Athletic Eligibility determines whether or not a student is eligible to legally participate in an athletic team and sport. To reflect Kerman Unified School District’s desire that interscholastic athletics, co-curricular and extra-curricular activities supplement, and not detract from, the academic achievement of our students, each athletic program for students in grades 9-12 shall include the following academic standards:

Grade Point Average Requirement

All students must earn at least a 2.0 grade point average for the prior grading period in order to participate during the current grading period. A student who fails to achieve at least a 2.0 grade point average may be placed on probation for the current grading period provided the student complies with the school’s probationary period program. A student who does not achieve at least a 2.0 grade point average during the probationary period shall not be allowed to participate in extra-curricular or co-curricular activities in the subsequent grading period.

Students Ruled Ineligible:

• May practice with the team with approval by school administration and the coach;

• The student must attend the weekly study table;

• The student will not be released early from class for games, practices, events;

• Request from the student’s teachers a progress report every two weeks, and circulate the progress reports to the advisor or coach of each student club, extra- curricular or co-curricular program or activity in which the student is participating.

Transfer Students:

• A transfer student is subject to all the conditions of the grade point average requirement.

• A student that does not pass at least twenty (20) units for high school, or four (4) classes, during each semester grading period will be ineligible for the following grading period. There is no probationary period for such a student.

Progress Toward Graduation Requirement:

All students who participate in a co-curricular or extra-curricular activity must maintain a grade point average for all classes and minimum progress toward high school graduation that demonstrates satisfactory coursework. The following number of accumulated units toward high school graduation will be the standard for minimum achievement for students in grades 9-12:

Probationary Periods

A current student in grades 9-12 who does not accumulate the required number of units toward high school graduation may be placed on probation for the current semester if the following conditions are met:

• A written plan of coursework for the student to catch up on credits within the semester currently attending is developed. The plan is to be submitted to the Assistant Superintendent of Educational Services/Designee and Site Principal.

• The student must attend the weekly study table;

• The student may be required to circulate a progress report every two weeks to the advisor or coach of each student club, extra-curricular or co-curricular program or activity in which the student is participating. The report must show passing grades in all classes and a minimum 2.0 grade point average to continue to participate, and to proceed with the subsequent two-week probationary period;

• This can be used only one time in the four years of high school. Appeals for extenuating circumstances will be heard by the Superintendent’s designee.

A student who does not achieve the necessary number of units by the end of the probationary semester shall not be allowed to participate in extra-curricular and co- curricular activities in the following semester.

Summer school grades may be combined with the grades of the last grading period in computing the grade point average to determine eligibility for the grading period of the next school year.

A school must declare all of its students eligible, ineligible, or on probation on the same day following the close of the previous grading period. This date should be set to allow for accuracy in the issuance of grades and the determination of grade point averages.