The IHSA is shifting to a one-year classification enrollment cycle.
The association’s Board of Directors took action at its December meeting Monday to begin using a one-year classification cycle in 2025-26, ending the use of the current two-year cycle. The IHSA will use enrollments collected by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) in September of 2024 to determine each school’s classification enrollment for the 2025-26 school year.
In a release, the IHSA said, “The Board plans to delve deeper into all aspects that impact IHSA classifications. It is our hope that we can achieve consensus to both adjust Board Policy prior to the 2025-26 school year, and bring forth a by-law proposal or proposals to the membership during the 2025-26 legislative process.”