Enclosed is a summary of the procedures and deadlines for submitting amendments for consideration at the 2025 NCAA Convention to be held January 15-18, 2025, Nashville, Tennessee. Information regarding the convention will be distributed to the membership as soon as possible. Please review the amendment procedures set forth in NCAA Division III Bylaw 9.3 of the NCAA Division III Manual. Please note the deadline for the submission of amendments sponsored by the membership is not later than 5 p.m. Eastern time July 1. [Note: At least one conference for a conference-sponsored amendment or at least 10 institutions for an institution-sponsored amendment must meet the July 11 deadline.]
As a reminder, the minimum number of active member institutions required to sponsor an amendment not sponsored by the NCAA Division III Management Council or Presidents Council is 20. Additionally, two member-conferences, on behalf of their active members, may sponsor an amendment. Alternatively, amendments that do not meet the July 1 deadline may still be submitted by September 15 by four conferences or 20 institutions representing four conferences. All amendments must be in final legislative form no later than 5 p.m. Eastern time September 15. The effective date of the proposed legislation shall be August 1, 2026, unless an alternative date is given. Any legislation that has an immediate or alternative effective date must include in the statement of rationale why such an effective date is necessary.
The attachment describes the procedures related to the electronic submission of proposed legislation. Please pay special attention to the procedures for submitting amendments through the LSDBi website. Legislative amendments must be submitted electronically and must include proper chancellor or president approval as noted in the procedures. Questions regarding the amendment procedures should be referred to Corey Berg (cberg@ncaa.org) or Jeff Myers (jmyers@ncaa.org).
