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Rule 18 - Scholarship

a Non-School Team does not impact a student’s academic eligibility. Academic
eligibility turns upon the student’s academic success or lack of success during
the last Grading Period of attendance. (rule 18-1)
Make-Up Work and Repeated Courses
Q. 18-11 Can a student repeat a course and have the course count toward academic
eligibility?
A. Yes, if approved by the principal and a passing grade is earned and placed on
the student’s official transcript.
Q. 18-12 Can a student, who has an incomplete at the end of a Grading Period in One
(1) of the five (5) courses in which the student was enrolled, make up the work
in the course, obtain a passing grade for the course, and be academically
eligible during the upcoming Grading Period?
A. Yes, but it depends on when the class work is made up and when the grade
is changed from an ‘I’ to a passing grade. Incompletes can be made up
and an incomplete can be changed to a passing grade, but in order for that
passing grade to count for eligibility purposes, the passing grade must have
been entered on the student’s records on or before the Eligibility Certification
Date, rule 18-5. A School can request a hardship waiver to permit the student
to make-up the incomplete after the Eligibility Certification Date. To obtain a
waiver the student would have to show that the reason the course could not be
timely completed was the result of an extreme situation outside the control of
the student and the student’s parent(s), such as a medical emergency. Even
if a waiver is granted, a student will remain academically ineligible until the
course is competed and the grade is changed from an ‘I’ to a passing grade.
Q. 18-13 If a student fails to pass Seventy percent (70%) of the maximum number of
full credit subjects available, or the equivalent, during the last semester of the
school year, may the student’s credits achieved in summer school count toward
academic eligibility?
A. Yes, summer school course grades and credits can be combined with the
previous spring semester course grades and credits in order to meet the
Seventy percent (70%) rule for the spring semester. In order for the summer
school course grades and credits to be used, all summer school courses must
be completed before the first day of school of the next fall semester. A student
who needs summer school grades and credits to be academically eligible will
remain ineligible until the summer school grades and credits are received by
the student’s School of Enrollment and the principal or the principal’s designee
can confirm that the student is academically eligible for fall sports. (rules 18-4,
18-5).
Q. 18-14 Can a student use a Non-School course to count as a full credit subject for
purposes of academic eligibility?
A. Yes, provided the course is taken or attended concurrently with the Grading
Period for which the course is to be counted as a full credit subject, and provided
the course complies with the requirements of either the Night-School rule (rule
18-3), the College Course rule (rule 18-7(a)), the Unavailable Course rule (rule
18-7(b)), the Virtual Course rule (rule 18-7(d)) or the Innovative Course rule
(rule 18-7(e)).
Q. 18-15 May a student make up an academic deficiency during a Grading Period by
demonstrating proficiency in a course or subject , and obtain credit(s) under
Ind. Code 20-36-5-1 or a similar law?
A. No, academic proficiencies can be made up under rule 18-5 only through the
enrollment in a course of study offered at a night, summer, or correspondence
school, by successfully such a course through course work, and by receiving
course credit(s). Testing out of a course may not be used to make up for an
academic deficiency.
Vocational Schools
Q. 18-16 A student attends a vocational school outside the student’s School of Enrollment,
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