The big day has been set by the Louisiana Athletic Association.

At 1 p.m. Tuesday in Baton Rouge, member school principals or their proxies will convene to vote on the definition of select schools.

The definition is at the center of a lawsuit filed by nine schools — Rapides, Glenmora, Northwood, Plainview, Tioga, Buckeye, Neville, Carroll and Wossman — in late July. In that case, 19th Judicial District Judge Will Jorden issued a temporary injunction against the LHSAA on Aug. 21.

A week ago, at the annual fall meeting, the injunction forced the LHSAA Executive Committee to call a special vote on the glossary definition.

The lawsuit contends that the LHSAA’s decision to change the definition of select/nonselect last year went against the LHSAA’s constitution and that member schools should have been allowed to vote on the change.

At least 203 of the 404 member schools need to be represented to allow the vote to go forward, and only a simple majority of those present is needed to approve the definition of a select school.

The Executive Committee changed the definition of a select school last year to any private school, schools that have magnet programs, lab, and charter schools or schools in districts that have open enrollment. The change almost balanced the number of schools in select and nonselect and created eight playoff divisions in football and 10 for basketball, baseball and softball.

If enough yes votes are cast next week, it essentially makes the lawsuit moot and the playoffs can move forward as planned.

If the majority of schools vote no, then the definition of a select school would likely revert to the old one that included private, full magnet, lab and certain charter schools.

A no-vote would most likely cause the playoff format to change, although it is not known if that would mean it would revert to the previous format.