In order to eligible, a student in 9, 10, 11, or 12 must be currently enrolled in school the immediately proceeding grading period and receive passing grades during that grading period in subjects that earn a minimum of four credits per year per graduation.

The eligibility or ineligibility of a student continues until the start of the fifth (5th) school day of the next period at which time the grades from the immediately preceding grading period become effective.
Exception: eligibility or ineligibility for the first grading period commences with the of the fall Sports season.

A student enrolled in the first grading period after proceeding from the eighth grade must have passed 75% of  those subjects carried the preceding grading period in which the student was enrolled.

A student enrolling in the seventh grade for the first time will be eligible for the first grading period...
regardless of previous academic. Thereafter... a student in grade 7 or 8 must be currently enrolled and must have been enrolled in school immediately preceding grading period and received passing grades during that grading period which met five days per week or its equivalent.

The eligibility of  a transfer student must be established by school records or verification from sending school.  The responsibility for establishing eligibility rests with the receiving school.

Summer school grades earned may not be used to substitute for failing grades from the last grading period of the regular school year.  Source: 1998-99 Handbook of the Ohio High School Athletic Association for Junior High/Middle Schools & Senior High Schools.

INTERPRETATION AND SUGGESTIONS

Students considering participation in extra-curricular activities such as sports or cheerleading are encouraged to carry a minimum of 5 full credit courses.  Thus failure in one of these courses would not render the student ineligible for sports participation.

Semester length classes are calculated into 4.0 credit minimum only during the semester in which the student is enrolled in and receiving grades for that class.

A student declared academically eligible at the beginning of a grading period remain eligible until the first day of the next grading period.

A student declared academically ineligible at the beginning of a grading period will, likewise, remain ineligible until the first day of the next grading period.

Eligibility of all students participating in sports or cheerleading is checked by the Athletic Director on the first day of each grading period. (six weeks)

Eligibility for fall sports is based upon grades earned during the final grading period of the previous year.

Those athletes interested in cheerleading, football, soccer, volleyball, or golf must earn that eligibility during the final grading period of the preceding year.

As member schools of the Ohio High School Athletic Association, Minford High School and Minford Middle School will abide by the rules, regulations and interpretation of these rules as provided by the O.H.S.A.A. and to help our student athletes to be aware of their responsibility in maintaining academic eligibility.