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89) COLLEGE WORK
Q. May a student take a college or junior college class and receive high school credit for this work which may be counted toward scholastic eligibility?
A. Such a class may be counted for scholastic eligibility, provided the student’s high school accepts it and grants it credit toward high school graduation. (By-law 3.025)
90) SUMMER SCHOOL LIMITATIONS
Q. How many credit hours may a student earn in summer school for the purpose of counting toward determination of scholastic eligibility for the next semester?
A. There is no specific limitation. Summer school work may be counted toward scholastic eligibility for the ensuing fall semester provided it is completed by the time the fall semester begins and is granted credit toward graduation by the student’s high school. (By-law 3.022)
91) BLOCK SCHEDULING
Q. If a school utilizes a block 4 schedule, how many classes must a student pass to meet the scholastic eligibility requirements of the by-laws?
A. Regardless of the schedule utilized by the school, students must be passing enough courses on both a weekly and semester basis to earn 2.5 full credits. In a block 4 schedule where each class is worth one credit per semester, a student must be passing at least three of the four classes to be considered to be passing twenty-five (25) credit hours as By-laws 3.021 and 3.022 require. (By-laws 3.021 and 3.022)
92) ACADEMIC ELIGIBILITY OF OUT-OF-STATE TRANSFER
92.1) Q. When a student who lives in another state and is eligible according to the academic standards of that state transfers to Illinois, but does not meet the IHSA’s eligibility standards by the work taken in the previous state, what is the student’s academic eligibility status?
A. In such a case, the student would be granted eligibility upon enrollment at a member school if eligible under the standards in the state from which the transfer has occurred. However, the student would have to begin immediately meeting the IHSA requirements to retain eligibility. (By-laws 3.021 and 3.022)
When a student transfers from one state to a member school and is scholastically ineligible according to that state’s academic standards, what is the student’s academic eligibility status?
A. In such a case, the student would be ineligible for the duration of the term of ineligibility imposed at the school from which he/she transferred. The student would then have to comply with IHSA academic eligibility standards before becoming eligible. (By-laws 3.021, 3.022 and 3.047)
92.2) Q.
3.030 RESIDENCE
A student’s eligibility is contingent upon the student meeting the applicable criteria from Sections 3.031-3.034 below. Except as provided in Section 6.010 of these by-laws, a student who does not comply with the applicable provisions of Sections 3.031-3.034 of these by-laws shall be ineligible for a period not to exceed 365 days. Once a student has attended high school, any change of the school attended by the student shall subject that student to the requirements of the rules applicable to transfers under Section 3.040 of these by-laws and its subsections.
3.031 Public School Students: Students attending public member schools shall be eligible at the public high school in which they enroll, provided:
3.031.1 They reside full time with their parents, custodial parent or guardian appointed by a judge of a court having proper jurisdiction, or they currently and for at least the last two years prior to the student’s enrolling in high school, have lived with another family member or relative who has provided full support and adult supervision for the student, as though they were the guardian, within the boundaries of the attendance area of the high school they attend; or
3.031.2 They reside full time with their parents, custodial parent or guardian appointed by a judge of a court having proper jurisdiction, and have attended a minimum of the seventh and eighth grades as tuition-paying non- resident students in the district in which the high school they attend is located.
3.031.3 They reside full time with one birth or adoptive parent or other relative without assignment of custody or legal guardianship by the court, provided:
(1) their residence is in the district in which the member school they attend is located; and (2) they attended that member school the previous school term.
(3) if a freshman, they attended both seventh and eighth grade in the district.
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