For consideration at the 2026 NCAA Convention, amendments-to-amendments must be received at the NCAA national office not later than 5 p.m. Eastern time, November 1.

In addition, the following procedures should be observed:

1. Amendments to proposals contained in the 2026 NCAA Convention Division III Publication of Proposed Legislation may be submitted by active members in accordance with the provisions of NCAA Bylaw 9.3.4.
2. Institution Submissions: Twenty or more Division III institutions may submit amendments-to-amendments, provided all sponsoring institutions are active members with voting privileges. An amendment-to-amendment must be submitted in the name of the institution by the chancellor or president or the designated representative. [Note: The chancellor or president must provide written notification (prior to the November 1 deadline) to the national office of any individual designated to assert sponsorship of a legislative proposal on behalf of the institution.]
3. Conference Submissions: Two or more member conferences with voting privileges may submit amendments-to-amendments on behalf of each conference's active member institutions. Conference submitted amendments-to-amendments must be signed by the chair of the conference's presidential administrative group or at least two chancellors or presidents of the conference's member institutions if the conference has no presidential administrative group.
4. Indicate the specific proposal to be amended by using the number of the proposal as designated in the POPL for the Convention.
5. All amendments-to-amendments shall include a statement of intent.
6. All amendments-to-amendments may include a statement of rationale that shall not exceed 50 words in length.
7. All amendments-to-amendments shall designate a primary contact person.
8. An amendment-to-amendment may increase the modification of the proposal only when it is submitted by Management Council or Presidents Council, all sponsors of the original proposal, twenty or more active member institutions from four or more member conferences, or four or more member conferences and provided it is still germane to the intent of the original proposal.
9. An amendment-to-amendment that does not increase the modification of the original proposal may be submitted by Management Council or Presidents Council, two or more active member institutions or two or more member conferences. 
10. The sponsors of each proposed amendment-to-amendment that, if adopted, would result in significant expenditures from the Association's budget and/or by member institutions, may be required by the NCAA Division III Presidents Council to provide written documentation of the estimated costs to the division and/or member institutions.
11. Amendments-to-amendments must be submitted through the Legislative Services Database for the Internet.
    1. To access LSDBi, go to www.ncaa.org.
    2. Click on "Membership" in the upper right-hand corner of the screen and then click on "My Apps." Login to the membership side of www.ncaa.org using your previously established username and password. If you do not already have a username and password, click on "register" and follow the on-screen instructions. If you have forgotten your previously established password, click "Forgot your password?".
    3. Click on "LSDBi" in the NCAA Applications links box.
    4. Click the "Legislative Process" tab.
    5. Click on "Amend a Proposal".

Please contact Corey Berg (cberg@ncaa.org) or Jeff Myers (jmyers@ncaa.org) if you have any questions.