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Rule 18 - Scholarship

provided the student passed Seventy percent (70%) of the maximum number
of full credit high school subjects or the equivalent. (rule 18-1)
Q. 18-9 Is a student who was passing Seventy percent (70%) of the maximum number
of full credit high school subjects or the equivalent and then dropped out of
school for the remainder of the Grading Period, and did not receive any grades
for the Grading Period, considered eligible under the scholarship rule at the
beginning of the following Grading Period?
A. No, the student would fail to meet the requirements of passing Seventy
percent (70%) of the maximum number of full credit high school subjects or
the equivalent the student’s last Grading Period of enrollment. (rule 18-1)
Q. 18-10 Is a student who has been out of high school for a semester or more, and who
has played on a Non-School Team during that time, eligible academically when
re-Enrolling at a School at the beginning of a semester?
A. This is not an academic issue. Non-attendance at a School alone or playing on
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?

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