2. President. The President shall preside at all meetings of the Association, all meetings of the Board of Direc
tors and all meetings of the Executive Committee, at all meetings of committees in charge of various contests, and shall
discharge all other duties of the presiding officer. It shall be the duty of the President to call meetings of the Board of
Directors and the Executive Committee from time to time as the business of the Association requires their attention.
In the event that the office of President is vacated during the term of the President, the office of President
shall be filled by the Vice-President for the remainder of the unexpired term.
3. Vice-President. The Vice-President shall preside and perform all the duties of the President in the ab¬sence
of the President, and shall undertake such other duties as the President or Board of Directors may prescribe. In the
event that the office of Vice-President is vacated during the term of the Vice-President, the Board of Directors shall
have the power to name one of its members as Vice-President for the remainder of the unexpired term.
4. Commissioner. The Commissioner shall be a full-time employee of the Association, and shall serve as the
managing business agent of the Association. In addition, the Commissioner shall be charged with initially receiv
ing and processing all applications for membership in this Association, all inquiries, requests or correspondence
regarding contests.
The Commissioner shall call conferences for the preparation of various contest schedules, and he or she
shall preside over these conferences. The Commissioner shall keep the official records of all meetings of the Associ
ation and the Board of Directors and he or she shall have charge of all funds of the Association for which he or she
shall render an annual accounting to the Association at its annual meeting.
The Commissioner shall be bonded in a sum not less than $10,000.
IV. ANNUAL MEETING
The annual meeting of the Association shall be held at a time designated by the Board of Directors. The
annual meeting shall receive the reports of the Commissioner, hold elections for members of the Board of Directors
and for officers, and transact such other business as may come before the meeting.
The principal shall be regarded as the constituted authority of each member school. The principal may
appoint any member of the school’s faculty to represent him or her at the annual meeting of the Association. The
principal’s authority in this respect shall be subject only to the authority of the superintendent of the principal’s
administrative unit.
Each member school represented at the annual meeting shall have one vote on Association business. Those
present at the annual meeting shall constitute a quorum.
V. FINANCE
Except as otherwise provided by law, the Board of Directors shall have the power to determine membership
fees and other charges for Association members.
Should the Association disband, its remaining funds and assets shall first be used to satisfy outstanding
obligations including employment and purchase contracts, and any remaining funds shall be disbursed to member
schools on an equitable basis as determined by the Board of Directors, provided that no distribution inconsistent
with the Articles of Incorporation may be made. If insufficient funds exist for the satisfaction of Association obliga
tions, members of the Association may be assessed by the Board of Directors in a total amount sufficient to satisfy
the said obligations.
VI. CLASSIFICATIONS
For purposes of athletic competition, the number of classifications shall be based on the total number of
member schools, with no classification exceeding sixty-four schools.
When at least 25% of the total number of member schools participate in a sport, that sport shall be sanc
tioned by the NCHSAA and shall culminate in a state championship. When less than half of the schools in a classi
fication participate, those schools shall be grouped with schools from the next largest classification(s) not having
50% participation in that sport to create a state playoff bracket culminating in a multi-class state championship. If
only one classification has less than 50% of schools participating in a sport, the schools in that classification shall
have a reduced playoff bracket by one round. If that is not possible, then the schools of that classification shall be
placed in the state playoffs of the next highest classification. (Approved March 2025, 340-14)
The initial classification plan using this format will be effective with the 2025-2026 school year and shall
solely use the ADM figures averaging the daily membership in grades 9,10, 11 and 12 for the first month as sub
mitted to the State Department of Public Instruction. The classification and alignment plan shall be adopted by the
Board of Directors every four years and will be effective for a four-year period.
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