Troy School District
Code of Student Athletics
Eligibility

The following rules of eligibility must be observed to participate in the interscholastic athletic program:

A. ENROLLMENT

The student must be enrolled in school by the Monday of the fourth week of the semester in which he/she competes. The student must reside in the school service area in which he/she attends school and must be enrolled in the school for which he/she competes.

B. AGE

High School: A student in grades nine through twelve who participates in any interscholastic athletic contest must be under nineteen (19) years of age. When a student's nineteenth birthday occurs on or after September 1 of a current school year, he/she is eligible for participation for the balance of the school year.

Middle School: A seventh or eighth-grade student must be under fourteen (14) and fifteen (15) years of age respectively. A student who reaches that age after September 1 is eligible for participation for the balance of that school year.

C. PARENT/GUARDIAN CONSENT AND STUDENT APPLICATION

The student must submit the signed parent/guardian consent form and signed student application form to the coach (middle school) or to the athletic trainer (high school) prior to participating in tryouts, practice sessions or contests. Students and parents are to read the Code of Conduct for Student Athletes and the Student Rights and Responsibilities Handbook before signing the parent/guardian consent form and the student application form. The completed form will be kept on file in the building athletic director's office during subsequent sports seasons.

D PARTICIPANT PHYSICAL EXAMINATION

A student must have a physical examination completed by a Physician (M.D. or D.O.), Physician's Assistant, or Nurse Practitioner certifying that the student is fully able to compete in interscholastic athletics. The physical must take place after April 15 of the previous school year to be used for the current school year. The student must subject the completed physical form to the coach (middle school) or to the athletic trainer (high school) prior to participating in tryouts, practice sessions or contests. The completed form will be kept on file in the building athletic director's office during subsequent sports seasons.

E. SEASONS OF COMPETITION

A student, while enrolled in grades nine through twelve, shall be eligible to compete in no more than (4) four seasons of a sport. A student is eligible for the maximum of four (4) first semesters and (4) second semesters. For example, a student may not compete in more than four (4) seasons of a particular sport: football, soccer, tennis, etc. Students enrolled in grades seven or eight are not limited in the number of seasons of competition. A student shall be limited to participation in only one sport season when that sport leading to a state championship is sponsored twice during the school year.

F. SEMESTER OF ELIGIBILITY

A student shall not be eligible to compete in any branch of athletics who has been enrolled in grades nine to twelve for more than four first semesters and four second semesters. Enrollment in a school for a period of three weeks or more, or competing in one or more interscholastic athletic contest, shall be considered as enrollment for a semester under this rule. Eligible students who choose not to participate during a semester must still count that semester as one of the semesters of eligibility. Students in grades seven or eight are not limited in the number of semesters in which they may be eligible. The seventh and eighth semesters must be consecutive. Enrollment in a school for a period of three weeks or more, or competing in one or more interscholastic athletic contests, shall be considered as enrollment for a semester under this rule. Students in grades seven or eight are not limited in the number of semesters in which they may be eligible.

G. ACADEMIC ELIGIBILITY - TROY SCHOOL DISTRICT REQUIREMENTS

A student must have received passing grade (credit) in a minimum of five (5) classes during the previous semester (middle school - quarter) and must maintain passing grades in a minimum of five (5) classes during the current semester (middle school -quarter) to be eligible to participate in athletics. The only exceptions to this district eligibility requirement are transfer students new to the district who have one semester to comply with the requirement. These students must meet the MHSAA minimum requirement of passing four (4) classes.

FAILURE TO COMPLY: Any student who fails to meet any of the above regulations will not be allowed to participate until such time as he/she complies with the regulations in this section. The student is ineligible until deficiencies are corrected. Students who fail to pass the required classes during the previous semester must sit out the entire current semester.