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Division I Proposal - 2005-30
RECRUITING AND INITIAL ELIGIBILITY -- STATE-ADMINISTERED ACT
Status: Adopted Final
Intent: To specify that a prospective student-athlete may use a state-administered ACT to meet the academic requirements for an official visit and initial-eligibility requirements.
A. Bylaws: Amend 14.3.1.3, page 156, as follows:
"14.3.1.3 Test-Score Requirements. The minimum required SAT or ACT score (see Bylaw 14.3.1.1) must be achieved
under national testing conditions on a national testing date [i.e., no residual
(campus) testing, state testing (e.g., Colorado, Illinois) or regional
testing dates] except that a state-administered ACT may be used
to meet the test-score requirement.
[14.3.1.3.1 unchanged.]
"14.3.1.3.2 Combined Test Scores. For students using the SAT examination, the highest scores achieved on the verbal and mathematics sections of the SAT from two different national testing dates may be combined in determining whether the student has met the minimum test-score requirements. For students using the ACT examination, the highest scores achieved on the individual subtests of the ACT from more than one national testing date or state-administered examination may be combined in determining whether the student's sum score has met the minimum test-score requirement."
B. Bylaws: Amend 13.6.2.2.2, page 110, as follows:
"13.6.2.2.2 PSAT, SAT, PLAN or ACT Score. A member institution may not provide an expense-paid visit to a high-school or preparatory school prospect who has not presented the institution with a score from a PSAT, an SAT, a PLAN or an ACT taken on a national testing date under national testing conditions, except that a state-administered ACT examination may be used to meet the requirement. The score must be presented through a testing agency document, on a high school (or college) academic transcript (official or unofficial) or through the use of the applicable testing agency's automated-voice system. A foreign prospect who requires a special administration of the PSAT, SAT, PLAN or ACT may present such a score on the approval of the Academics/Eligibility/Compliance Cabinet or the Initial-Eligibility Waiver Committee."
[Remainder of 13.6.2.2.2 unchanged.]
Source: NCAA Division I Board of Directors [Management Council (Academics/Eligibility/Compliance Cabinet) (Initial-Eligibility Issues Subcommittee) (Subcommittee on Recruiting) (Committee on Student-Athlete Reinstatement)].
Effective Date:August 1, 2006
Proposal Category: Amendment
Topical Area: Recruiting
Rationale: Statistics provided by ACT indicate that the state tests are accurately reflecting the population of college-bound and noncollege-bound students who are required to take the state tests. Overall scores achieved through state testing are not higher than those from tests administered on national testing dates. Additionally, when prospective student-athletes have been required through the waiver process to take another ACT on a national testing date, the scores on both tests are generally similar. Allowing state-administered tests would benefit prospective student-athletes by eliminating the bureaucracy of the waiver process or retaking the test and would allow the NCAA clearinghouse flexibility to use state or national tests. Finally, in the event state administered test scores may be used to satisfy initial-eligibility test-score requirements, it is appropriate that such scores may also be used to satisfy the test-score requirement in order to provide a prospect an official visit.
Estimated Budget Impact: None.
Impact on Student-Athlete's Time (Academic and/or Athletics): None.
History
| Feb 18, 2005: | Academic/Eligibility/Compliance Cabinet, Recommends Approval |
| Jun 13, 2005: | Submit; Submitted for consideration. |
| Sep 9, 2005: | Academic/Eligibility/Compliance Cabinet; The cabinet agreed to modify the proposal to specify that a state administered ACT may also be used satisfy Bylaw 13 official visit academic requirements. |
| Jan 8, 2006: | Mgmt Council 1st Review, Approved; (Unanimous Voice Vote) |
| Jan 9, 2006: | Adopted, Pending Possible Board Review, Adopted; (Unanimous Voice Vote) |
| Jan 9, 2006: | Adopted, Override Period; Start of Override Period |
| Mar 12, 2006: | Adopted, Override Period; End of Override Period |
| Mar 12, 2006: | Adopted; Adopted - Final |
Legislative References
| Division | Number | Title |
|---|---|---|
| I | 13.6.2.2 | Number of Official Visits -- Prospective Student-Athlete Limitation. |
| I | 14.3.1.4 | Test-Score Requirements. |