Today the public and private schools in the state of Kansas are classified by enrollment alone.  Private and public schools with open enrollment have a distinct advantage in recruiting or accepting student athletes from wider areas than a normal public school.   This creates a competitive disadvantage and in some cases safety issues.  The data is hard to ignore and other states have adopted a multiplier to help maintain a competitive situation.  If not recruiting a schools ability to accept talent from any location can allow skilled players to assemble at specific schools.  A thorough study and analysis needs to be done in the geographical make up of student athletes at private and open enrollment schools and a multiplier applied to appropriately classify them in the KSHSAA system.