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8318-1.4 Partial Credit SubjectsA combination of 2, 3, or 4 partial-credit subject grades may be substituted for 1 or 2 full-credit subject deficiencies.18-1.5 Transfer StudentsTransfer students must meet the requirements of this rule. However, if a transfer student is coming from a school with a different academic schedule that cannot be accommodated in his/her new School, and the transfer student is certified to be academically eligible by the school from which he/she is transferring, said transfer student shall have full academic eligibility in their new School until the transfer student can Enroll, complete and receive credit in the maximum number of full credit subjects that a student can take at the new School. However, during this interim period the transfer student must receive passing grades at the new School in at least Seventy percent (70%) of the classes in which the student is Enrolled (semester grades take precedence) and meet all other eligibility rules. 18-1.6 Semester IneligibilityStudents who are ineligible scholastically at the end of a Grading Period or semester, are ineligible for the following Grading Period.18-2 Certification DatesEach School will establish consistent Grading Periods within the school year. The principal shall set the Eligibility Certification Dates annually on the membership page/form. Each Eligibility Certification Date must occur no later than noon of the tenth school day following the end of each Grading Period. The principal shall certify the grades of each student on the Eligibility Certification Date.18-3 Night SchoolWhen students from a member School attend any night school approved by the Department of Education and such students desire to count the credits earned toward IHSAA scholastic eligibility requirements, they must obtain written approval from their high School principals that each specific course credit/s earned will be accepted and counted toward graduation. When establishing current scholastic eligibility requirements, they must be passing Seventy percent (70%) of the maximum of full credit subjects or the equivalent taken concurrently in day and/or night school.18-4 Make-up for Scholastic DeficiencyScholastic deficiencies caused by the inability of a student to pass Seventy percent (70%) (See rule 18-1) or the equivalent in the previous Grading Period (semester grades take precedence) may be made up in night school, summer school or correspondence school and counted toward eligibility provided: a. it be done in an accredited school or according to procedures approved by the Department of Education; b. all work be done and the necessary credits be made a matter of final record in principal%u2019s office prior to the opening date of the Grading Period in which eligibility is desired. This does not apply to incompletes; c. all work and credits be Bona Fide and certified as such by the high School principal.18-5 IncompletesAn incomplete in a course at the end of a Grading Period or semester counts as a failure until deficiency has been removed; an incomplete in a course on the Eligibility Certification Date counts as a failure and, for scholastic eligibility purposes, cannot later be made up or removed. A School may request a hardship waiver of this rule, regarding a make-up of an incomplete after the Eligibility Certification Date for an extreme situation outside the control of the student and the student%u2019s parent(s).18-6 WithdrawalsStudents who withdraw within the first Fifteen (15) school days of a semester shall not be considered ineligible as to scholarship at the beginning of their next semester of Enrollment, provided they were eligible when they withdrew.18-7 Alternative CoursesHigh school students who are Enrolled in a member high School may, with prior written approval Rule 18 - Scholarship