LONE TREE — The Colorado High School Activities Association’s Legislative Council saw a pair of notable administrative proposals fail to pass during its February meeting.

Administrative 1 proposal failed 66-6 and the Administrative 2 proposal failed 62-10 during Tuesday’s meeting at the Douglas County School District Legacy Campus building. 

Both proposals aimed to “clarify how enrollment data will be used in classification programs.” 

ADM 1, a multiplier exemption, would use enrollment data to enforce exemptions. One of the six proposed policies included that a “four-year high schools shall count their total enrollments, including all ninth-graders not housed at the high school.”

The 1.5 multiplier, which passed during a special session in September, applies to schools with a “tuition-based enrollment model” or designated as “nonpublic” by the Colorado Department of Education and adds to those schools’ three-year enrollment average.    

ADM 2, the “place up” criteria, would have had a team move up a class if the school won four state championships in the past six years. Following the failed vote, the criteria will remain that a team moves up a class if it has won three titles in the past four seasons.

This will impact area schools such as The Classical Academy’s cross country and track and field teams, which compete in 3A. 

The girls cross country team has won three consecutive titles, 2023-25, and the boys track and field team has won three in a row from 2023-25. 

If TCA’s girls track and field program wins a state title this spring, that would make three consecutive championships and would meet the current criteria to move up a class.

Track and field coach Derek Gilmore at Golden View Classical Academy – no relation to TCA – spoke at the meeting about the potential change. 

Gilmore, who coached Golden View Classical to its third consecutive boys cross country title in the fall said he agrees with the principal of ADM 2, but added that it doesn’t account for program trends.

“It doesn’t distinguish between programs that are continually dominant year after year and those that experience a short-term surge because of an exceptional group of students,” Gilmore said. “There’s also an equity issue. This bylaw only affects programs that can move up. The largest classification, like 5A football or 6A basketball, don’t have an avenue to be placed up. Dominant programs at the top can remain dominant indefinitely. While smaller classifications face the consequences of being placed up. This proposed amendment doesn’t weaken the current bylaw, it strengthens it and adds clarity.

“This amendment is about accuracy, consistency and fairness, not avoiding competition, but placing programs where they belong.”

In golf, the 5A Colorado Springs Metro League, Pikes Peak Athletic Conference, CSML North and CSML South proposed an amendment to adjust the qualification process for the state golf championships by modifying the 84-player field. 

The rationale for the move, per the committee report, was “The current system — where all qualifiers are determined by iWanamaker rankings — has created late-season pressure, unintended incentives, and inequities.”

The amendment failed 52-19 with one voter abstaining. CHSAA will meet at DCSD on April 22 for its second and final Legislative Council meeting for the 2025-26 year.