What's coming up

Scheduled votes, first seasons and first championships, in date order. Each line says whether the date comes from the governing body's own material or from reporting, and links to the source. October's outcomes: Oregon sanctioned the sport and Texas approved a pilot in concept. When a decision is made, the state's entry and this page are updated from the association's own announcement.

When	Who	What	Source
3 December 2026 Decision	Minnesota — MSHSL Board of Directors	Action item on whether girls flag football becomes an MSHSL emerging activity, the first step toward sanctioning. Staff surveyed member schools on participation and budget before the vote.	Association
13-15 January 2027 Decision	NCAA — Divisions I, II and III	Whether to create a National Collegiate Women's Flag Football Championship and a sport committee. Divisions II and III vote at the NCAA Convention; Division I's Cabinet put the legislation into the same cycle. All three must approve. The Board of Governors approved funding in August 2026; if adopted, the first championship would be in spring 2028.	Association
4 February 2027 Meeting	Virginia — VHSL Executive Committee	Next Executive Committee meeting. A VHSL committee discussed girls flag football as an emerging sport on 23 September 2026, with no vote listed; whether it returns in February is not yet known.	Association
Spring 2027 First season	Oregon — OSAA	First season as an OSAA-sanctioned activity, after the Delegate Assembly vote of 12 October 2026. The OSAA will publish a plan book and 2027 dates later.	Association
Spring 2027 First season	Rhode Island — RIIL	First sanctioned season, after the Principals' Committee on Athletics voted 14-0 on 17 August 2026 to sanction the sport as a varsity sport with a championship.	Association
Spring 2027 First championship	District of Columbia — DCSAA	First season with girls flag football as a DCSAA state championship sport, after the April 2026 announcement. Earlier D.C. events were invitationals.	Association
April 2027 Decision	Nebraska — NSAA Representative Assembly	Four member-school proposals would make girls flag football a three-year emerging sport from 2027-28. Under the NSAA's legislative calendar they go to district meetings in November and January and the Legislative Commission in February before the Representative Assembly.	Association
Spring 2027 Decision	Missouri — MSHSAA annual ballot	If participation holds for a second year, member schools vote on making girls flag football fully interscholastic; a two-thirds majority is needed.	Reporting
Spring 2027 First championship	NAIA	First NAIA Women's Flag Football National Championship. Qualification, format and site still to be announced.	Association
May 2027 Decision	Indiana — IHSAA	Sanctioning vote expected, after girls flag football passed the IHSAA's 100-school threshold for an emerging sport.	Reporting
5 June 2027 First championship	Pennsylvania — PIAA	Inaugural PIAA Girls' Flag Football Championships at Penn State Harrisburg, which hosts through 2029-30.	Association
June 2027 (earliest) Decision	Texas — UIL Legislative Council	Rules and guidelines for the girls flag football pilot the Council approved in concept in October 2026, for at most two classifications and no earlier than 2028-29. The UIL says they will come to later Council meetings; it takes up new activities in June and October of odd-numbered years.	Association
2027-28 Milestone	Louisiana — LHSAA	End of the two-year pilot required before final adoption; reporting puts full sanctioning in 2027-28.	Reporting
2027-28 First championship	NJCAA	First NJCAA Women's Flag Football National Championship.	Association
Spring 2028 First season	Kentucky — KHSAA	First season of girls flag football, sanctioned by the Board of Control in May 2026.	Association

"Reporting" means the date or detail comes from news coverage, usually quoting the association, and we have not yet found it in the association's own material. Month-only dates are approximate. Listed as of November 2, 2026.

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