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AP Credits and Repeat Courses
Bylaw: Article V, Section C, Item 12 A repeat course is defined as “a course previously passed with a grade of “D” or better in any term, summer or non-term, and subsequently retaken.” Interpretation When a student earns AP credit in high school and subsequently transfers that credit to an NAIA school, and the school…
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International Student – Multiple Graduation Dates
Bylaw: Article V, Section C, Item 2 Note 3 “An incoming freshman who graduated from a high school outside of the United States or one of the U.S. territories shall meet the same eligibility criteria required of a regular freshman student listed in Article V, Section C, Item 1 and Article V, Section C, Item…
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Indoor Soccer & Futsal
Bylaw: Article V, Section B, Item 23 “Varsity Intercollegiate Sport: A sport that has been accorded that status by the institution’s chief executive officer or committee responsible for intercollegiate athletics policy and satisfies all of the following conditions: It is a sport that is administered by the department of intercollegiate athletics; It is a sport…
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Paying for Passports for Student-Athletes
Bylaw: Article II, Section B, Item 2a – b “Expenses incidental to intercollegiate athletic competition may be provided by an institution, directly or via an institution’s representative or authorized booster. … For students who are members of an intercollegiate team, additional ancillary expenses are permissible when such expenses are related to the student’s membership on…
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Progress Rule Exception for 2nd Season of Competition
Bylaw: Article V, Section C, Item 9a Exception 1 “To participate a second season in a sport, all students must have accumulated at least 24 semester/36 quarter (or equivalent) institutional credit hours. EXCEPTION: A freshman who initially becomes identified after the first term in the fall shall meet this requirement by having passed 12 semester…
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21-Day Withdraw and Return to Institution
Bylaw: Article V, Section F, Item 3 “If a student identified with an institution officially withdraws from that institution within 21 calendar days following the start of term and returns and becomes identified with the same institution (without becoming identified at another institution), the student shall not be charged with a term of attendance for…
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Online Courses – Identification
Bylaw: Article V, Section B, Item 9 “Any credit hour attributed to a course that is recorded on the transcript with a grade and credit hours earned. Institutional credit hours shall be accepted for eligibility certification purposes only after the instructor submits the completed course grade in the normal manner to the institutional registrar for…
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Institutional Credit and Transfer Credit
Bylaw Article V, Section B, Item 9 “Institutional Credit Hour: Any credit hour attributed to a course that is recorded on the transcript with a grade and credit hours earned. Institutional credit hours shall be accepted for eligibility certification purposes only after the instructor submits the completed course grade in the normal manner to the…
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Non-NAIA Opponents – Exhibitions
Bylaw: Article V, Section B, Item 6 “Exhibition: A competition against competitors not identified with the institution when: The competition does not meet the definition of a scrimmage pursuant to Article V, Section B, Item 17 of the NAIA Bylaws; The competition is noted as an Exhibition on the institutional schedule; and The competition is…
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Elite Level Competition – Gender Specific Competition
Bylaw: Article V, Section B, Item 19 “b. Participation in any elite-level competition on or after the first day of the thirteenth month following high school graduation. The NAIA shall count seasons of competition based on non-collegiate participation charged by another intercollegiate athletic association. Additional seasons of competition, based on non-collegiate participation, will be charged…