In the NCAA LSDBi feed, but worth reiterating:
Effective April 1, 2009, Academic and Membership Affairs (formerly Membership Services) will assume responsibility over all initial-eligibility academic review cases. This includes initial-eligibility waivers and prospective student-athlete review cases. The Eligibility Center will continue to process requests made on behalf of prospective student-athletes for Educational Impacting Disability status, as well as the subsequent application of accommodations for such individuals during the academic certification process.
This organizational change is being implemented in an effort to reduce redundancies and increase efficiency in order to better meet the evolving needs of our membership, prospective student-athletes and the secondary school community. Additionally, this change allows the NCAA to maintain its current high level of service to the membership while not increasing the number of full-time employees during a time when our membership is experiencing vast hiring and salary freezes.
The AMA staff will ensure that this transition is completed in as seamless a manner as possible. To that end, the initial-eligibility waiver application process will remain in substantially the same form. Further updates will be provided in the near future regarding the date on which initial-eligibility waiver applications will begin to be received by the AMA staff. In the interim, all waiver applications should continue to be submitted to the Eligibility Center.