* Applying the multiplier to single gender schools is a recommendation by the Realignment Committee. However, it will require a revision of NIAA regulations in the Nevada Administrative Code. Summary of Policies including a Revised Rubric, Procedures and Timeline for Alignment of NIAA Schools for the 2020-21 and 2021-22 School Years Adopted by the NIAA Board of Control, June 18, 2019 Five classifications: 1A, 2A, 3A, 4A, 5A • 1A: 0-170 enrollment • 2A: 171-450 enrollment • 3A: 451-1300 enrollment • 4A/5A: greater than 1300 enrollment • Multiplier: Enrollments for private, charter and single gender* schools are to be doubled. • State tournaments are held in NIAA sanctioned sports in each classification which fields at least nine teams in that sport. • Appeals of anticipated placement by enrollment adjusted for any multiplier allowed at the June 18, 2019 NIAA Board of Control Meeting held in Sparks, and at the Fall, 2019 Board Meeting to be held in the Las Vegas area. Appeals of a school’s placement based on enrollment adjusted by multiplier will not be considered after the Fall, 2019 Board Meeting. 1A and 2A: • No changes from the current alignment in terms of process. • Schools to be assigned to the classifications by enrollment with applicable multiplier. 3A: • Schools to be assigned to the classification by enrollment with applicable multiplier. • Larger (4A/5A enrollment size) schools are to be assigned to the 3A Southern Region on a sport by sport basis to bring the total number of schools in the 3A South up to 8 to 12 schools. That assignment is based on rubric points scored in a specific sport. • Depending on the number of 3A schools fielding teams in a sport, it is possible that no schools with a 4A/5A enrollment will be assigned to the 3A classification in a particular sport. 4A and 5A South: • Schools to be identified as 4A/5A by enrollment with applicable multiplier. • The current 4A classification will be divided into 4A and 5A classifications sport by sport. • The top 10 to 14 schools in each sport, based on rubric scores, will be assigned to the 5A classification in that sport. • The remaining schools which have not been assigned to either the 3A or 5A classifications will be assigned to the 4A classification for each sport. • There will likely be a few sports that will need to be combined because they must compete at the same site. Likely to be combined are the sports of boys’ and girls’ tennis, the sports of boys’ and girls’ bowling, as well as boys’ and girls’ programs in a few individual sports. • In team sports, the combined sports will also combine their rubric scores. • In individual sports, regular season standings are not the means of advancing to the post-season. Therefore, boys’ and girls’ teams may compete together during the regular season and then compete in the appropriate classification region tournament/meet for that sport for each individual team.
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* Applying the multiplier to single gender schools is a recommendation by the Realignment Committee. However, it will
require a revision of NIAA regulations in the Nevada Administrative Code.
Summary of Policies including a Revised Rubric, Procedures and Timeline for
Alignment of NIAA Schools for the 2020-21 and 2021-22 School Years
Adopted by the NIAA Board of Control, June 18, 2019
Five classifications: 1A, 2A, 3A, 4A, 5A
• 1A: 0-170 enrollment
• 2A: 171-450 enrollment
• 3A: 451-1300 enrollment
• 4A/5A: greater than 1300 enrollment
• Multiplier: Enrollments for private, charter and single gender* schools are to be doubled.
• State tournaments are held in NIAA sanctioned sports in each classification which fields at least
nine teams in that sport.
• Appeals of anticipated placement by enrollment adjusted for any multiplier allowed at the June
18, 2019 NIAA Board of Control Meeting held in Sparks, and at the Fall, 2019 Board Meeting to
be held in the Las Vegas area. Appeals of a school’s placement based on enrollment adjusted by
multiplier will not be considered after the Fall, 2019 Board Meeting.
1A and 2A:
• No changes from the current alignment in terms of process.
• Schools to be assigned to the classifications by enrollment with applicable multiplier.
3A:
• Schools to be assigned to the classification by enrollment with applicable multiplier.
