Kentucky High School Athletic Association
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| Abbreviation | KHSAA |
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| Motto | "Serving Kentucky's high schools and student athletes since 1917" |
| Formation | 1917 |
| Type | Volunteer; NPO |
| Legal status | Association |
| Purpose | Athletic/Educational |
| Headquarters | 2280 Executive Dr. Lexington, Kentucky 40505 U.S. |
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Region served
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Kentucky |
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Official language
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English |
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Commissioner
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Julian Tackett |
| Affiliations | National Federation of State High School Associations |
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Staff
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15 |
| Website | khsaa.org |
| Remarks | (859) 299-5472 |
The Kentucky High School Athletic Association (KHSAA) has been the governing body of the U.S. state of Kentucky high-school athletics since 1917. It is located in Lexington.
The organization sanctions competition in the following sports:
Competitive bowling, bass fishing, and archery were sanctioned beginning in the 2011-2012 school year.
Competition in girls' slow-pitch softball was discontinued after the 2006-07 academic year.
The KHSAA governs competitions for both public and private schools throughout the state, plus two federally administered schools—Fort Campbell and Fort Knox High Schools, located on the U.S. Army bases of the same names. Fort Campbell High is actually located on the Tennessee side of the base, which straddles the state border, but the United States Department of Defense organizes the schools it runs on the two bases under a single district.
Not all secondary schools in Kentucky participate in the KHSAA. About two dozen small, private religious schools are sanctioned by the Kentucky Christian Athletic Association.
Whether public, private, or federally administered, all member schools compete for state championships on an equal basis. Unlike some other states' school athletic governing bodies, the KHSAA governs only athletics; it does not govern band, cheerleading, academic competitions, or other extracurricular activities. These activities are governed by separate bodies.
Unlike the situation in most states, the default in Kentucky is to conduct a single state championship for all schools, with no classification of schools by enrollment. Most notably, Kentucky does not divide schools into classes in basketball, with Delaware being the only other remaining state with a single state basketball championship for each sex. Of the 13 sports in which the KHSAA sanctions state championships, only three are organized in multiple classes—cross-country, football, and track. As of the 2007-08 school year, the classification rules for the three sports which are divided are:
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