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Division I Proposal - 1998-48
INITIAL ELIGIBILITY -- GED TEST/EQUIVALENCY DIPLOMA
Status: Adopted Final
Intent: To specify that a prospect may qualify for athletically related financial aid and practice at the institution's regular home facility, but not for competition, by presenting a minimum average score of 45 on the five-part GED test and satisfying the applicable core-curriculum grade-point average and corresponding ACT or SAT score for a partial qualifier as set forth in the sliding scale index in Bylaw 14.3.2.1.1.
Bylaws: Amend 14.3.5.3.4, as follows:
"14.3.5.3.4 GED Test/Equivalency Diploma. A prospect who does not graduate from high school but who subsequently completes the General Educational Development (GED) test and obtains a state high-school equivalency diploma may satisfy the graduation requirement of 14.3, but not the core-curriculum or test-score requirement, if the following conditions are met:
[14.3.5.3.4-(a) and 14.3.5.3.4-(b) unchanged.]
"(c)
The prospect may qualify for athletically
related financial aid and practice at the institution's regular home facility,
but not for practice or
competition, by presenting a minimum average score of 45 on the five-part GED
test and satisfying the applicable core-curriculum grade-point average and
corresponding ACT or SAT score for a partial qualifier as set forth in the
sliding scale index in 14.3.2.1.1; and"
[Remainder of 14.3.5.3.4 unchanged.]
Source: NCAA Division I Board of Directors [Management Council (Academics/Eligibility/Compliance Cabinet) (Subcommittee on Initial-Eligibility)].
Effective Date:August 1, 1999; for entering freshman whose initial collegiate enrollment occurs during the 1999-2000 academic year and thereafter.
Proposal Category: Amendment
Topical Area: Organization
Rationale: The GED test/equivalency diploma generally has satisfied only the initial eligibility graduation requirement but not the core-curriculum or test-score requirements. In light of the recent revisions in the Division I partial qualifier standards, a prospective student-athlete who does not graduate from high school but who subsequently completes the GED test should not be permitted to qualify for athletically related financial aid and practice at the institution's regular home facility, unless he or she also satisfies the applicable core-course and test-score requirements for a partial qualifier set forth in the sliding scale index in Bylaw 14.3.2.1.1.
Estimated Budget Impact:
Impact on Student-Athlete's Time (Academic and/or Athletics):
History
| Jan 1, 1998: | Submit (referred proposal to Academic/Eligibility/Compliance Cabinet); Submitted for consideration. |
| Jun 4, 1998: | Academic/Eligibility/Compliance Cabinet, Recommends Approval |
| Jul 20, 1998: | Comment Period; Start of Comment Period |
| Sep 18, 1998: | Comment Period; End of Comment Period |
| Oct 20, 1998: | Mgmt Council 1st Review, Approved |
| Nov 4, 1998: | Comment Period; Start of Comment Period |
| Dec 21, 1998: | Comment Period; End of Comment Period |
| Jan 11, 1999: | Mgmt Council 2nd Review, Approved |
| Jan 12, 1999: | Adopted, Pending Possible Board Review, Adopted |
| Jan 22, 1999: | Adopted, Override Period; Start of Override Period |
| Mar 15, 1999: | Adopted, Override Period; End of Override Period |
| Mar 15, 1999: | Adopted; Adopted - Final |
Legislative References
| Division | Number | Title |
|---|---|---|
| I | 14.3.5.2.1 | Equivalency Test/Diploma. |