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RENTON, Wash. – Below you will find information on the 2025 proposed amendments to the WIAA Handbook, all of which were submitted by 5+ member schools or the WIAA Executive Board. Discussions around the language and content of each proposed amendment by the WIAA Representative Assembly took place during Winter Coalition on Monday, January 27th. An updated summary of amendments following revisions made at Winter Coalition, accompanied by detailed text for each amendment dated Friday, Jan. 31, 2025, can be found linked below.

Revisions are highlighted in yellow on the amendments summary and throughout the detailed full text.

VOTING TIMELINE
The WIAA Representative Assembly will vote on the proposed amendments from April 9-18, 2025.

ABOUT REPRESENTATIVE ASSEMBLY
The Representative Assembly is comprised of 53 (35 high school, 18 middle level) school administrators from each of the six WIAA districts. The Representative Assembly votes on the proposed amendments, and the voting delegates are typically proxy voters, aligning their vote with the opinions of their league and WIAA District.

For an amendment to pass, 60 percent approval is needed from voting members of the Assembly. A total of 32 votes are needed for a middle-level/high-school amendment to pass, while 21 votes are needed for a high school amendment to pass and 11 votes are needed for a middle-level amendment to pass.

PROPOSED AMENDMENTS

AMENDMENTRULESUMMARY
ML/HS #1N/AOnly the Representative Assembly could make editorial changes for typographical errors or changes in wording to reflect current interpretations
ML/HS #23.6.0Membership fees would increase by 25 percent in 2025-26 and in 2026-27
ML/HS#38.11.0Would add an honorary board member position from the Rural Educators Center
HS #48.12.14Reduces the percentage of schools required to offer an activity/sport during the two-year trial
ML/HS #517.7.4Baseball/softball arm care: Throwing instructions/workouts may begin two weeks prior to the first practice date; workouts are limited to no more than four hours per week per team and per individual during this two-week period
HS #618.12.0Adds an opportunity for students to transfer schools after initially establishing their athletic eligibility at the start of their ninth grade year
ML/HS #718.16.0Participation in girls’ sports would be limited to biological females
ML/HS #818.16.0Athletic programs would be offered separately for boys, girls, and an open division for all students interested
HS #920.1.3Suspension following an ejection must be fulfilled at the same level as the contest in which the ejection occurred unless the final contest of that season
ML #10All ML SportsPrecontest practice requirements for middle level would be the same as the number for high school
HS #1132.0.0
42.0.0
Would increase the regular season contest limit from 20 to 22 games in baseball, slowpitch and fastpitch softball
ML/HS #1221.5.4.C
32.65.4.C
Violations of the baseball pitch count rule will cause the head coach to be suspended until after the next school contest at the same level of competition
HS #1339.0.0Would sanction girls flag football as a high school sport
HS #1441.0.0Would increase the regular season contest limit from 16 to 18 matches in soccer
ML/HS #1541.3.1If at any point after 60 minutes of play in high school and 45 minutes at the middle level, the soccer match would be terminated if one team is ahead by eight goals
ML #1641.64.0Middle level soccer players could participate in three contests per week
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