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85Q & AAcademic Eligibility - GenerallyQ. 18-1 When is a student academically eligible to participate in interscholastic athletics at a member School under the IHSAA rules? A. In general, a student is eligible academically if the student is currently enrolled in at least Seventy percent (70%) of the maximum number of full credit subjects available, or the equivalent, and the student received a passing grade in Seventy percent (70%) of the maximum number of full credit high school subjects available, or the equivalent, in the previous Grading Period. (rule 18-1)Q. 18-2 If a student fails to pass Seventy percent (70%) of the maximum number of full credit high school subjects or the equivalent during the last Grading Period of a semester but earns credits in Seventy percent (70%) of the maximum number of full credit high school subjects for the semester, will the student be eligible at the beginning of the first Grading Period of the next semester?A. Yes, the semester grades take precedence over grades received during the final Grading Period of the semester. (rule 18-1)Q. 18-3 If a student passes Seventy percent (70%) of the maximum number of full credit high school subjects or the equivalent during the last Grading Period of a semester but failed to earn and be awarded credits in Seventy percent (70%) of the maximum number of full credit high school subjects for the semester, when will the student be eligible during the next Semester?A. While the failure to passes Seventy percent (70%) of the maximum number of full credit high school subjects or the equivalent for the last semester means that the student will be ineligible for the next Grading Period, the student%u2019s academic eligibility for the remainder of the semester will be determined by the grades the student achieves during each of subsequent Grading Periods. If the student passes Seventy percent (70%) of the maximum number of full credit high school subjects or the equivalent during the second Grading Period of the next semester, then the student be eligible for the following Grading Period. (rule 18-1)Q. 18-4 If a student is academically ineligible at the end of a Grading Period or semester, is the student academically ineligible for the entire next Grading Period?A. Yes, an academically ineligible student at the end of a Grading Period or end of a semester is academically ineligible for the next Grading Period. (rule 18-1.6)Q. 18-5 If a student is academically ineligible at the end of a Grading Period or a semester, when can the player become academically eligible?A. If, following a period of academic ineligibility a student successfully meets all academic requirements during a succeeding Grading Period, the student will be eligible to play on the date the principal certifies grades for the succeeding Grading Period. Here the student would be eligible on the certification date for the succeeding Grading Period. (rule 18-2)Q. 18-6 Is a student, who was academically ineligible during the first Grading Period of the fall semester, but who then meets the scholarship requirements during that first Grading Period, eligible to play the night of the last day of that first Grading Period? A. The date of academic eligibility following a period of academic ineligibility depends on the Eligibility Certification Date established by the student%u2019s School. Based upon the grades from the just-completed Grading Period, a student will becomes academically ineligible, or will become academically eligible, on the School%u2019s Eligibility Certification Date. Here, if the School%u2019s Eligibility Certification Date is the last date of the Grading Period, then the student would be academically eligible to play sports that day, but if the School%u2019s Eligibility Certification Date was the following Tuesday, for example, then the player would be eligible the following Tuesday. (rule 18-2)Rule 18 - Scholarship