Over the Back rule has changed

[just another ref]

During the holidays I was watching a varsity girls game with some friends from a local high school. There was an exchange in the lane and the local folks got really loud yelling among other things, "Over the back! I guess you never heard of that!" etc. When the play stopped one of the officials gave a really icy stare at the group and said something that we couldn't hear. I told the group, "Y'all have worse problems than bad calls. That guy is gonna come up here and kick all your butts." I left shortly afterward before the game ended. Later I saw one of the guys at another game and he told me, "I had a talk with that referee after the game and he said that the rule had changed and that over the back was not a foul now if you don't touch them." I said that surely that was not exactly what he said. "Yep. He said over the back used to be a foul whether you touched them or not but now it isn't."
Now what? I said okay and hadn't thought about it any more.
Tonight at some elementary games (same town) an 11 year old boy came up to me: "Mr. ref, is over the back legal now?"
I'm afraid the rumor has spread. Will this be a good thing or a bad thing?