Enrollment Rule - A student must be
enrolled within the first 20 days of a semester as a regular student in the
school system where the student will participate. The 20-day requirement may be
waived under extenuating circumstances. Note: A regular student is one who is
enrolled at the school and is taking six new subjects of work.
Age Rule - A high school student
who has reached his/her 19th birthday before Sept. 1 is ineligible. Any junior
high (ninth grade) student who has reached his/her 16th birthday before Sept. 1
is ineligible. Any middle school student who has reached his/her 15th birthday
before Sept.1 is ineligible.
Eight Semester Rule - A high school
student may be eligible only eight semesters in attendance after completing the
eighth grade. School attendance of 15 days or more of any semester is counted as
a semester.
For athletic purposes, a student is considered to
have completed the eighth grade after receiving credit for five subjects of the
eighth grade level or higher. Any student that does complete the eighth grade
shall establish eligibility for the succeeding year and would be submitted on
the school's official eligibility list as a ninth grade student.
A junior high student may be eligible only three
seasons in any one sport. A middle school student may be eligible only two
seasons in any one sport.
Participation Rule - No student may
participate in any one sport for more than six years (seasons) after entering
the seventh grade or for more than three seasons after entering the 10th grade.
A student who officially participates in one contest of a sport is credited with
one year of participation in that sport.
Outside Participation Rule - A
student who is a member of any school athletic team (grades 7-12) may not
participate (includes practice) on a non-school team in the same sport during
the school season of that sport. Also, a member of any school athletic team may
not participate in an outside sport activity in the same sport during the school
season of that sport.
A student who violates this rule becomes
ineligible to compete on that school team or in that school sports activity for
the remainder of that school season. Any student who participates on an outside
team after the school sport season begins is ineligible to join that school team
for the remainder of the season.
Fifty Percent Rule - Participation
during the school year by students from any high school team (varsity and
B-team) on a non-school team during the off-season is limited to 50 percent of
the number of players required to play the game of that sport (i.e., three in
basketball, six in soccer, five in baseball, etc.)
The rule does not apply to seniors who have
completed their high school eligibility in that sport nor to middle and junior
high school students who will not play on a high school team the following
season.
Independent Rule - A student who is
a member of any school tennis, golf, swimming, track, cross country or wrestling
team may participate as an independent in two outside activities on non-school
days during the season of that sport. The schedule of the school team, including
the championship play, takes precedent over any outside participation by an
individual.
A member of a school soccer team may participate
in one Olympic Development Program evaluation period per month as long as there
is no loss of school time. The evaluation must be under the guidance of ODP.
Amateur Rule - Only amateurs are
eligible. An amateur is one who does not use his/her knowledge or athletics or
athletic skill for gain. A student may not receive an award of any kind having a
monetary value of more than 50 dollars-other than medals, trophies, plaques or
championship rings.
Academic Rule - Students entering
the 10th, 11th and 12th grades must have passed during the last two semesters in
attendance and summer school, if applicable, at least six new Carnegie units
with a minimum composite numerical average of 70 in those six units. Four core
courses must be included in those units passed and averaged. English,
mathematics, science and social studies are core curriculum courses.
Students entering the 8th and 9th grades must
have passed during the last two semesters in attendance and summer school, if
applicable, at least five new subjects with a minimum composite numerical
average of 70 in those five subjects.
Students entering the 7th grade for the first
time are eligible.
Students may regain eligibility at the end of the
first semester by
meeting
the same requirements listed above during their last two semesters in attendance
and summer school, if applicable. All first semester work used in regaining
eligibility must be completed by the fifth day of the second semester.
Transfer Rule - A student is
eligible in the school zone in which his/her parents reside (public, private or
parochial schools). Any student who completes one year's attendance at a school
outside his/her home school zone and fulfills all other requirements becomes
eligible in that school. (This does not apply to foreign exchange students.)
A student whose parents make a bone fide move
completely out of one school zone into another school zone may transfer all
his/her rights and privileges to the member school that serves the area where
the parents reside.
Custody or legal guardianship set up with anyone
will not establish immediate athletic eligibility.
Home Rule - A student attending a
member school outside his/her school zone may return to his/her home school
(where the parents reside) and be eligible at the beginning of any school year
if all other requirements are met.
Overlapping School Zones - A
student whose parents reside in an area served by more than one school lives in
the zone of each school, thus in overlapping school zones. A student who changes
schools within these overlapping school zones is ineligible for one year at the
new school.