BREAKING: UIL Legislative Session votes for Every Year State for Marching Band

The University Interscholastic League, the governing body for all things academic and athletic competition in Texas public schools, has held the UIL General Session in which they have voted for the UIL State Marching Contest to be held for every class every year. Marching band, as of now, is the only UIL event that does an alternating-year schedule for the state level, with 1A/3A/5A happening on odd years and 2A/4A/6A happening on even years. In 2021, all six classes had their State Marching Contest due to the COVID year preventing most bands from being able to compete in 2020. The 1A/3A/5A contests were held from Monday to Wednesday during the first week of November, and 2A/4A/6A took place on the same days the following week. This is not final yet as the Commissioner of Education also needs to approve it, and assuming it does get approved, we logistically won’t be able to see it go into effect until 2023 or 2024.

Other propositions passed include Area Finals occurring with a minimum of 10 bands instead of the existing 15 and Class 4A switching to the seven-judge panel for the State Marching Contest that 5A and 6A adopted in 2021 as opposed to the traditional five-judge panel.