HS Academic Eligibility Policy

High School Academic Eligibility / Ineligibility

1. Academic eligibility will be determined by 4 week grading periods.
2. When grades are posted at 4-week grade pull, a 2-week “Academic Alert” period
   begins for students who have a D or F in one or more classes. Students remain
   eligible during the Academic Alert period, unless stated otherwise in the handbook of
   the specific activity in which the student is currently participating.
3. During Academic Alert, the student has the responsibility and opportunity to improve
   failing grades to avoid becoming ineligible by working with the specific teacher of the
   class, which he/she is failing. A student failing more than one class must improve
   failing grades in each of those classes.
4. Academic Alert -- It is the student’s responsibility to meet with the teacher(s) of any
   class(es) in which the student has a failing grade in order to establish a plan to
   improve his/her grade. These will be held with the teacher of the course at a date
   and time agreed upon by the teacher and student. The Study Sessions might take
   place before school, after school, during lunch, or virtually. It is teacher discretion as
   to the number of Study Sessions needed, and this should be determined on an
   individual student basis depending on the student’s academic need.
5. If a student is still failing at the end of the Academic Alert period and has been
   meeting regularly with the teacher, the teacher has the discretion of allowing the
   student to remain eligible for participation in extracurricular activities, as long as the
   student continues to meet with the teacher.
6. If the student does not meet with the teacher or follow through with any established
   meeting times or study sessions during the 2 weeks of Academic Alert and still has
   a failing grade, the student is ineligible for two weeks until the next grading period.
7. This local policy applies to the 4 week grading periods as established by NPHS. By
   state rule, semester F’s result in ineligibility for 30 consecutive calendar days of
   current extracurricular activity or at the beginning of the next extracurricular activity in
   which the student is participating. For more information on this policy see Iowa
   Scholarship Rules.

Extracurricular ACTIVITIES (SEMESTER 1): A student who receives a Semester F for the
Semester 1 grade will be ineligible for 30 consecutive calendar days current or next activity. *If a
student does not participate in an activity during this period of ineligibility, the student will be ineligible
for 30 consecutive calendar days at the start of his or her next athletic activity.

Extracurricular ACTIVITIES (SEMESTER 2): If a student receives a Semester F at the end of the
2nd semester and is a participant in baseball or softball, the student is ineligible for 30 consecutive
calendar days during the baseball/softball season. *If a student does not participate in an activity during
this period of ineligibility, the student will be ineligible for 30 consecutive calendar days at the start of his or
her next athletic activity.