SEMESTER AND SEASON
127-2-5 Semester and Season.
5.1 A student may have the privilege to participate in
the interscholastic program for four consecutive years (eight consecutive semesters or
equivalent) after entering the ninth grade of a four-year high school or the ninth grade
in a 7- 9 junior high school.
5.2 In schools with 6 grades (7-12) and 5 grades (8-12),
Rule 5.3 will govern seventh and/or eighth and nine through twelve (9-12) will be
considered as a four-year school, as explained in Rule 5.1.
5.3 A student shall not participate for more
than two seasons while in grades 7-8 of a junior high/high school or no more than three
seasons while in grades 6-7-8 of a middle school in any interscholastic activity.
5.4 Students retained without failing.
(a) Loss of eligibility. A
student held back in the seventh or eighth grade without failing shall lose one of his
four years of high school eligibility for each year he is held back.
(b) Loss of fourth year. A
student held back one year in the seventh or eighth grade without failing shall lose his
fourth year of eligibility after entering the ninth grade.
(c) Loss of third and fourth years.
A student held back for two years in the seventh or eighth grade without failing shall
lose both his third and fourth years of eligibility after entering the ninth grade.
5.5 Ten days of attendance or enrollment shall
constitute a semester. Said ten days includes the day of enrollment, the last day of
attendance and the elapsed time between, provided that they are days when school was
actually in session. School records may be requested for verification.
5.6 The number of semesters of athletic eligibility of a
student is determined by semesters of enrollment and attendance and not by semesters of
participation. (This applies for students in grades 9-12 only).
5.7 A student whose eligibility expires with the end of
a semester shall not become ineligible until report cards are issued or five school days
into the next semester, whichever is less. The student will be considered eligible any
days between the two semesters.
5.8 Any part of a contest or interscholastic event in
which a student competes shall be counted as a season for that sport in grades 6-12 and a
semester of attendance in grades 9-12.
5.9 The Board of Appeals is authorized to grant
exceptions to the Semester and Season Rule when it feels the rule fails to accomplish the
purpose for which it is intended and when the rule works extreme and undue hardship upon
the student.
(a) The Board is authorized to consider
only those cases in which a student entering high school (explained in Rules 5.1 and 5.2)
and did not stay in continuous enrollment because of personal illness or no school was
available or because of other undue hardship reasons ascertained through investigation.
(b) The Board may provide release from the
continuous enrollment restriction provided no participation had occurred during the
semester(s) in question.
(c) The Board may also assess appropriate
penalties to the student athlete or to the school if said Board determines through its
investigation that said student athlete or said school did try to evade the rule by
subterfuge. |
