Athletic Eligibility

A student must have a minimum load of work during the preceding semester to be eligible at any time during the present semester. The semester is normally considered half of the academic year. All students must also meet local promotion standards, set by the LEA and/or the local school.

A minimum load is defined as five courses in the traditional school schedule and three courses for schools on the “block” format. If the school is on the A/B form of block scheduling, a student must pass six of eight courses during what would traditionally be defined as a semester.

Office assistance, teacher assistance, or laboratory assistance may not be used toward academic eligibility.

No work previously passed by a student may be submitted as part of a minimum load. Summer school work used to make up part of the minimum load must be applied to the most recent semester. Credit for summer work is a determination of the local unit.

Yes; A student, upon first entering grade nine, is academically eligible for competition on high school teams.

If a student is not academically eligible at the beginning of the semester, then he/she is not eligible at any time during the semester. (Exception: a student who receives an incomplete which causes him or her to fail to meet minimum scholastic requirements is ineligible until the course is satisfactorily completed, and eligibility is restored immediately.) A student academically eligible at the beginning of the semester remains academically eligible throughout the semester.

Pupils enrolled in “exceptional students” classes shall be eligible for participation in interscholastic athletics provided the program of instruction is in accordance with the recommendations of the State Department of

Public Instruction, and provided that in the opinions of the principal and teacher, such pupil is making “satisfactory progress.” “Satisfactory progress” is defined that the pupil passes a minimum load on his level. All other regulations must be met.