The Latin League committee has made the following changes to the rules for the competition for the 2026/2027 season. You can read the complete rules here
In making these changes, the committee sought to be mindful of the following principles:
The changes below are intended to balance these three goals.
Although we strongly prefer students to test in person, we understand that this is not always possible. Based on our experience over the last two seasons, we have created more detailed rules for teams that test online to help online programs proctor their exams in a consistent fashion.
Below is a list of changes that have been made for the 2026/2027 season. We encourage you to read the official rules as well, of course.
To return to our sports metaphor, we want to avoid the creation of "all-star" teams. Students should play for the school they attend. At the same time, we want both home schoolers and those who do not have JCL or Latin at their school to be able to participate. To balance these goals, we are requiring teams that are made up of students from different schools or home-schooled students to join with other similarly situated students in their own state and area (defined as with a 100-mile radius of one another).
Last year's rules contained some ambiguity on whether a team that was in the top 15% nationally could advance to the playoffs if another team from their school also advanced. This language has been clarified, and we will return to the original intent, which is that only one team from a school can make the playoffs.