<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3QhegU_1GzxxSkN00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3QhegU_1GzxxSkN00" width="2000" height="1375" ><h2>Related Content</h2><ul><li>Watch the meeting(opens in a new tab)</li></ul><p>CHSAA’s Budget and Property Administration Committee voted Wednesday to recommend raising the participation fee to $188 per sport or activity next school year while eliminating the electronic platform fee and the $100 fee for first-year coaches.</p><p>The motion, made by Cheyenne Mountain Athletic Director Kris Roberts, passed with no opposition. The committee report will go to the Legislative Council for a vote at its Feb. 2 meeting. If approved, the change would take effect for the 2027-28 school year.</p><h2>Participation fees</h2><p>Member schools currently pay $967 in annual membership dues and a $164 participation fee for each sport or activity. On top of that, they pay an electronic platform fee that ranges from $65 to $225 depending on classification, and $100 for each first-year coach they register.</p><p>Last year, the committee and the Legislative Council approved a 2% increase in membership fees for this year and each of the next two years, the first increase after a four-year freeze. The new proposal comes in at about $21 per sport or activity above the increase already scheduled for next year, and drops the platform and first-year coach fees to zero.</p><p>“Every year, you will know how much your bill is going to be,” said Sarah Vernon-Brunner, CHSAA’s Chief Financial Officer.</p><p>Using averages for each classification, the change would cost a typical 1A school about $27 more per year and save a typical 6A school about $41. The difference largely comes down to coaches: 1A schools register an average of 1.28 first-year coaches a year, while 6A schools average five. Vernon-Brunner noted that not every school will save money, particularly those that register few new coaches or that have their coaches pay the fee themselves.</p><p>For CHSAA, the change is close to revenue-neutral, with an estimated loss of $5,000 to $7,000 next year.</p><p>Commissioner Mike Krueger said the platform fee has been hard on schools since it began with third-party systems, and that CHSAA now owns its School Center platform, which handles transfers and coach registration. The first-year coach fee, he said, is difficult for districts to budget because the number of new coaches changes every year.</p><p>Krueger said recruiting and retaining coaches was one of the biggest topics at Tuesday’s Small and Rural Schools Symposium in Greeley.</p><p>“When we’re trying to fight for every coach we can get, if there’s any barriers, we want to work toward reducing those, and the first year coaches fee is a barrier,” Krueger said.</p><p>Vernon-Brunner said CHSAA also hopes removing the fee will lead more first-year coaches to complete their required tests. The proposal was previewed with some district athletic directors, who supported it.</p><p>“The platform fee is a function of being a CHSAA member,” Roberts said. “It should just be part of the fee structure, because we’re all using it.”</p><h2>Building renovation</h2><p>The renovation of the CHSAA office is in its final stretch. Krueger said the association expects a certificate of occupancy by the end of the week and hopes to move back in over the weekend, after working from a temporary office since June 3.</p><p>Spending is under budget, Vernon-Brunner said. Repaving the parking lot, which was not in the original scope, was added because the project was comfortably within budget. Exterior work will continue through December.</p><p>About half of the project was paid for from reserves, with the rest covered by a loan that CHSAA plans to pay off as quickly as possible. Reserves stood at $3.3 million in May and are now at about $1 million. Most of the work went into sewer lines, HVAC, foundation repairs, a fire sprinkler system, and reconfiguring the space to fit the needs of the association. The building had seen few updates since the late 1980s.</p><h2>Last year’s finances and audit</h2><p>CHSAA finished last fiscal year with $7.28 million in revenue, about 5% above projections, and $6.8 million in expenses, about 3% under budget, for a net income of about $475,000.</p><p>Corporate partnerships came in about $50,000 above plan. The association also received $67,000 in unexpected Employee Retention Credits and about $40,000 in extra interest because building funds stayed invested longer. Sports and activities were up about $90,000 in revenue. Ticket sales make up about half of CHSAA’s revenue.</p><p>Operating expenses ran about $71,000 over budget, partly because of rising legal fees, especially in transfer cases.</p><p>The annual audit found no major issues. No membership refund was given this year, mostly because of the building renovation expenses.</p><h2>This year</h2><p>Through September, CHSAA had $2.37 million in revenue, mostly from membership fees, and $1.26 million in expenses, in line with the budget. Seven new schools joined the membership this year, and courtesy card sales brought in about $150,000.</p><p>A change in insurance saved the association about 35% on its insurance while improving its coverage, Vernon-Brunner said.</p><p>The next Budget &amp; Property Administration Committee meeting is in March.</p></div></body>

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Watch the meeting(opens in a new tab) CHSAA’s Budget and Property Administration Committee voted Wednesday to recommend raising the participation fee to $188 per sport or activity next school year while eliminating the electronic platform fee and the $100 fee for first-year coaches. The motion, made by Cheyenne Mountain...

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Budget Committee Recommends Folding Two Fees Into $188 Participation Fee

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