(Ryan Casey/CHSAANow.com)
AURORA — The much-discussed transfer rule in Colorado now has its own committee.
A group of 22 individuals has been commissioned to examine the state’s transfer rule. The committee, created in the wake of January’s Legislative Council meeting, will first meet on April 5.
The group is comprised entirely of administrators. Some are athletic directors, others are district athletic directors. Some have been on CHSAA’s Board of Directors in the past, others currently serve on the Board.
All have been charged with thinking globally when it comes to the transfer rule. They will examine the current structure of the rule, as well as potential changes.
“We’ve put together a group of people who represent all corners of the state and all sizes of schools to look at every piece of the existing transfer rule,” said CHSAA commissioner Paul Angelico. “They will provide input as to what’s working, what’s not, and why not. Once we get that, then they will start to look at changes to put before the membership.
“We have also collected info and documents from other states that may do things differently, and they’ll look at that to see if any of those alternative solutions would work in Colorado.”
A restructuring of the transfer rule was set to be voted on at the Legislative Council meeting on Jan. 28. However, after a lengthy discussion, the vote was tabled in favor of a recommendation to form the transfer rule committee. A total of 99 percent of the Legislative Council voted in favor of creating the committee.
The Legislative Council next meets on April 21. However, the transfer rule committee will definitely not have a proposal to put in front of the body at that point, as the deadline for all proposals to be submitted to that meeting was last month.
Instead, the transfer rule committee will meet a number of times over the course of the next year. They’ll present something to the entire membership at the All-School Summit in August as a way to spark further discussion.
It means the earliest the transfer rule committee will have a proposal to be voted upon will be January 2017. However, it may also come in April 2017, depending on how things are evolving. In terms of enforcement of any new rule, the date of passage wouldn’t matter between January or April, as any rule wouldn’t go into effect until the 2017-18 school year.
That said, a league has submitted a proposal to the April 2016 meeting which deals with the transfer rule. It’s possible that the league may choose to pull its proposal in light of the creation of this committee.
CHSAANow will explore that proposal further as the April Legislative Council meeting approaches.