1.1 Authority

The Davies Board of Trustees has the authority to adopt an academic eligibility policy for all student-athletes at Wm. M. Davies, Jr. Career & Technical High School. The Rhode Island Interscholastic League (RIIL) sets the minimum standard for academic eligibility, however, member schools and their governing bodies may adopt higher and more demanding eligibility requirements for local use (RIIL Rules and Regulations, Article 3).

1.2 Definitions

Academic Recovery (AR) - means classes to provide additional instruction time in core academic subjects (english, math, social studies, science, and reading) for students who have a class average of a 69 or below; therefore providing targeted, intensive support and effective interventions for students who are failing. The hopeful outcome of the Davies Academic Recovery classes is the enhancement and broadening of the reading, writing, and math skills necessary to succeed in the core subject area(s).

Career and Technical Education (CTE) Courses - means courses that are associated with a student career and technical area. Each career and technical course is weighted at three (3) full credits towards graduation requirements during the 10th, 11th, and 12th year of enrollment at Davies. Grade 9 career and technical courses are weighted at one (1) full credit towards graduation requirements at Davies. 

Eligible - means students have earned the privilege to play in league and non-league games during a sports season.

Failing Grade - means any earned quarter of final grade of 69 or below.

Ineligible - means students do not qualify to play in league or non-league games during a sports season, nor do they have the privilege of being issued a uniform or being officially or unofficially added to the team roster. 

Passing Grade - means any earned quarter of final grade of 70 or above.

1.3 Eligibility status Based Upon Course Failure

The athlete must be a full-time student taking a course load of between 6.75 and 7.0 credits per quarter.

1. At all times the athlete should have secured for the period from the beginning of the quarter up to the end of the regular marking period a passing grade in 60% of the student’s credits. A student who is not passing 60% of one’s credits is ineligible to participate in games (league and non-league) until the end of the quarter of the next marking period. This is a minimum standard for academic eligibility.
2. At the end of a quarter, any student who is failing more than 2.75 credits (2.5 for those carrying 6.75 credits) is not eligible to participate in games (league and non-league) until the end of the quarter of the next marking period.
3. Any 10th, 11th, or 12th grade student who fails their CTE course at the end of the quarter is automatically ineligible to participate in games (league and non-league) until the end of the quarter of the next marking period.
4. Participation in AR does not change or supplant these conditions. Students who fail more than 2.75 credits who are enrolled in AR are automatically ineligible to participate in games (league and non-league) until the end of the quarter of the next marking period.
5. To be eligible at the beginning of a school year, the student must have done passing work at the end of the previous school year in June of 60% of the student's credits. Final Grade in each course will be the determinate in this instance.
6. In the case of a student who devotes a considerable part of the summer to make up subjects failed during the school year and receives credit toward graduation for this make‑up work, that student shall be entitled to count such credit toward eligibility provided this credit is made an official part of their school record during the first week of the fall term. In case a student fails to complete the minimum scholastic requirements for athletic eligibility at the end of a quarter due to unavoidable absence, the student shall be ineligible for the next quarter until these requirements of the preceding quarter are made-up.
   1. Davies’ Summer Enrichment is the only approved summer credit recovery. 
7. Failures or incomplete work caused by unavoidable absence may be made up at the beginning of the quarter provided it is made a matter of final record within two weeks of the first day of that quarter.
   1. Students will remain ineligible at the beginning of the current marking period until these failures or incomplete grades that constitute for more than 2.75 failing credits are made up and are made an official part of their school record.
   2. If these failures or incomplete grades are not made up at the completion of two weeks of the current quarter, the student will remain ineligible until the end of the quarter of that current marking period.
8. The athlete shall receive no special privilege such as extra examinations, delayed marks, make‑up opportunities, or other favors which are not granted on equal terms to every student in the school; with the further provision that grades for failures or incomplete work in which a make‑up opportunity is granted at the end of a quarterly marking period must be made a matter of final record within two calendar weeks of the first day of the succeeding marking period.
9. If the athlete repeats work for which credit has once been received, the athlete cannot count that subject a second time for eligibility.
10. The athlete cannot count for eligibility points obtained in a subject taken during the summer vacation that had not previously been regularly pursued in the classroom.
11. Admission to or exclusion from participation in a sport because of these eligibility rules, shall take place at the close of the school day on which report cards are issued for the end of the regular marking period.
12. If a game is postponed or results in a tie; the eligibility of the participants does not hold over until the game is played off.
13. Academic eligibility requirement for students who are enrolled in Accelerated Programs:
14. An accelerated program is one in which a student earns more than the minimum credits necessary for promotion to the senior year. This may be achieved by independent study, taking more than the required number of courses in a given semester or year, taking additional courses at an approved college, or a concurrent enrollment program at an approved college.
15. Conditions for academic eligibility of seniors in an Accelerated Program:
16. The student must be enrolled in a minimum equivalent of three full courses per semester in their school or an approved off-campus program for a total of three credits for the year, excluding physical education.
17. If off campus courses are involved, the high school must approve the courses and the grades must be recorded at the high school on the student's permanent record card and are included in the computation for the student's graduation credits