1.2.6
ATHL-005, Section 6 - Scholastic Requirements
a.
To be eligible to participate in interscholastic athletics, a student must be in good academic stand-
ing. For purposes of this Policy, a student shall be deemed to be in good academic standing under
the following circumstances:
i.
The student attended at least 85 percent of the total number of instructional days in the PSU
during the previous semester;
ii.
The student passed at least 70 percent of the courses taken in the preceding semester; and
iii.
The student is making sufficient progress toward meeting the academic and curricular
requirements of the PSU and the State Board of Education to be promoted to the next grade
level or to graduate within the next calendar year.
b.
For the purpose of determining good academic standing during the fall semester, a student may
count any course that the student passed in a summer school session toward the total number of
courses passed in the preceding spring semester. The summer school course shall not affect the
total number of courses attempted in the preceding spring semester.
c.
A student who is promoted from Grade 5 to Grade 6 shall be deemed to have satisfied the require-
ments set forth in this Paragraph to participate in the first semester of Grade 6.
d.
A student who is promoted from Grade 8 to Grade 9 shall be deemed to have satisfied the require-
ments set forth in this Paragraph to participate in the first semester of Grade 9.
NCHSAA Application Note 1.2.6. The requirements set forth in ATHL-005, Section 6 apply to students at all mem
bership entities.
(a)
Other than a home school student, a student shall be deemed to be in good academic standing under
the following circumstances at any membership entity:
(1)
The student attended at least 85 percent of the total number of instructional days in the
membership entity during the previous semester;
(2)
The student passed at least 70 percent of the courses taken in the preceding semester; and
(3)
The student is making sufficient progress toward meeting the academic and curricular
requirements of the membership entity and, if applicable, the State Board of Education to be
promoted to the next grade level or to graduate within the next calendar year.
(b)
A home school student is in good academic standing for purposes of this rule and application note
if:
(1)
The student passed all courses in which the student was enrolled at the member school in
the preceding semester; and
(2)
The student is on grade level according to a nationally standardized achievement test(s)
indicating grade level.
(c)
For purposes of determining whether a student meets the attendance requirement of ATHL-005,
Section 6.a.i or Application Note 1.2.6(a)(1), an absence is an unexcused absence as determined by
the membership entity. Excused absences are not considered absences for this purpose. For ex-
ample, if a student participates in a school trip, is excused from a final examination, or is otherwise
excused from attendance, the membership entity should not consider such absences in determining
whether a student meets the attendance requirement. No member school should apply for a waiver
of the attendance requirement if the student meets the attendance requirement when excused ab-
sences are not counted.
(d)
A student not academically eligible at the beginning of the semester is not eligible at any time
during the semester.
Exception - A student who receives an incomplete which causes him or her to fail to meet minimum
scholastic requirements or is awaiting a final grade due to any state-mandated testing is ineligible
until the course is satisfactorily completed, and eligibility is restored immediately upon satisfactory
completion.
(e)
At the end of the first semester, a superintendent or principal has eight days (excluding Saturday
and Sunday) to check grades of students, removing such students immediately upon knowledge of
ineligibility and no later than the completion of the eight-day period and restore eligibility
to any debarred player after he or she has qualified at the end of a semester.
(1)
Any student who has his or her eligibility restored may participate the day following the
completion of the semester of the ineligibility.
(2)
The purpose of the eight-day period is to allow schools ample time to check grades. A player
should be removed before the eight-day period is up if the school has knowledge and has
verified that the student is ineligible.
1.2.7
ATHL-005, Section 7 - Age Requirements
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