The Arizona Interscholastic Association’s legislative council is set to make big decisions Friday that can dramatically affect in which conferences schools will be placed.

But conference realignment won’t be the only big item the council will tackle during its first meeting of the 2015-16 school year.

Some of the proposed amendments:

• Each conference should consider a person of color and a female when selecting legislative council members to represent their conference. 
• Increasing the number of executive board members from nine to 13.
• Superintendents and athletic directors will serve two-year terms instead of three on the executive board. An executive board member shall serve no more than two consecutive terms in office.
• Adding a 6A Conference. Class 1-3A will be designated as small school conferences, and 4-6A will be defined as large.
• Schools may appeal to be placed in a higher or lower conference. The conferences’ committees will consider participation numbers, enrollment, a conference’s support/opposition to an appeal, a school’s location, a school’s student make-up, competitive history in the past four years, and cancellation of games and or sports in the past four years to determine if an appeal should be approved or denied.  
• The creation of regions and allowing conference committees to place schools in a region based on a school’s location and overall conference travel and expenses.
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• To view the entire list of proposed amendments go here.
• (To view a live broadcast of the legislative council’s votes, follow me on Twitter. You’ll also need a Periscope account to view the broadcast.)
• The legislative council is the rule making body of the AIA and adopts and amends the AIA’s bylaws. The legislative council is comprised of 45 members, selected from the state’s five conferences and the Arizona School Boards Association.
• To amend an AIA bylaw a 2/3 vote, a quorum, is needed. If all 45 members are present Friday, then 30 votes are needed for an amendment to pass.
• The members on the 2015-2016 legislative council are: 

1A Conference

Vic Acuna, St. Gregory; Toni Corona, Duncan;
Billy Duarte, Superior; Phil Echeverria, Williams; Cindy Kirk, Valley Lutheran.

2A Conference

Nate Agostini, Horizon Honors; Mark Gathmann, Pinon; Darin Giltner, Benson; Doug Meyer, Arizona Lutheran; David Thursby, Tombstone;
Lonnie Tvrdy, Pusch Ridge; Shawn Gatson, Bourgade Catholic.

3A Conference

Mike Briguglio, Fountain Hills; Jim Denton, Combs; Jim Dowse, Ganado; Pete Jelovic, Chino Valley; Jamie Roe, Tuba City; Kevin Standerfer, Snowflake.

4A Conference

Monica Barrett, Notre Dame; Prep Matt Belden, Glendale District; Jeannine Brandel, Flagstaff;
Phil Camacho, Peoria. Mark Cisterna, Maricopa; Whitney Holland, Cienega; Rob Roberson, Youngker; Leslie Saulsby, Desert Edge; Randy Walker, Douglas.

5A Conference

Derek Bosch, Gila Ridge; Jim Braden, Dysart District; Herman House, Tucson District; Steve McDowell, Gilbert District; Zack Munoz, Phoenix District; Steve Hogen, Mesa District; Corey Newland, Paradise Valley District; Mike Sivertson, Peoria District; Marcus Williams, Chandler District.

School Board Members

Bill Adams, Washington; Annette Auxier, Chandler; Steve Chapman, Tolleson; Heather Farmer, Laveen; Michelle Helm, Tempe;
Jim Love, Flowing Wells; Dr. Charles Lucero, Kingman; Paul Roetto, Saddle Mountain; Jerry Williams, C.A.V.I.A.T.