GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL ASSOCIATION - DeKalb County Schools
GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL ASSOCIATION - DeKalb County Schools
GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL ASSOCIATION - DeKalb County Schools
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26 <strong>GEORGIA</strong> <strong>HIGH</strong> <strong>SCHOOL</strong> <strong>ASSOCIATION</strong><br />
INTERPRETATION: A maximum of two (2) Carnegie units of credit earned in Summer School may be counted<br />
for eligibility purposes.<br />
ALTERNATIVE <strong>SCHOOL</strong> RULES<br />
• SITUATION: A student is assigned to attend an alternative school for the remainder of the semester for<br />
disciplinary reasons. May the student participate on the football team during the time he will be attending the<br />
alternative school<br />
INTERPRETATION: No. Students assigned to an alternative school for reasons of misconduct or who are in<br />
out-of-school suspension may not participate until they have returned physically to the regular classroom. The<br />
school may appeal to the Executive Director if a school holiday prevents the student from physically returning<br />
to the classroom at the end of the penalty.<br />
OUT-OF-STATE RULES<br />
• SITUATION: A student transfers to a member school from another state where scholastic eligibility rules are<br />
less restrictive than Georgia. The student is academically eligible by the standards of the state from which he<br />
transfers, but lacks sufficient credits to be eligible by GHSA standards. As a transfer student, is he eligible<br />
academically<br />
INTERPRETATION: No.<br />
ANNUAL GRADING<br />
• SITUATION: Since GHSA eligibility rules are written to apply to schools with semester grading, do schools that<br />
have yearlong classes with one grade given at the end of the year have to monitor eligibility for the first half of<br />
the year<br />
INTERPRETATION: Yes. <strong>Schools</strong> must determine that each student-athlete has a grade of 70% or higher in<br />
courses carrying at least 2.5 Carnegie units at the end of the first semester. Any student not meeting that standard<br />
is academically ineligible.<br />
MULTI-UNIT COURSES<br />
• SITUATION: A student is enrolled for four (4) regular courses (carrying .5 Carnegie units each), and one<br />
vocational course that carries the equivalent of two (2) Carnegie units. If the student fails the vocational course,<br />
is the student eligible the next semester<br />
INTERPRETATION: No. Since the vocational course carries the equivalent of two (2) Carnegie units and since<br />
the student passed courses totaling only 2 Carnegie units, he would not be eligible for the next semester.<br />
MAKE-UP WORK<br />
• SITUATION: A student taking five (5) subjects that carry .5 Carnegie units each receives an “Incomplete” in one<br />
of those courses. When the student returns to class on the first day of the next semester, is he eligible to practice<br />
or play<br />
INTERPRETATION: No. If the school allows make-up work for all students and the student makes up the<br />
“Incomplete” to a passing grade within fourteen (14) days of the beginning of the new semester, the student<br />
could become eligible. The student is not eligible while the work is being made up.<br />
TRYOUT ELIGIBILITY<br />
• SITUATION: Cheerleader tryouts for the following year are to be held in the Spring (second semester). A student<br />
who earned only two (2) Carnegie units during the first semester would like to try out. Is this permissible<br />
INTERPRETATION: If the student is passing ALL courses at the time of the tryout, the student may participate.<br />
ACCUMULATING UNITS<br />
• SITUATION: A 9th grade student passed courses totaling two Carnegie units in the first semester and is ineligible
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