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Case 7
Withdrawals Within Eighteen Calendar Days and HAS Participate

SITUATION:
Prior to the beginning of the fall term Student-Athlete R, a first term freshman, participates in a cross country meet.
Subsequently, Student-Athlete R completely withdraws from the college before the 18 th calendar day of the fall term. What is the status of
Student-Athlete R for participation during the spring term in outdoor track and field? Did Student-Athlete R use a season of eligibility in cross
country?
ANSWER:
Yes. Student-Athlete R used a season of eligibility in cross country because of his/her participation and must accumulate 24 semester or
28/36 quarter hours with a 2.00 GPA prior to a second season in cross country (Section 2.D.3). Student-Athlete R would not be eligible for
his/her first season of outdoor track and field because his/her participation makes the fall term count as a term of attendance and therefore
he/she does not satisfy academic progress requirements prior to the subsequent spring season of outdoor track and field.

Case 8

SITUATION: Withdrawal While Season is in Progress

Student-Athlete R enrolls at Community College A as a full-time student for the fall semester. The basketball season at Community
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College A begins on November 26 . The fall term at Community College A ends on December 20 . Student-Athlete R drops to part-time
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status on December 4 . When does Student-Athlete R become ineligible for competition? Will Student- Athlete R be eligible for the spring
term?
ANSWER:

Student-Athlete R becomes immediately ineligible for competition at the time of the drop. There is a 48-hour window of protection for the
college. However, if Student-Athlete R enrolls in enough credits to regain full-time status during the fall term, he/she may reinstate his/her
eligibility and be eligible to participate as long as nine (9) of those hours start before the end of the season; in this case because the sport is
basketball all 12 hours of class must start before the end of the fall term. Student- Athlete R must satisfy academic progress requirements to be
eligible for the subsequent spring term.

Case 9
Withdrawing from Late Start Classes
SITUATION:
Student-Athlete R is a baseball player at Community College A and enrolls in 14 hours within the first 18 calendar days of the spring term. 11 hours
of class start with the first day of the term and a three (3) credit hour class starts on March 1st.
Student-Athlete R is thinking about withdrawing from the late start class on March 4th. Assuming he does not add another class during the spring
term to maintain full-time status. Does Student-Athlete R have 18 calendar days from March 1st (the first day of the late start class) to withdraw
from that class and NOT have that term count as a full-time term?

ANSWER:
The 18 calendar days to withdraw from class starts with the first day of the term. Therefore, in this case the spring term will count as full-time for
Student-Athlete R since he did not withdraw to part-time status within the first 18 calendar days of the spring term. Eighteen calendar days from
the start dates for each individual class cannot be used in this rule. Because Student-Athlete R withdrew to part-time on March 4th that term will
count as a full-time term due to his withdrawal after the 18th calendar day of the spring term. If he does not add enough hours to maintain full-time
status, he will remain ineligible for the remainder of the spring term.

Case 10
Withdrawing from the Summer Session
SITUATION:
Student-Athlete R has enrolled as a full-time student at Community College A for the summer term that is made up of two, eight (8) week sessions.
The student is taking three (3) hours during summer session I and nine (9) hours in summer session
II. If Student-Athlete R wishes to withdraw from one of his/her classes in summer session II does the 18-calendar day from the beginning of the
summer apply in this case to not have that term count as a full-time term?

ANSWER:
Student-Athlete R has 18 calendar days from the start of the summer session I to withdraw from those classes and 18 calendar days to withdraw
from the start of the summer session II to withdraw from those classes to part-time status and not have that term count as a full-time term towards
eligibility. Although the student-athlete has taken and completed the summer session I class, he/she still has by the 18th calendar day of summer
session II to withdraw from the one class and not have that term count as a full-time term. In this case, the summer term is treated differently than a
16-week fall or spring semester.
However, if the college offers only one session during the summer and the student enrolls full-time by the 18th calendar day of the summer term
that term counts as a full-time term. Likewise, the student would have until the 18th calendar day of the summer term to withdraw down to part-time
status and not have that term count as a full-time term.

BREAK OF ENROLLMENT & DELAY OF ENROLLMENT (SECTION 2.D.5)

Case 1
Break of Enrollment and Delay of Enrollment Statement Definitions

Break of Enrollment – A break of enrollment is when a student-athlete attends college full-time for at least one term and after the end of that
term he/she takes a “break” of not attending full-time for at least a period of one term, then enrolls again as a full-time student. A statement
must be provided in the eligibility for this student-athlete explaining what he/she was doing during this break of enrollment. Was he/she
attending part-time or none at all, was he/she working or not working, was he/she living at home, etc.?

Delay of Enrollment – A delay of enrollment is when a student-athlete does not enroll full-time in the term immediately following high school
graduation. (This term is not considered as the summer term for a May/June/July high school graduate.) Like the break of enrollment, a
statement as to why this student-athlete was not enrolled immediately after high school graduation must be provided in the eligibility. The
statement also needs to include what the student was doing during this time.