Leilah Bailey asks Fairbanks court to review a school activities association decision

Leilah Bailey asked a Fairbanks judge Thursday to review a decision by the Alaska School Activities Association, court records show.

The court lists the case as an administrative agency appeal, a request for a judge to review a decision made outside court. Bailey is the appellant, the party bringing the appeal, and ASAA is the appellee, the party defending against it.

ASAA describes itself as a statewide nonprofit that sets competitive seasons, sponsors state competitions and sets eligibility rules for students. A state education regulation treats ASAA decisions applying its rules to a particular person or school as administrative decisions, meaning a final decision can be appealed to superior court.

The court's daily report doesn't say which decision Bailey is challenging or what Bailey wants the court to do. The CourtView public portal lists a notice of appeal but not its text. The court system says copies come from the court where a case was filed.

ASAA's 2026-27 handbook lays out the association's own appeals process: its Board of Directors sits as an Appeals Board, hears appeals of the executive director's decisions in a closed session and must tell a party it has 30 days to appeal a final decision to superior court. Court records do not show whether Bailey went through that process.

The court docket shows Kristina Marie Miller entered an appearance as Bailey's attorney Nov. 5. As of Nov. 7, no attorney was listed for ASAA.

The case is assigned to Judge Amy K. Welch, a superior court judge in the Fourth Judicial District.