[1] The association supports interscholastic athletics and fine arts programs for member schools.

[3] The League also addresses sportsmanship, chemical health, scholarship recognition, and oversees tournament officials and judges.

In 1922, SHSAA joined the National Federation of State High School Associations.

The change was designed to help programs having difficulty finding opponents for an eight-game schedule.

[6] In 2015, the MNHSL board approved a policy on transgender athletes that allowed those assigned male at birth that identify as female to be eligible for girls’ teams.

Girls, and by extension athletes assigned female at birth that no longer identify as such, were already eligible to compete in boys' sports.

The policy requires applying for eligibility, sets out criteria for approval including a written statement from a health care professional, and places the decision with the school's activities director.

[7] THe MSHSL was the first state association to officially sanction women's hockey, adapted athletics, robotics, and clay target.

The Board of Directors assigned the largest 128 schools by enrollment to the AA classification.

[11] Every two years, the MSHSL determines a school's activity classification and section placement.

At the other end, Section 8AAAAA covers the entire northern half of the state with Bemidji, Brainerd, Moorhead, Sartell, Alexandria, and one of the St.

In the Fall of 2005, the MSHSL experimented by having coaches seed the State Soccer Tournament.

All of these sports have a single elimination tournament at the end of the season which awards a state championship to the winning team.