• Larger (4A/5A enrollment size) schools are to be assigned to the 3A Southern Region on a sport
by sport basis to bring the total number of schools in the 3A South up to 8 to 12 schools. That
assignment is based on rubric points scored in a specific sport.
• Depending on the number of 3A schools fielding teams in a sport, it is possible that no schools
with a 4A/5A enrollment will be assigned to the 3A classification in a particular sport.
4A and 5A South:
• Schools to be identified as 4A/5A by enrollment with applicable multiplier.
• The current 4A classification will be divided into 4A and 5A classifications sport by sport.
• The top 10 to 14 schools in each sport, based on rubric scores, will be assigned to the 5A
classification in that sport.
• The remaining schools which have not been assigned to either the 3A or 5A classifications will
be assigned to the 4A classification for each sport.
• There will likely be a few sports that will need to be combined because they must compete at the
same site. Likely to be combined are the sports of boys’ and girls’ tennis, the sports of boys’ and
girls’ bowling, as well as boys’ and girls’ programs in a few individual sports.
• In team sports, the combined sports will also combine their rubric scores.
• In individual sports, regular season standings are not the means of advancing to the post-season.
Therefore, boys’ and girls’ teams may compete together during the regular season and then
compete in the appropriate classification region tournament/meet for that sport for each
individual team.
4A and 5A North:
• Schools to be identified as 5A by enrollment adjusted for any applicable multiplier.
• Based on rubric scores, 3 schools from the 5A North will be assigned to the 3A classification in
each sport.
• There will be no 4A schools or teams in the north.
Rubric Scores (5A, 4A and 3A only):
• Computed using a team’s winning percentage against NIAA schools, one half of the average of
their opponents’ winning percentages and one half of the average of their opponents’ opponents’
winning percentage.
• Adjustments are made for non-competitive losses and for playoff victories in essentially the final
five rounds of the combined region and state playoffs.
• Individual sports are computed using combined results of region meets/tournaments with some
variation for specific sports.
• Scores are computed for each sport in each of the previous four seasons for that sport. The sum
of the four scores is the rubric score for that school in that sport.
• Northern rubric scores are computed separately from Southern rubric scores. Southern Rubric
scores include only Southern schools and Northern rubric scores include only Northern schools.
NIAA Classification and Realignment Policies For the 2020-2022 Classification and Alignment
(Approved by the Board of Control, June 18, 2019)
I. Adoption of Policies, Procedures and Timeline
A. The Realignment Committee, empaneled pursuant to NAC 385B.250, shall
provide to the Board of Control and publish to the NIAA membership a written
recommendation for policies, procedures and a timeline for the assignment of
NIAA member schools to classifications and the alignment of schools into regions
and/or leagues within those classifications for the school years 2020-21 and 2021-
22.
B. The Board shall not adopt policies, procedures or a timeline for the classification
and alignment of schools until the Board has conducted a hearing of member
schools and/or school districts regarding the policies, procedures and timeline to
be followed in classifying and aligning schools. The scheduling of the hearing
shall provide member schools reasonable time to review the recommendations
published by the Realignment Committee and to make arrangements to attend.
C. Policies, procedures and a timeline for the assignment of schools to classifications
and alignment in regions and/or leagues shall be adopted by a majority vote of the
Board.
II. Classification
A. Assignment of schools to classifications
1. Pursuant to NAC 385B.250, the Board of Control shall assign each of the
NIAA member schools to one of five classifications for each NIAA
sanctioned sport in which the school fields a team.
2. The classifications shall be designated as: (NAC 385B.250**)
a. 1A
b. 2A
c. 3A
d. 4A
e. 5A
B. State Championships (NAC 385B.630 & 385B.632)
1. A State Championship in all of the sports sanctioned by the NIAA shall be
contested and awarded in each of the classifications provided at least nine
schools compete in that particular sport.
2. When a State Championship is not contested and awarded in a particular
sport for a classification to which a school is assigned, that school may
compete in that sport at the next higher classification that contests and
awards a State Championship.
