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Rule 18 - Scholarship

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 Ineligibility
Students who are ineligible scholastically at the end of a Grading Period or semester, are
ineligible for the following Grading Period.
18-2 Certification Dates
Each 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 School
When 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 Deficiency
Scholastic 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’s
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;
d. Summer school credits for scholastic deficiency must be completed at the Sending School
prior to the transfer of athletic eligibility.
18-5 Incompletes
An 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’s parent(s).
18-6 Withdrawals
Students 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 Courses
High school students who are Enrolled in a member high School may, with prior written approval
of their high School principal, obtain credits from alternative courses which may count toward
IHSAA scholastic eligibility requirements:
a. College Courses: A student may attend an accredited institution which grants credits which
count toward a baccalaureate degree from that institution, for credit that is acceptable for
high School graduation and for college credit, provided:
(1.) the college course is approved by the Department of Education,
(2.) the local Board of School Trustees counts the college course credit toward
graduation,
(3.) the college class is taken concurrently with the student’s School classes.
b. Unavailable Courses: A student may attend class at another accredited school for credit in
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