  the minnesota state high school league (mshsl) is a voluntary, non-profit association for the support and governance of interscholastic activities at high schools in minnesota, united states. the association supports interscholastic athletics and fine arts programs for member schools. as of 2010, the organization cited a membership of nearly 500 public and private schools, including home schools, charter schools and 435 high schools. the state high school league is an affiliate of the national federation of state high school associations. the league also addresses sportsmanship, chemical health, scholarship recognition, and oversees tournament officials and judges. the league provides educational programs for coaches. the organization's operating revenue is derived solely from tournament ticket sales, broadcast rights, corporate sponsorship, and sale of tournament merchandise. ==history==  the mshsl was originally founded in 1916 as the state high school athletic association in order to promote and regulate school athletics. it later expanded its mission to include fine arts programs. beginning with the 2014-15 season, the mshsl created geographic football districts from which regular season scheduling would be derived. this was prompted by the occurrence of several prominent programs having to find opponents from outside the state in order to fill out an eight game schedule. in 2014 the mnhsl board introduced a measure to concerning policy on transgender athletes.http://cplaction.com/wp-content/uploads/transgenderpolicysecondrevision9-9-14.pdf in october 2014, after several hearings, the board vote to table the measure.http://www.kare11.com/story/sports/high-school/2014/10/02/minnesota-state-high-school-league-table-vote-on-transgender-athletes-policy/16
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