C. Classification of member schools
1. NIAA member schools, with the exception of schools with a “Limited
Membership”, will be assigned to a classification based on:
a. The count of enrollment reported in the fall of 2019 (NAC
385B.250)
b. Points earned by a school in a sport as determined by applying a
rubric approved by the Board of Control of competitive factors.
(NAC 385B.250, see explanation of rubric points)
c. Other factors listed in NAC 385B.250-4.
2. For purposes of assigning private schools, charter schools and single
gender* schools to a classification, the count of enrollment shall be
increased by a factor of two. (NAC 385B.250**)
III. Region and/or League Alignment
A. The Board of Control shall align schools into regions and/or leagues pursuant to
NAC 385B.250**
B. Regions within a classification shall be made up of as equal a number of schools
as is practical.
C. Leagues within a region and classification shall be made up of as equal a number
of schools as is practical.
D. Associate and/or independent schools or teams assigned to a region and/or league
are not to count toward the total number of schools in that region or league in
meeting the requirements of B and C above.
*The application of the multiplier to single gender schools will require the adoption of a revision
to the NAC. The Board of Control has yet to approve such a change and submit it to the
Legislative Counsel Bureau.
**Revisions of NAC 385B.250 have been approved and forwarded to the Legislative Counsel
Bureau. The policies listed here are in compliance with the proposed revisions.
Revised Rubric for 2020-21 and 2021-22 Realignment (Approved by the Board of Control, June 18, 2019; Amended by action of the Board of Control Sept. 24, 2019)
All Sports
Rubric score shall be the sum of scores for each of the four school years: 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19,
2019-20. Northern and Southern rubric scores are calculated separately.
Baseball, Basketball, Flag Football, Football, Soccer, Softball, Tennis, Volleyball
Single Year Formula: WP + AO + AOO – NCL + PB = Score for one year
• WP = Winning percentage expressed as a whole number (75 rather than 0.75). Winning
percentage for a team is calculated using only regular season games against other Southern
Nevada (for Southern schools) or other Northern Nevada (for Northern schools) 4A or 3A teams
and playoff games for which playoff bonus points are not awarded. Losses in games for which
playoff bonus points are awarded are not included. Forfeits are not included in the calculation of
WP (exception for tennis: forfeited games due to lack of six players ARE included).
WP = ((W + (T/2))/(W + L + T))*100 for soccer WP = ((W + (T/3))/(W + L + T))*100
o Calculating the number of wins; Adjustment for out-of-classification contests
▪ An adjustment factor shall be calculated for each sport.
▪ Schools which have competed in the 4A classification shall be divided into roughly
equal thirds based on rubric points without the adjustment applied.
▪ Schools which have competed in the 3A classification shall be divided into roughly
equal thirds based on rubric points without the adjustment applied.
▪ The sum of wins, ties and losses for
• schools in the top third of the 4A vs. schools in the top third of the 3A; and
• schools in the middle third of the 4A vs. schools in the middle third of the
3A; and
• schools in the bottom third of the 4A vs. schools in the bottom third of the
3A
▪ Percentage of wins for the 4A schools shall be calculated ((wins + (ties/2[3 for
soccer] ))/(wins + losses + ties)
▪ The adjustment factor is the difference of the percentage from 50% subtracted from
100%
▪ EXAMPLE: if in the top third 4A was 4-2, middle third 6-1, bottom third 3-4, the
overall record for 4A schools against 3A schools in this example is 13-7 or 65%.
65% is 15% from 50%. The adjustment in this example would then be 100% minus
15% or 85%. Each win against a 3A school would be multiplied by 85%.
• AO = One half of the average of opponents’ WP.
• AOO = One half of the average of opponents’ opponents’ WP.
• GV = Game Value is the average value of a single game figured using the average number of
games per team and expressed as a whole number. GV = 100*(1/Average Number of Games).
