Three new staff confirmations showed up on LSDBi today, all dated April 16, 2008:
Full-Time Enrollment -- Final Semester/Quarter for Postbaccalaureate Student-Athletes (I)
The membership services staff confirmed that a student-athlete who is enrolled and seeking a second baccalaureate (or equivalent) or graduate-level degree at the same institution previously attended as an undergraduate, or enrolled in a graduate or professional school of an institution other than the institution from which he or she previously received a baccalaureate degree, may compete while enrolled in less than a full-time program of studies, provided the student-athlete is enrolled in the final semester or quarter necessary to obtain his or her second baccalaureate (or equivalent) or graduate-level degree. The institution must certify that the student-athlete is carrying (for credit) the courses necessary to complete degree requirements. [References: NCAA Division I Bylaws 14.1.8.2.1.3 (full-time enrollment -- requirement for competition -- final semester/quarter), 14.1.9 (graduate student/postbaccalaureate participation); 14.1.9.1 (transfer exception) and a staff interpretation, 11/15/06, item (1a) which has been archived.]
Application of 18/27 Credit-Hour Requirement to a Midyear Enrollee (I)
The membership services staff confirmed that an institution is not required to certify the 18/27 credit-hour requirement for a student-athlete who initially enrolls after the first term of the academic year until the completion of two full-time semesters or three full-time quarters at the certifying institution. After the initial certification, the institution shall certify the 18/27 credit-hour requirement based on the student-athlete’s record since the beginning of the previous fall term. For example, an institution would not certify the 18/27 hour requirement for a student-athlete who initially enrolls at the institution in the spring semester or winter quarter until the start of the following spring semester or winter quarter. Thereafter, the institution would certify the 18/27 hour requirement prior to the start of each fall term. [References: NCAA Division I Bylaws 14.4.3.1 (credit-hour requirements) and 14.4.3.1.4 (application of rule) and a staff interpretation (reference 8/15/2007, Item No. 2)]
Hearing Opportunity when Request for Use of One-Time Transfer Exception is Delayed (I/II)
The staff confirmed that if an institution delays a response to a student-athlete's request for use of the one-time transfer exception or indicates that the request will be granted at a later date (e.g., at the end of the term), the institution must inform the student-athlete in writing within a reasonable time period following the initial request that he or she, on request, will be provided a hearing. [References: Division I Bylaw 14.5.5.2.10 (one-time transfer exception); Division II Bylaw 14.5.5.3.10 (one-time transfer exception)]