Academic Athletic Eligibility
By Marj Fruge'
Philosophy- The CPS purpose for establishing a policy is to encourage student athletes to maintain a passing grade in all of their subjects. Students who fall below passing in any of their subjects will be given an opportunity to bring achievement levels up to the standard set by the Board of Education.
Standard- All athletes grades 7- 12 must be passing all subjects.
Procedure:
- Grades of student athletes will be monitored every two (2) weeks by the Athletic Department.
- Status will be determined
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- Eligible- student athlete is passing all classes.
- Warning- current indications are that the student athlete is not achieving academic standards and has two (2) weeks to demonstrate accepted level of academic achievement or the student athlete will be declared ineligible for interscholastic competition. While on warning status the student athlete is expected to (1) maintain passing grades and (2) bring up grades in deficient areas to satisfactory level. Should passing grades fail during the warning period ineligibility will occur, even if deficient grades are brought up.
- Ineligible – the student athlete has not maintained eligibility standards and may not participate in interscholastic competition for two (2) weeks.
- At the end of each semester, the eligibility status of athletes shall be reviewed. If an athlete is determined to be ineligible at the end of a semester, they shall remain ineligible for the next semester. The athlete must be given a written warning as to the possibility of an ineligible status.