If the average number of games per team were 10, then GV would be 1/10 or 10%. The
percentage expressed as a whole number, GV in this example would be 10.
• NCL = Non-competitive loss deduction. Non-competitive loss is defined below for each sport.
One half of the Game Value (GV) for each non-competitive loss is deducted.
• PB = Bonus for playoff wins. Playoff games which do not result in the awarding of a bonus to
the winner are to be included in the figuring of the team’s WP. A team earns the GV as a playoff
bonus for each of the following:
o Team which reaches the final four teams in the Region Tournament.
o Team which reaches the championship game in the Region Tournament.
o Region Champion.
o Team which reaches the championship game in the State Tournament.
o State Champion.
Non-competitive loss:
• Baseball: Loss by 10 or more runs.
• Basketball: Loss by 35 or more points.
• Flag Football: Loss by 35 or more points.
• Football: Loss by 35 or more points.
• Soccer: Loss by 8 or more goals.
• Softball: Loss by 10 or more runs.
• Tennis: Loss due to lack of at least six players.
• Volleyball: Loss of all sets and the loss in each of those sets is by at least 15 points.
Bowling
Single year score: Average pin total for regular season matches for the team.
Golf
Single year score: Average team score above or below par for 18-hole regular season matches. Lowest
score is the best. To be included, a match must be 18 holes and played on a course with a par of at least
70. If a team does not field at least four scoring golfers at the beginning of a match, a score of double-
par + 18 will be assigned (an extra stroke on each hole) to fill in each missing slot. For a golfer who
does not complete 18 holes in a match, but who begins the match, the score for that golfer is to be
double par for the round in figuring the team average.
Cross Country
Single year score: Region Meets only are used.
• 3A and 4A Region Meet race results in the South are combined and team scores figured based on
the combined results using the times recorded to determine the place for each individual runner
in the combined results.
• 3A and 4A Region Meet race results in the North are combined and team scores figured based on
the combined results using the times recorded to determine the place for each individual runner
in the combined results.
• Identical times are to be scored as ties even if the tied individuals were in the same region and
the tie was broken for that Region Meet.
• Rubric score for that school year is the team score derived from the combined results.
• Northern schools’ rubric scores are derived from comparing only Northern 3A and 4A schools.
Southern schools’ rubric scores are derived from comparing only Southern 3A and 4A schools.
• Lowest score is the best.
Schools which have fewer than 5 finishers in a region meet:
For the purposes of calculating a rubric score for a school in a year in which the school had fewer
than 5 finishers, the following will be used:
• 4 finishers (missing 1): sum of the places of each finisher plus overall last place finisher’s place
plus 1 point.
• 3 finishers (missing 2): sum of the places of each finisher plus 2 times overall last place
finisher’s place plus 1 plus 2 points.
• 2 finishers (missing 3): sum of the places of each finisher plus 3 times overall last place
finisher’s place plus 1 plus 2 plus 3 points.
• 1 finisher (missing 4): place of the finisher plus 4 times overall last place finisher’s place plus 1
plus 2 plus 3 plus 4 points.
• 0 finishers (missing 5): 5 times overall last place finisher’s place plus 1 plus 2 plus 3 plus 4 plus
5 points.
• 0 starters: same score as 0 finishers plus 15 points.
Swimming
Single year score: Region Meets only are used. Southern 3A and 4A Region Meet individual event and
relay results are combined and team scores figured based on the combined results using the times
recorded to determine the place for each individual or relay in the combined results. The same is done
for Northern 3A and 4A Region Meets. Only athletes who scored in their region meet are considered.
Student athletes are ranked in each event by their time in the region final regardless of the heat,
consolation or championship. Identical times are to be scored as ties even if the tied individuals were in
the same region and the tie was broken for that Region Meet. Rubric score for that school year is the
team score derived from the combined results.
Place points to be used for combined region results for rubric scores in individual events:
South: 4A: 2 Regions, 3A: 1 Region, 16 places each