6:190-AP1 – Eligibility for Participation in Extracurricular Activities

6:190-AP1 – Academic Eligibility for Participation in Extracurricular Activities

Actor Action
Building Principal Include the minimum academic criteria for participation in the student handbook.
Coach or Sponsor Explain the minimum academic criteria for participation to student-participants.
Student In order to be eligible to participate, maintain an overall               grade point average.
Coach or Sponsor Before allowing a student to join an extracurricular activity, ensure that the student meets the academic criteria.
Building Principal or designee At the end of each grade-reporting period, arrange for all coaches and sponsors to have access to their student-participants’ grades and grade point averages.
Coach or Sponsor At the end of each grade-reporting period, determine whether any student(s) failed to meet the academic criteria.

For any student who fails to meet the academic criteria:

Determine how long the student will be suspended from the activity; explain to the student the reason for the suspension; send a notice of the suspension to the student’s parent(s)/guardian(s).

For any student suspended for not meeting the academic criteria:

At the end of the suspension, determine whether the student now meets the District’s academic criteria. If so, notify the student and the student’s parent(s)/guardian(s) that the student is now eligible to participate. If the student does not meet these criteria, notify the student’s parent(s)/guardian(s) that the student will remain ineligible to participate until the student meets the academic criteria.

 

Date Adopted:  April 10, 2007

Date Updated:  October 25, 2022