of school to any type of school.

 

[illinifan82]

Interesting one is: “1 time free transfer for first time transfers”. Applying to any type of school to any type of school.

This one is weird to me, how would a kid from a public school transfer to another public school without moving? Seems like it would only benefit private schools as any kid would be open season for them at anytime.

 

[jha618]

This one is weird to me, how would a kid from a public school transfer to another public school without moving? Seems like it would only benefit private schools as any kid would be open season for them at anytime.

Thats sort of the point. It will allow public to public transfers without moving.

 

[refreff01]

CPS is non-bounded.

 

[refreff01]

The point on public to public is you are supposed to live in the district which would constitute a move from one district to the one you will be attending.

 

[jha618]

The point on public to public is you are supposed to live in the district which would constitute a move from one district to the one you will be attending.

Right. But it sounds like the proposal will eliminate the requirement to move.

 

[Edgytim]

This one is weird to me, how would a kid from a public school transfer to another public school without moving? Seems like it would only benefit private schools as any kid would be open season for them at anytime.

Its already open season

 

[akz68]

Public to public transfer without providing proof of residence in the district's boundaries is problematic. Not saying it doesn't happen, but many districts have board policy that would trump this IHSA bylaw in this particular case. Like the previous post about property taxes, districts aren't just going to allow out of district student-athletes to attend their schools and compete in their athletics without assessing an out of district 5 figure fee and requiring Board and/or Superintendent approval.

 

[LWN_Pheonix]

There should be some sort of benefit for the suburban public schools that are forced to have boundaries

it would be nice to allow all of the Lincolnways to play on the same team
- this might be the best way to allow them a fair and level playing field with the Cat-Licks

 

[Snetsrak61]

I think you have to read past the rational at look at the actual text of the by law change.

It appears to allow more permissive transfer rules after the start of the school year and start of a sport season. It also allows a more permissive re-enrollment policy at a public school. Current by law has an exception for enrolling in boundary district once, allowing a student to go private to public. This presumably allows them to go public-private and then back to public without ineligibility (though I'm sure a student can go public-private-public pretty easily under the change in "family financial position" exception, this makes that unnecessary in those cases).

Does it actually allow "public to public" without residency change? No I don't think so. At least not a boundariesd public. But perhaps it allows for boundary to non boundary public or vice versa? Is that not permissive today?

Agreed though that districts are going to be the biggest limiting factor here, I wonder if there is some edge cases this is solving?

 

[Snetsrak61]

There should be some sort of benefit for the suburban public schools that are forced to have boundaries

it would be nice to allow all of the Lincolnways to play on the same team
- this might be the best way to allow them a fair and level playing field with the Cat-Licks

It's called a co-op and they can do it.

 

[Colin2299]

I think you have to read past the rational at look at the actual text of the by law change.

It appears to allow more permissive transfer rules after the start of the school year and start of a sport season. It also allows a more permissive re-enrollment policy at a public school. Current by law has an exception for enrolling in boundary district once, allowing a student to go private to public. This presumably allows them to go public-private and then back to public without ineligibility (though I'm sure a student can go public-private-public pretty easily under the change in "family financial position" exception, this makes that unnecessary in those cases).

Does it actually allow "public to public" without residency change? No I don't think so. At least not a boundaries' public. But perhaps it allows for boundary to non boundary public or vice versa? Is that not permissive today?

Agreed though that districts are going to be the biggest limiting factor here, I wonder if there is some edge cases this is solving?

I don't really think there is anything here with this proposal.

a) you can transfer and play after (30) days but won't be eligible for post season play. - NO BRAINER....its all pro the kid and no one can complain that it's an unfair advantage in the state tournament.
b) eligible to play immediately the 2nd time to transfer back to your home public. Has anyone actually ever done this?
- start at a public and transfer to a private and then back to a public and then back to a private AND THEN BACK TO A PUBLIC AGAIN?

I know St. Francis gets a lot of football transfers so I thought there was some angle here at first they were playing but don't see how it does.

I guess a kid could transfer from Montini to St Francis in November and is a basketball player. The kid sits out 30 days and then is eligible for the 2nd half of the season but can't play in the state tourney. Would anyone actually do this?

 

[Snetsrak61]

Unless I'm misreading the current rule I don't think a student can do the initial transfer back to public without eligibility loss. Private-public is okay since that's their first enrollment at public school. If they went public-private-public today they'd need a different exemption. This presumably solves that. I think adding the second private-public leg there would still be an issue.

As far as post season eligibility this proposal only covers a very niche subset of that which is a student on a third or greater transfer after their junior year. I don't know what the post season elibility by-laws are and if this by-law is in cooperation with those or what. This is providing more permissive eligibility after 30 days, even if after the sport start date. Are you saying "postseason eligibility" is a separate requirement on top of this "eligibility" ?

 

[Anon1754502667]

There should be some sort of benefit for the suburban public schools that are forced to have boundaries

it would be nice to allow all of the Lincolnways to play on the same team
- this might be the best way to allow them a fair and level playing field with the Cat-Licks

Lincoln Way Football Co-op, coming to a field near you.

 

[Dave Brody]

Lincoln Way Football Co-op, coming to a field near you.

How about it. Not a well thought out idea. You’d have a ton of kids that want to play but wouldn’t sniff the field.

 

[Colin2299]

There should be some sort of benefit for the suburban public schools that are forced to have boundaries

it would be nice to allow all of the Lincolnways to play on the same team
- this might be the best way to allow them a fair and level playing field with the Cat-Licks

Lincoln Way Football Co-op, coming to a field near you.

Well, didn't this already happen when LWN closed its doors and all the players went to the other LW schools?

 

[OnVikings!]

There should be some sort of benefit for the suburban public schools that are forced to have boundaries

it would be nice to allow all of the Lincolnways to play on the same team
- this might be the best way to allow them a fair and level playing field with the Cat-Licks

Coach Z doesn’t need the other LWs. He already has a co-op with Libertyville, Bolingbrook, Plainfield, etc…

Frankfort has a closed subdivision but instead of “55 and older” it’s “3⭐️ and higher”.

LWE recruits better than any CCL school.

 

[crusader_of_90]

Coach Z doesn’t need the other LWs. He already has a co-op with Libertyville, Bolingbrook, Plainfield, etc…

Frankfort has a closed subdivision but instead of “55 and older” it’s “3⭐️ and higher”.

LWE recruits better than any CCL school.

And they allow golf carts!

 

[jakob18]

Lol change the 1.65 multiplier to 2.5…