The MIAA Board of Directors held a conference call on Monday to vote on the Tournament Management Committee’s recommendations for spring postseason tournaments.

The board voted on several cutoff dates that are in alignment with the current back to school target of May 4 as determined by Gov. Charlie Baker. Should school resume on May 4, the spring sports season will end no later than June 28.

The board voted 18-0 and approved all measures the TMC recommended earlier this month.

■Postseason tournaments would be limited to sectional playoffs.

■Baseball, softball, lacrosse, tennis and boys volleyball will have a regular season cutoff date of June 12. Seeding meetings will be held June 13 with postseason play starting June 15.

■Golf, which is a fall sport in western Massachusetts, will have a cutoff date of June 11 with sectional tournaments starting June 15.

■There will be no individual tennis tournament and no Division 1A baseball tournament for the 2020 season.

The BOD also voted 18-0 to accept the TMC’s recommendation to waive Rule 40 of the MIAA Bluebook for the spring season. The rule pertains to out-of-season coaching.

According to the TMC, “The sub-committee believes athletics are an extension of the classroom. This is an opportunity for coaches to remotely teach and stay in touch with the students they work with.”

In addition to state and municipal mandates, the TMC issued several guidelines that in line with Rule 40, including:

■Workouts and participation must be purely voluntary. It must be emphatically clear in all communications with student-athletes and parents that there are no requirements or expectations for student athletes to participate, nor will there be any consequences if they chose not to participate.

■Virtual meetings should be used sparingly and cautiously to avoid pressure to attend; such meetings must be open to all candidates since teams have not been selected.

■A student athlete’s status relative to tryouts, cuts, and playing time may not be impacted in any way due to their participation or non-participation in any of these activities.

■Coaches cannot organize team workouts, but may recommend ways to train individually.

■Coaches should not be encouraging athletes to come together for a team workout, including ‘captain’s practices.

■Coaches may not monitor or collect data from any such sessions. Additionally, coaches may not communicate with their student-athletes regarding their ongoing participation.

The last item the BOD addressed dealt with physical examinations for athletes. According to Rule 56.1, a student must pass a physical to be eligible for a sport. A physical is good for 13 months. At the March 30 BOD meeting, the board waived physicals, since it could be hard for athletes to obtain one during the current COVID-19 pandemic.

However, “communication with the Department of Public Health (DPH) occurred indicating the BOD does not have the jurisdiction to modify the regulatory statute for requiring physical exams.”

Any changes would need to be made by the DPH.

MAINE DONE — On Thursday, Maine became the first state in New England to cancel the spring sports season.

“It is with regret that the Maine Principals’ Association announces the cancellation of the 2020 spring athletic season,” MPA director Michael Burnham said in a statement. “Please know that this was not a decision that was taken lightly, but one that the leadership at the MPA felt necessary to help support the recommendations from our Governor’s Office, the Maine CDC, and Commissioner (Pender) Makin, and the Department of Education, that schools across the state not come back in session and provide remote and distance learning opportunities for the remainder of the school year.”

Mike Moran can be reached at mmoran@gazettenet.com. Follow on Twitter @mikemoranDHG.